Littleton Elementary School in Avondale, Arizona

“I have a Preschool kid that attends to Ms. Suns class, I am very please with the development and knowlwdge of my daughter. She is happy to go to school everyday. She learns a lot of stuff everyday. I think Littleton elementary is a great school, and Ms. Sun's a great teacher.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I am extremely disappointed with this school especially with my sixth grader. My first grader is fine, love her teacher but counting the days to end of school. They will not be returning to Littleton and my sixth grader is very excited. I agree with the parent who says its 1950s style drill, drill, drill. Moved here from out of state and disappointed with the city will be moving further East. Principal first day was very rude but was apologetic later which I am not accepting.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I have found Littleton Elementary School to be one that stand out as exceptional. The school administration and teachers focus on providing great programs to help students who are not on grade level. They offer programs for students who are average and above through new programs such as exploring potential, journalism, presentations, and more. They have this program called Walk to Read where all the students in a grade level move to a different classroom so they can work with students with similar abilities to improve their learning. It is great! I also appreciate the many ways parents can be involved at Littleton Elementary School. They have a Come Read to Your Child program, parent training classes, parent meetings, and more. My daughter's grade has been selected to participate in the Rodel Foundation's MacRo program. As a parent new to the area, I am very pleased with my child's school.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“This school has a hard working staff, great to see their interaction among each other, but specially with students. Can wait to see what the new year brings.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I have a kindergarten and a 3rd grader who both attend LES and i am so happy with the teachers and staff. My 3rd grader attends a resource class that is awsome. She has shown so much imporvement and growth not only with her academics but her social skills. LES staff is a great team to educate our children.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I have a 1st grader. She came from a school that was one of the worst schools in Avondale Dist. She has learned so much in only 4 months. I am thankful. I also love that they want to have parents involved with the school. The staff is very open, always willing to help..... I am thankful that this school has gave my 1st grader, a good start with her reading....”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I have a 1st and 2nd grader and they are both performing well in this school. We transferred from a different city and so far I am satisfied with their school programs and activities. I just noticed that there are more students in each class and sometimes that can inadvertently cause neglect for other students. Hope the school has plans of expanding to accommodate the ever growing student population without compromising the quality of standard and performance of the school.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“We recently relocated from Midland, TX and I have been very satisfied with my daughter's teachers. They are very interested and involved in her progress. They seem to understand what my child needs to learn and provide it for her. I couldn't be more pleased.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I have had two children at Littleton. One in preschool/speech and one now in 2nd grade (began Kindergarten at Littleton). I have been very pleased with my sons teachers. They are outstanding! I stay involved and know the teachers, children and administration. There is a new principal this year. We'll see how it goes. I love Littleton! Get involved with your children at school. Visit the classroom, help out your child's teacher, or join the PTA! It will help your child do better in school.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“It's very hard to give an accurate description of the school. With the high turnover and rapid pace of building it seems that it is hard to keep up. I do have to say that they have done aan amazing job, under the circumstances, of getting off of school improvement. I think if you look at the individual teachers for your child they have some excellent teachers, but if you look at the overall picture it can be a little disheartening.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“My children have attended Littleton for 2 years. We have been EXTREMELY disappointed with the leadership at this school. The principal is bully-ish and insincere. My experiences with her have all been negative. The curriculum at this school has been dumbed-down and de-personalized to try and 'raise those test scores!' There is no personality here. No room for children to be exceptional. If you want bare-bones, pared-down learning (the minimum instead of the maximum) and non-progressive, 1950's style 'drill, drill, drill' curriculum, then by all means- send your kid here. There will be 2 spots open next year when I send my 2 kids elsewhere!”
This review was posted by a parent.

“The teachers and staff at Littleton Elementary School are dedicated and hardworking. They have reached out to our family and my children in numerous ways. There are regular events inviting the community to the school site. I have nothing but good things to say about my experiences with Littleton Elementary School.”
This review was posted by a teacher.

“I moved my family to Avondale from Gresham, Oregon four months ago. We have been extremely dissappointed in the quality of this school. Very little parent involvement. My wife is one of four people on the PTA. The pricipal is not accesible for parents or students. After three months of asking for an appointment with her, to discuss acedemics and expectations of the school, we finally got to meet with her. My children saw her only once. And that happened to be on the day that the governor visited. 'Specials' (PE, Music, etc.) were cancelled on a daily basis because of teacher attendance. Dress code for staff was less than impressive. We do not have a bone to pick with this school. We just wanted to offer our honest review. We would suggest others to avoid this school.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“This school really needs to work on getting their programs up to speed. They don't have many extracurricular activities (they don't even have a strings program!) My child's teacher was excellent but obviously overwhelmed. I'm sorry, but this teacher seemed to have so much responsibility dealing with ESL and lower performing children that my child did not excell this year like she did at her previous school.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“Im very happy with this school they do have all the acadamics programs ,Art music Band , Ext, they also have this Great program called come read to your chid every once a month that parents can come to. the level of parent involvement is some what in between. the only thing I dont like is that the school is getting to much overcrowded and I think that if a teacher has more than 32 children in a class its harder to pay more attention on the children that need that little extra help.I beleve a normal class room should be around 25 to 27 kids.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I wish I had checked out this school better before my family decided to buy a home in this district.They have nothing at Quinten Elem. to make this a decent school. My husband and I have decided to move again for the sake of our children's education.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I agree with the other parent that this school is capable of accomplishing many things. However it needs to address the issues of the students that need help. We need a speech therapists. So many children are working without the assitance they neet to learn. I do not see our children progressing without the proper tools. The teachers need teachers assistants in the classrooms. The PTA (new this year 2003) needs more parent involvment. This school can do great things....with the proper tools.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I believe that this school has a lot of potential. Unfortunatly, I haven't had an opportunity to see much of it. The school's special education program is ran without much regard for the children. There has been a lack of sufficient programs for both underachievers and overachievers and up until now there has been no PTA which allows the parents' concerns to be heard and allow them to have a voice. With all of this in mind it's no wonder the school ranked so low in comparison to the rest of the valley, state and country.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“I am a parent of a child that attends Littleton Elementary. I have also had two other children attend Littleton. The teachers have been awesome. Each and every one of them from kinder to 6th grade has shown how much they care for the kids at the school. All three of my kids have done very well in school and I truly believe it is because of the hard work all the teachers put into their job. The changes that happen because a district is growing can be hard. I would just like to remind the administration that not everything that has ever been done at Littleton is wrong or bad. The teachers are by no means slackers and are definitely there to do their job. I have never seen a harder working bunch of teachers.”
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