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The worse experience of starting middle school. The school board should really take a look at the principal and her intentions because they are not for the students.

Shout out to Desert palms elementary for for hiring the most inconsiderate, petty, and high strung staff ever. There will always be teachers with passion for teaching their students and administration that wants to help children, however these are a minority at desert palms.

Our daughter started to attend the school mid year and it was such a great experience we are planning on sending all three of our kids to the school. I was so surprised at how unique and different their approach to education prepares them to learn but also to transition to real world skills. I wish we had known about the school sooner!

SJCS is a school that supports its students, staff, and families. As a Christian school for Christian families, SJCS administration leads with grace and love. The teachers and staff care deeply about the students and their well-being. Additionally, school leadership holds high expectations for strong teaching as well as for student behavior and academics. Administration works hard to lead the students to walk in the way of the Lord and holds them accountable for their actions. With rigorous academic, non-cut sports, and a variety of extra-curricular activities, SJCS sets students up for success in high school and beyond. I would wholeheartedly recommend this school for students preschool through middle school.

Our very bright and quirky daughter has attended Ideaventions Academy since eighth grade, and it has been life-changing! She is happy to go to school each day and is energized and challenged by the teachers, peers, and curriculum, not to mention extra activities like high school co-ed volleyball, the numerous clubs (if there isn't one, kids can found one themselves with a few friends!), and of course the national champion AVR team. She is now a rising junior and we are so pleased and relieved that we found the right place for her! Small classes and excellent, enthusiastic, and fun teachers all add to the wonderful experience. If your child is looking for more of a challenge and wants to be surrounded by bright, curious, and kind students, this is the school. And the daily morning walk for students in all grades and a lot of teachers too helps with bonding and is pretty cool!

Worst school ive ever seen from bullies, 2 faced fake teachers, snobby, and judgemental.

This school is horrible. That is all I need to say, the amount of disrespect to my 14 year old son is ridiculous. Punishments for talking or standing up for what is right?! Unbelievable!!! This school needs serious improvement!!!

Poor leadership from previous principal and continues with new principal. We will not be attending next year! New management is needed

This school is a fantastic choice for students wanting to pursue the IB education (International Baccalaureate Programme) at Palmer. The teachers and peers in the programme are great at encouraging learning and supporting a well-rounded education.

We really wanted to like this school, but the longer we stayed, the more we saw that we didn't like. The toddler room is overcrowded. The toddlers look wearhoused in a classroom with practically empty shelves, and are often crying with snot running from their noses. If you get the nice teacher, the preschool (Children's House) level is pretty good. Lots of engaging materials to work with and outside time. This is the best of the school, but you have to get into the right classroom! At the elementary level things began to backslide. There are too many grades (1-6!!!) and children in the classrooms, and the teachers are spread too thin. This makes for a poor learning structure and teachers with short tempers. While the classrooms and grounds are pristine (except for the toddler classroom), the building and halls are rundown and cluttered with stuff piled in every corner. As for the staff, it is a mixed bag with high turnover. Most of the teachers are nice enough but the administration is not very communicative and have a low affect (except for the woman who asks for money; She is always smiling and saccharin-sweet.) All in all, it was not at all what we had come to expect from a montessori school. Other than for the preschool part, I wouldn't send my kids back even if it was free.

Great school overall! Happy to have my kids go there and part of the Locke community.

I'm deeply concerned about the reports of mistreatment towards students, particularly regarding issues of ethnicity and the failure to listen to their concerns. It's unacceptable that students feel ignored and that diversity isn't being genuinely embraced. Serious changes are needed to ensure a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone. Terrible terrible school environment never recommending this school

This school is the worst. My daughter has been enrolled with Equitas since TK and I never had any issues like I did here. My daughter had an incident with a substitute teacher that was rude, condescending and disrespectful to all students and I was never notified there was an issue, until after the so call teacher was fired. The office staff lacks communication, there was instances when we would be receiving notifications the day of the events, not all the teachers are bad, but you can tell there is favoritism, the principal is the worst out of the bunch and I'm not surprise why everything in this school is the way it and that's because it lacks leadership. She's rude and is never around to answer questions or assist the parents. This school leaves so much to desire. I would definitely not recommend and my daughter will definitely not be coming back.

One of the biggest problems I encountered was the way some teachers treated their students. Instead of pulling someone aside to talk privately, they’d call out mistakes in front of the whole class, even when it was just an accident or anxiety-related. I’ve had moments where I was anxious and messed up, and the teacher would point it out loudly and even make snide remarks. This happened more than once with different teachers. They also make jokes about students. I remember when some kids got caught using AI, and a teacher joked with other staff about how those students couldn’t possibly write something well-written on their own and they exposed which students used AI to the whole class. They also told other classes. Whether they mean to humiliate students or not, it doesn’t feel professional. As someone who has attended other schools in Idaho and in other states, I would say the academics here are okay. Most of the textbooks were super old and falling apart. I spent way too much time just taping mine back together. And a lot of them weren’t even easy to understand. I ended up teaching myself most of the material. For example, in one class, we were assigned to read a chapter for homework, and then we’d spend the whole next class just talking about that one chapter instead of learning something new. It felt like I could’ve just stayed home and gotten more done. And most of the teachings felt like passive teaching. Most teachers don’t offer test corrections unless a ton of people fail, and when that happens, they sometimes act like it’s our fault instead of helping us learn from it. Overall, I didn’t feel like there was much support. I barely had time to study for the SAT because of homework.

This school has some of my favorite teachers but also some of my least favorite (a sixth grade geography teacher, but he is retiring this year). I can agree one of the office ladies is rude. For example I had gone home sick two days in a row and she was like “you again” and rolled her eyes. The 7th grade teachers are all amazing teachers to me and I will never forget them. This school is pretty good and I had fun times that I won’t ever forget.