Taylor (Bertha) Elementary School

Such a great school tons of parent involvement. My kindergarten loves it. So glad we have Taylor as our home school.

My son was in Kindergarten this past year. When comparing to other elementary schools in this district this school deserves 4 stars but overall I would give it a 3. The API score is great but there is a lack of parental involvement in the kindergarten and little communication between the parents and teachers. All of the parents who are involved are in the upper grades and they are really just the same parents who do everything. I was hoping for more of a community that we could be a part of but that probably won't happen here. All of the midweek school events were poorly attended which left me disappointed. As for the curriculum it was okay but my son became bored very quickly.

Taylor is a great school both academically and socially for the children that go there. I went there my son and now my daughter. All of her teachers have been very welcoming and she has really learned so much in the last couple of years at Taylor. The extra programs that are offered are great too. The only thing I would like to see is the principal play a bigger role and participate more with the kids. Give them incentives and more rewards.

The kids love to learn. we have fantastic teachers that help our children to shine. we have lots of extra programs that the kids can participate in

What a great accomplishment Taylor school has made. Students staff and parents can all take pride in our efforts. We should all be very proud of our school and everyone in it! Let's keep up the great work and hope for a year that is just as great if not better!!

I love the school. My children used to go to challenger school. I found Taylor more balanced academically as well as socially.

I went to Taylor and my childern have gone and is still going and its a wonderful school with great teachers and great parents who make the extra programs provided happen for the childern. I feel the new principal needs to provide more outlets for rewarding all the hard work the students do and needs to be more involved and more encouraging.

The new principal who took over last year does not recognize the student's individual achievements in the school newsletter like the previous principal. I feel the children all miss seeing this in print. Academic achievements are not publicly acknowledged by this principal. The 2007-2008 school year hasn't started out any better with some unusual math level placement.

I have a kindergartner currently attending Taylor and had seriously considered a local private school for my son. We deiced to give public school a try and found Taylor Elementary to be an excellent choice thus far. I am very involved in the volunteer programs within the school so I have been able to get a close look at the quality of instruction child safety issues and technology offered at the school. Although some of the extracurricular activities and technology advancements are fairly new to Taylor (including an art program slated to start next fall) I am very impressed with the quality of teachers administration and programs that Taylor offers. I would highly recommend Taylor to any inquiring parents considering public school.

Taylor School has seen some improvement in discipline over the last year thanks to new principal. However school needs improvement in other areas. Some opportunities for afterschool programs but cost money and are very limited in scope (art and dance programs). Some strong experienced teachers in grades K-4. Parent involvement is pretty good but PTA is controlled by small group of parents with their own agenda.

My husband and I are very pleased with Taylor. My daughter who could not read when starting Kindergarten was added to the accelerated reading program 1/2 through the school year. Between recess and the various extra activities [such as] back to school night open house science/technology night book fairs the walk-a-thon ice cream social the Olympics and the various spirit days not to mention the field trips and charity fundraisers I think my daughter receives a well rounded elementary school experience. I look forward to the next 6 years with Taylor and we can not wait to enroll our son.

Quality is good but no heart. Extra curricular activites what are those? They existt as long as your pocket book does. Parent involvement is good but anything can stand for improvement.

I really don't recommend Taylor school. This school ranks very high when it comes to test scores but there really isn't any involvement when it comes to the students. 3 out of the 4 teachers that my son has had have been terrible. This school needs to learn how to challenge these kids and be involved with them as children.

Taylor has been a great school. The teacher my son had this year (3rd grade) had great communication with me this year which I believe helps.

This school is awesome! The teachers are so into the students! The students could read in kinder! I was amazed at the outcome!

This school has excellent parent involvement from the Taylor Olympics to the PTA support. I would like to see more extracurricular activities such as structured music and art programs.

We had our children attend a school is Morgan Hill which had wonderful creativity made learning fun and relaxing but their test scores were not as good as Taylors school. So when we relocated to San Jose. Attaing good test scores filters from the teachers to the students and this makes an absence of love of learning a great stress level for the children. I would prefer to go to a lowered testing score for a school because they instill the love of learning. The teachers are free to be much more creative. I do not blame the teachers at Taylor school. I blame the stress the district places on the school and altimately on the children.

My husband and I are very displeased with the outcome of our daughters teacher and lack of support by the principal. We are not the only parents who feel that our concerns are being ignored by the school. Also the bathrooms in this school are very dirty and there is hardly soap in any of the soap dispensers nor toilet paper at avail. The schools API scores are high but the needs of the students/parents concerns aren't.Also the bathrooms are not monitored in means of children doing whatever in there.

I have two very different children and the teachers and principal at Taylor have done an outstanding job meeting both of their needs over the last few years. I sometimes feel the closing of other schools in the area took a toll on the overall education for the children at Taylor once the additional children were added to the school.

My daugter just started Kindergarten there and I am very impressed with the school and the staff.