New Los Angeles Charter School in Burbank, California

“This schol has teachers who really care and studnets who love to be there.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“The school is like a small town, or a large family: 75 sixth graders, 75 seventh graders, 25 students per class with extraordinary facutlty and staff. The mission statement stresses building good people as well as good academic skills, and the students evidence both. While I'm thrilled that the API last year was 830(!), I am even more proud and thrilled with an incident that happened the first week of this school year. I had answered a cellphone call on the playground, and was unaware that pulling it out of my pocket also dragged out some folding money I had hastily stuffed in that pocket as well. A few minutes later, as I stood in the office talking to a staff member, a 12-year-old boy came in and handed the receptionist a wad of bills, saying 'We found this on the playground.' It was easy to identify as mine, I remembered the amount and denominations. But even now four weeks later, it's still wonderful and astounding to me that a pre-teen in an urban public middle school has so taken to heart the moral and values education of his school that he turned in unidentified cash to the office! When I remarked on this to a staff member, she told me this wasn't an isolated case. During the first week of school last year, a bag of chips went missing from an open cubby, and the entire sixth grade stopped everything to hold a town meeting about respect for others' property and feelings. No other property went missing all year. We are so pleased and grateful to be in this amazing environment. The school will add an eighth grade next year, and will need to move to another building to accommodate 225 students. We parents are fund-raising as best we can, because we want New Los Angeles Charter School to keep expanding, and take our kids through high school, too! Thank you.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“What a refreshing place New LA is! This is the first school I've ever encountered that actually follows its mission and is completely honest and transparent. The lottery is truly blind and they go out and actually recruit students from needy neighborhoods. Unlike other charters in the West LA-ish area, they don't manipulate the lottery with a wink-wink fancy system with requirments and preferences. We absolutely love how authentic the school is and how GREAT the teachers are.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“This charter school is small (only 75 kids per grade), has a fantastic academic program, great teachers, and wonderful administrators. As a social justice school, they also teach the kids about good citizenship and really taking ownership of themselves and the school. Weekly task sheets help student learn how to organize their time to get assignments and projects in on time. At the weekly town hall, any student can raise any issue to discuss, address, and hopefully resolve. Students also come up with ideas on how to give back to the community. Daily advisory time at the beginning and end of the school day gives teachers an opportunity to really work with and get to know their students. My son showed steady improvement in humanities and consistency in math & science. He loves the school and is happy!”
This review was posted by a parent.