Patricia Nixon Elementary School in Burbank, California

“Pat Nixon has been my son's school for the past 2 years. He started in first grade and now will be entering 3rd grade. I found first grade teachers to be extremely organized and work in bringing the students a full experinece of all areas of curriculum and teaching styles by rotating themselves depending on subject taught. In second grade we found the education my son experienced a tough one. P. Nixon makes the students move from room to room for every subject of the curriculum. Teachers don't move from their rooms but they make all 6 year olds move! We found this 'high school' mentality some what challenging for many students. We also thought that the instructional minutes that takes students to move from room to room every hour diminished their instructional time. We will continue to work with teahers and the new principal to make sure our son receives”
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“Pat Nixon has a very good chorus program. The school psychologist is great. They also have some good teachers. During my daughters 7 years at Pat Nixon, she also encountered some teachers that lacked organization and compassion. My daughter was identified as gate, but Pat Nixon does not have a strong gate program. They put gate students in higher level reading and math courses and have them do a couple of extra projects a year. My daughter did not qualify for the speech therapy program beause she did not have 3 or more speech impediments. When I arose concern of this, I was told by that department that the district did not have the money to splurge in that way. I was directed to my private insurance. I look forward to seeing the new priciple change things around in a positive manner this year.”
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“This is great school. My son attended this school and his academic and behavior improved a lot. Teachers are nice and friendly. They use creative incentive programs to motivate kids to read more books .....etc. My son love to go to shcool. Thank you for giving him a happy learning experience.”
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“My daughter attended Pat Nixon from Kindergarten to the end of first grade and although this school sets expectations high, not all students are a good 'fit' for that particular setting. For their reading instruction, Nixon has incorporated 'levled' reading groups meaning that if your child doesn't read a certain number of words per minute or doesn't test in the higher category they are grouped with lower students for reading instruction leaving little time to interact with peers who read at a higher level. My daughter was sent to another teacher for reading instruction every day and was in a classroom with ten other students, even though her reading improved throughout the year. Nixon offers a variety of shows/songs for parents to watch but a lot of classroom instruction time is spent rehearsing these shows not leaving a lot of time for state standards.”
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“All three of my children have attended Nixon elementary school and each have shown a greater level of wanting to learn. I give this thanks to the teachers, principal and staff. They were always encouraging their students and challenging them to reach high. They were also willing to give of their time to help these students grow. The school itself offered classes in Music, Arts sports, dance and a variety of after school programs either to enhance your academics or just to have fun and socialize. My third grader was shown how the stock market works by hands on activities. They watched the newspaper daily and checked 'their' stocks to see if they were growing or falling. They also built models of cities and voted on a mayor. They were shop owners of students. I wish other schools would learn what my children have learned from nixon.”
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“I am so proud to call Pat Nixon my childrens elementary. They have awsome extra curricular activity such as Band (which students can join as early as 4th grade), dance, our famouse chorus (they get to sing at many fun places), track, chess club, student councile (what a great experience for the students)and so many more.”
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