Coeur d'Alene Avenue School

The students visited our center ( Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles ) on May 30 2018 .They brought an incredible amount of donations along with a large CASH donation. They were extremely well behaved and interested in our operation.

I feel the reviews on here that are negative, were about experiences they had a long time ago. Maybe Yelp can clean it up a bit to show the real score of this school!

I was amazed at seeing how well the school is run! The education, international diversity, and the after school programs are AMAZING, and a great example for schools everywhere. I am really impressed!!

I attended this grammar school decades ago. It was a nightmare then! I missed many days due to eye and optometry appointments. My absences were excused by notes clearly stating my reasons for being absent. My mother, my responsible party, an adult, signed the notes. The school told me Miss Lynde wanted to see me. I believe her name was Lynde, or Lind, or maybe even Linn, but her first name was Jan, I clearly remember that. I clearly remember she was in her late 30s, maybe early 40s, with blonde, shoulder length hair. Her office was right inside the front door, and immediately to the right. The principal at the time was Mrs Grundy. Miss Lynde was inappropriate in her questioning of me. She told me I looked perfectly healthy to her, and she told me I needed to start attending class more. When I went home and told my mother about the exchange, she made an appointment the very next morning. Well, I can tell you this, that school never wanted to talk to me again! All contact was made directly to my mother. What a bunch of morons. They put themselves right out there to be reamed out.nAlso, the school, at that time, was predominately Hispanic. We had kids who barely spoke English. Therefore the grades had to be retarded back a year. We were doing first grade work in the second grade. I was bored, excelled, and had to be promoted. It was terrible, because I missed something in the transition: math. I needed tutors throughout the semester.nThere used to be a dirty, run down apartment complex near the handball courts over towards Abbott Kinney. A Mexican man, in his 20s, used to blast rock and roll music every single day, look out his window, and would wear the same, or multiple white shirts every single day. He did not work, or worked nights. The teachers would not allow us to play near the handball courts, and nothing could be done, because he was in his own apartment window.nIt was a boring school that never required us to bring home a book. I learned very little there. Thank goodness my family moved to a much ritzier area, and I had a better chance at my scholastic goals. This school was awful.

Ms Fielding is a knowledgeable teacher, she handled TK kids really well and helped a lot not only with my daughter's academic improvement but also behavior.