Del Mar Hills Academy Of Arts & Science

If I could give this school 0 stars, I would! There is nothing «academy» about this place. It’s a mediocre education for average students. My son was in the 1^st grade and brought home NOTHING week after week for me to check so that I knew what he was doing. When I asked his teacher about it she insisted that they don’t send home the work they are doing because everything goes in to this magical portfolio at the end of the year. What that really meant was that they were going to hide what was NOT being taught all year long and put it in a really nice folder so that it looks impressive. The papers that I got back on the last day of school were about 2 dozen writing assignments and some pictures. There was no math involved in it whatsoever. No wonder our country is falling apart. The kids spend all day drawing and painting and not incorporating math. I have spent most of the year teaching my son at home on top of his full day of school just so he won’t be behind when we move on to a different school. Open house consisted of 5 paintings on animals for their science unit. How about some writing assignments on them. Let’s research those animals and present on them instead of the kids saying 2 sentences about their favorite food.
As a former teacher myself, I would say if your child is above average intelligence then do NOT send him/​her here. Check out the Heights school across the street, or better yet, go private.