Royal Oaks Elementary

I attended this elementary school for 7 years (Kindergarten to 6^th grade) and enjoyed my childhood here. Royal Oaks Elementary is one of 4 elementary schools (Valley View, Andres Duarte, Maxwell) in the tiny city of Duarte and this is one of the nicest.
The teachers that I had with each grade were friendly and very helpful. They knew how to talk to all of their students and treat everyone fairly. I am pretty sure some of those teachers I had may still actually be teaching there.
The playground isn’t really that great as it was back when I went to this school (more than 15+ years ago… yep, I’m totally old), but when I was there, the playground equipment was incredible and truly a child’s dream. There really were plenty of different jungle gym areas for a kid to climb, swing and slide down on. I don’t know why these large jungle gyms were torn down, but they really were fun to climb on. The playground itself is incredibly large, with 3 levels of grass and asphalt to play.
Some fond memories that I have of this place include the following: end of the school year carnival, winter performances in the cafeteria, teachers against the students (6^th graders) at the end of the year softball game, field trips to the Arboretum (in Arcadia), field trips to the Disney Concern Hall, playing Oregon Trail on the computer for the 1^st time in 1^st grade, cafeteria food (pizza day was one of my most favorite days) Outdoor Science Camp and graduation.
Overall, loved everything about my experience at this school and am appreciative of all the many enjoyable memories and the wonderful people I have met (and are still actually friends with some to this day). I would be more than happy to send my future children here one day.