Sinnott John Elementary School

Best school in Milpitas. Very strong academically. They also use lot of web based learning tools like Khan academy, Google APPs and iReady

My little Girl attends Mrs. Barber (Also known as Mrs. Hughes) class since grade 1. Now she is grade 2. We are very happy to have Mr. Barber as my daughter teacher for 2 years. Mr. Barber is a creative and charming teacher who can teach and lead little boys and girls to trigger their desire to learn. She is a great communicator with parents also. Every week, we receive her class letters to update class progression and news. It will take lots of teacher time and efforts. We appreciate her devotion for the classes.
It is also very lucky that grade 2 have many devoted parents who care about the education. Some of parents spend time to help grade home work or support some activities. Mrs. Barber classes are academic strong and also socially strong. My daughter enjoys her class and is very happy to go to school.
Mrs. Barber class cares about culture experience. In her class, there are plenty different race background students learn together. They share US traditional holiday experience and also Chinese /​India /​Spanish culture. They also perform music drama. Last year was «Music Garden Show «. Their picture is at «Milpitas Post «. What are super stars!
We also are very happy to have Mr. Frascone as the principle of John Sinnott Elementary. He makes John Sinnott’s teachers and administrators boost morale. School API just jump to 927 and become the highest elementary school API in Milpitas in 2013. Although I am not a fan of Golf or Football, I can feel his energy to want students to adopt healthy life style and have warm feeling in school.
2014 year is a challenging year for school since Milpitas school district adopted «Common Core Standard». Currently, lots of teachers spend their time to upgrade class material and learn the new standard to teach and test students. Some higher grade material introduce to low grade students. It is more non-​multiple and essay style questions. It is a good progression. Student need to use their own sentence and calculation to solve questions. This style is challenging. However, it is good for students to enhance writing and thinking capabilities. On the other hand, Asian elementary schools are very strong in math. I believe we cannot just simple satisfied high API. Our children need to be competitive with International students. More discussions about «Common Core » are good for school to become stronger.
Hope parents consistently support John Sinnott principle and teachers. Make our children enjoy learning every day!
Go Wildcat!

This school is getting better with Mr. Frascone becoming principle here. I sent my kids to private schools, but they like here better. As long as they are happy. I still wish their API is higher.

I did not know a thing about Sinnott until I enrolled our 7.5 year old for kindergarten. One of my close mommy friends looked up the school on a website and told me Sinnott is a good school that gets high test scores. I was more impressed after he had actually started going to school there.
His kindergarten teacher was Ms. Yoshimura and she is nothing short of wonderful. I was comfortable speaking to her and love that I could get an update on how he was progressing in school via email weekly since my sister/​mom picked him up from school.
First grade he had Mrs. Leday. She too was great. She was firm with the kids but also caring. I was able to email her with my concerns and always received a response the same day.
Second grade he had Mrs. Eugenio. She too was nothing short of wonderful. We got along really well and bonded on my 7.5 year old, his friends and things he did/​said. He adored her so much that he remembers the things she told him and teaches them to his siblings.
This year he has Mrs. Muratalla and I have yet to speak to her but I’m sure she’ll be just as great. I’ve heard lots of great things about her from other parents. That’s the pattern at Sinnott… lots of great teachers.
This year our twins started kindergarten at Sinnott. Evan was fortunate enough to be in Ms. Yoshimura’s class. Madilyn is in Mrs. Hoeppner’s class. So far they both enjoy their teachers. I know it’s going to be another great school year at Sinnott.
The office staff along with the Principal is always friendly and ready to help. You always feel welcomed walking in.

I watched them build Sinnott and then I attended it for seven years. My siblings children have also gone here over the years and it still is the best of the elementary schools in Milpitas with the exception of Pearl Zanker which has some of the best Kindergarten teachers around.

Sinnott Elementary scores at the top of the pack in Milpitas Unified. But MUSD only places in the middle ranks when compared to other unified districts in Santa Clara County based on API scores.
Palo Alto Unified consistently ranks a the very pinnacle year after year. But, PAUSD is a basic aid district — meaning the Palo Alto city council used its redevelopment agency powers to actually RE-​develop parts of the city and then voted itself out of existence. This means the commercial/​retail/​industrial zoned businesses pay much higher school taxes.
Since the Milpitas city council voted to extend the life of its Redevelopment Agency for forty years — and thereby protected Milpitas’ reputation as a neo-​liberal, corporation-​friendly place — there is little hope that what could be a much better district will have the necessary tax revenue to do more than manage to keep its head above water with scant resources, huge classes (a high school designed for 1,500 students that currently shoe-​horns in 4,000), and moderate test scores.
Sinnott Elementary is one of several schools in Milpitas that do as well as can be expected and have a well-​trained, dedicated staff. But when compared to schools in comparable neighborhoods located in cities with a supportive city council, none of the Milpitas public schools has a chance.

Probably the best elementary school in Milpitas. As a matter of fact, I’m going to go ahead and say it is the best in Northern Cali. If you didn’t go here when you were younger I recommend that you move to Milpitas and enroll your children here asap.
Handball walls, four square, hopscotch, a playground that I cannot begin to describe, basketball courts, and a baseball field. Holy shit there is so much to do that your child will faint.
The only crappy thing is that the playground is tanbark. Tanbark blows. Holla out loud if you agree.