The Principled Academy

I would give them no stars but it is not an option. My son was slapped by a preschool teacher. She was removed from his class but not fired. There was major talk of funds from the ⁷⁄₈^th grade fund raising for a D.C. Trip being misused. The principle allegedly spent the funds on her personal purchases and even left the children with chaperones on the trip to go visit friends. Many of the good teachers left at the end of the 2015 school year. My advise if you do decide to send your children pay attention to their behavior. Watch for unexplained bruises, and talk to them about their day and appropriate behaviors from adults. Also they made children stand outside in the rain. I witnessed this from my car confronted a teacher about it and she said the kids liked it, and it was only for a couple of minutes. Even though I heard many of the kids complaining and asking to go in. I would not recommend this school to my worst enemy we pulled our kids out of this place. This is the letter we received at the end of the year.
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Dear 7^th and 8^th Grade Parents,
I am so sorry that you recieved a negative email from Mrs. Diaz. Regretably, Mrs. Diaz has not been happy this year, and although we tried to work with her, she continued to get more upset about things. We hoped her issues would not filter into the classroom to our precious families, but unfortunately it did. We are very disappointed by this.
We were planning on reviewing a trip budget with parents tomorrow, and we assure you the money raised and that you paid will go directly to your child’s trip. The trip is budgeted at $ 1200 per person, which is lower than any other school or travel organization we have spoken to. The 2013 group had to pay $ 400 per student, but it did not cover all expenses, which is why we had to raise the family contribution. Mrs. Diaz was denied access to the DC Account for good reason, and she does not have accurate facts or figures.
The DC trip was an amazing experience for all the students and adults involved! We hope tomorrow night will be a celebration of it. Thank you for all your support.
Sincerely,
Brenna Iredale
Annie Steinbronn

I have two children that attend this school and we have been here for 9 years! My kids love coming to school everyday! This school is great academically but it also teaches children how to be great people! My kids are not only smart but the are good, compassionate, well-​rounded kids!

the school is awesome. My daughter has been at TPA for 4 years and she loves it. I love the small class sizes, attention to details, and community values. The school has lots of community involvement. I plan have her attend through 8^th grade.

My daughter is in 7^th grade and she has been a student since preschool. She knows all the teachers and she is confident to talk to all of them. She has developed excellent homework habits because of the consistent homework policies through each grade. There is a lot of communication from the school and quick response from the teachers, if needed.

My daughter has been a student at the Principled Academy since kindergarten. As a 2^nd grader, her confidence in her person and love for the school is something we had not really considered when we first thought about our child’s education but it is definitely an added value that she could not get elsewhere. Her class size is more than half the size of public school, the teachers and staff are caring and teach the value of character and the importance of being a good person as well as the a, b, c’s and 1,2,3’s. Can’t say enough!
The Principled Academy is an awesome opportunity for parents located in the San Leandro, Oakland, Hayward area to have a centrally locate school that has small class sizes, character building curriculum and that graduates students to great high schools like Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland and Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda.

To add to my review. My Daughter graduated from their preschool and was accepted into three private schools in the Oakland area. I honestly feel like Principled Academy prepared my Daughter for Kindergarten and she was right on track with the other children her age. I continue to get compliments and praise for how well behaved and well mannered she is.
My youngest Daughter is now enrolled and loves this school as well.