Gregory Gardens Elementary

Don’t go here if you need your child tested in the assessment center. Never get Ann she is not a very good at testing children she thought my child was fine as both his preschool teachers from 3 yrs old to now 4 yrs old see that he needs an extra push of IEP meetings. I keep on getting that my child is fine. As a mom and his teachers no he isn’t. Very much done with this place.

A GREAT school with a dedicated Principal and incredible teaching staff. It is much smaller than other Elementary schools in the area which I think is a huge advantage. Everyone knows each other and there is a real sense of community.

Did you ever wonder how the streets of Gregory Gardens got their names? The Developer who built this area used the naming rights as a way to reward his best workers. He ran an employee of the month contest and the winner was allowed to pick the name of the street. The only condition was that it had to be a woman’s name. The workers usually picked their wife’s, daughter’s, or mother’s name. And that’s why the streets have names like Belva, Marta, Luella, and Doray that were popular back in the 1950s.

My children attended Gregory Gardens Elementary school. We loved it. It has been blessed with a new principal who is lovely. We only disliked 3 faculty members and 2 of them are gone now, so that’s not bad.
My children received a very good education there. They have a nice garden, pretty murals, a beautiful library, a great computer lab, clean classrooms, effective teachers, a strong curriculum.
There is an on-​site child care as ell asa preschool for special needs children.
I guess the main drawback I can pinpoint is that it receives low community support compared to neighboring schools. Lots of neighborhood kids go to other schools, so that thins out the Pleasant hill population a bit more than other schools. They have kids from Pittsburg, Discovery Bay, Concord, Martinez and other places in attendance. Not that that is a bad thing… it’s just different. The kids you see at school aren’t necessarily your neighbors. I always thought that that was an intrinsic perk of sending your kids to the neighborhood school. Anyway, Mt. Diablo Unified is a huge district, so there’s a lot of schools close together asking the same people for support over and over.
California Education is having a low currently… At least if your kids go to GG they’re safe, playing and learning in a loving environment.