Sunset Elementary School

Reviews

• William Brown

  Feb, 15 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  I’m the parent of a daughter, who attended grades 1-3 in the French & Pangea Gifted Program, and a son who attended Grade 1 in the Spanish & Pangea Gifted. We left the school only when we relocated for career reasons outside of Miami. IT IS A FANTASTIC SCHOOL AND A MODEL FOR HOW PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED EVERYWHERE.
  
  First, it’s a magnet school, attracting families from throughout Miami-Dade. It’s French, German and (of course) Spanish language programs are FULL IMMERSION PROGRAMS teaching children as if they were attending schools in Europe, with NATIVE SPEAKERS providing instruction. I believe it was 3+ hours EVERY DAY of complete immersion. COMPARE THAT WITH what made primary schools anywhere else might offer at most — maybe 30-40 minutes PER WEEK of basic “numbers 1-10 in a foreign language”, and while you think about that, consider that Sunset is a FREE public school (you pay no tuition for your Kids to attend). Then consider that the Pangea Gifted Program is a FULL PULL-OUT GIFTED curriculum, beginning in the first grade. Then consider that the school has a FULL ORCHESTRA (strings and brass) beginning in Grade 2, and that instruments themselves were included.
  
  The list goes on and on…
  
  No wonder that Sunset is often referenced as the #1 Magnet Program in the United States!
  
  My daughter is now in Grade 6 in a school in New Jersey. We’ve laughed at parents here who had commented about how impressive they think the public schools are in these small towns, when their views are so narrow and I’ll-informed about what a truly progressive, globalized curriculum can actually look like, such as what Sunset offers.
  
  Recently, my daughter attained 99th percentile on the SSAT exam, taken by a self-selecting group of students applying to the best private secondary schools in the country. Her outstanding math and language scores owe much the FANTASTIC foundation she received at Sunset, a school that recognizes hard work and demonstrated aptitude with As and Principal’s Honor Roles, whole schools in NJ give out “satisfactory” and “stickers” to their students.
• Iris Batista

  Jan, 11 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  I have been enrolled in this school 1st-2nd grade, and I loved this school! I had amazing friends, the teachers were incredible, and this school was so much fun. The only problem was that they would give us a little bit too much homework, but other than that, Sunset has been the best elementary school I've went to.

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