Reviews of Waddell Language Academy (School)

Anneuill Castillo

Absolutely love this school. Signing him up was the best choice I have ever made since having my son. Education is everything and where and how your child is being educated is very important. I love its diversity and definitely rank this school the best!

Piper Steele

Its not bad, its a pretty good school. But its not perfect. Nothings perfect, though, and thats ok.

Alexander Hare

0/10 HELP ME, so me and my friends keep getting punished for no apparent reason, my grades are very poor despite my constant effort, and I never learn anything useful. They do occasionally think about teaching something that might be of use in the real world (like programming) but it is always reserved exclusively for straight A students, I dont have very many friends because everyone else is mean and the only really good teacher is mr. Parmernter. 0/10 I want my parents taxes back....

Miosotis Concepcion Alberto

Great school.

Martha Bottia Noguera

Awesome school! Great teachers, great community and lots of diversity.

Anneuill Castillo

Absolutely love this school. Signing him up was the best choice I have ever made since having my son. Education is everything and where and how your child is being educated is very important. I love its diversity and definitely rank this school the best!

Aleisia De La Rosa

Traveled all over and always around other cultures, languages and environments. This school surely endorses strong academics, cultures and languages. I can see the difference in the intellectuality of my child already in a rising 2nd grade. The teachers are excellent and put much of themselves in what matters the most teaching the children. Being raised in different cultures, my child enjoyes to be in such environment as well. However, I strongly dislike the administration circle they are going on there. An incident is an incident and should be addressed immediately. When I heard about it from my child I met with admin right away because as a parent I was furious but never heard anything back until I had to pressure for answers.

Allison Johnson

I like the school I'm at

Bro Han

Pretty good, barley any Trump supporters so that's good!

Sebastian Dominguez

A pretty solid school.

Piper Steele

Its not bad, its a pretty good school. But its not perfect. Nothings perfect, though, and thats ok.

Alexander Hare

0/10 HELP ME, so me and my friends keep getting punished for no apparent reason, my grades are very poor despite my constant effort, and I never learn anything useful. They do occasionally think about teaching something that might be of use in the real world (like programming) but it is always reserved exclusively for straight A students, I dont have very many friends because everyone else is mean and the only really good teacher is mr. Parmernter. 0/10 I want my parents taxes back....

Sujatha Mahendran

Both our daughters study at Waddell in the French and German programs and their language skills have grown tremendously Year over year. It is amazing how the children pick up these languages and become academically proficient in such a short time. Plenty of other extracurricular activities as well as a strong academic focus and good teachers make Waddell a gem of a school.

Master clan

This is a great and fun place to learn and grow up

Sujatha Mahendran

Both our daughters study at Waddell in the French and German programs and their language skills have grown tremendously Year over year. It is amazing how the children pick up these languages and become academically proficient in such a short time. Plenty of other extracurricular activities as well as a strong academic focus and good teachers make Waddell a gem of a school.

Jurgen Buchenau

Very good in some ways, not so good in others. Formerly had a principal who got her ideas on how to run a school from the military. Excellent elementary school program; the foreign language aspect languishes in middle school, and middle school in general is not a good experience. I completely agree with what Christina Vogel stated below.

Eric Trosch

When you see your 4th grader speaking fluently in a foreign language without an accent, it speaks for itself.

Christian Hode

Some teachers don't care for their students but other than that this school is ok

Master clan

This is a great and fun place to learn and grow up

Stei Campbell

Lit teachers but lame students

Jonathan Reyes

Manny and William deliver my furniture and they provided awesome customer service and professionalism.

Brogan Sinclair

Best school ive ever been too. Many great teachers

Hans Hilgenstock

We have 4 kids ... 3 of them finished Waddell and one daughter is in 3rd grade. Without getting into details... this is the best program I have seen or heard of. Languages are the future of our global world. If they would ask us to pay for this excellent, top-notch education--- we would !! Two of the oldest graduated from HS (South Meck) and have a priceless advantage before they even have done any further education. Yes, this is the type of program America needs !

Brogan Sinclair

Best school ive ever been too. Many great teachers

CH MA

Several incidents not addressed and no responses. Extremely poor communication (principal, teachers and administration). Not focus on other dimensions of their students. Students are more than a number and academics.

Majidah Hector

My daughter is a rising 8th grader and has been a student here since Kindergarten. Elementary was great! I had no complaints about the teachers or academics. Middle school is a different story totally. My child even though all of her friends are here does not want to finish here. The new principle is awful! She and some of the assistant principles label kids when they've had some behavior issues. They expect the kids to be silent, drugged robots which is so unrealistic when a lot of adults can control themselves. They press the EC program if your child is not an angel, not because they actually belong in the EC program but because they act out as most kids do in middle school. They also get more money from the state for each child in the EC program. Most of the principles and administrative staff are very cold, harsh and impatient. The principle actually told my child that Waddell is not a good fit for her which is not something that should be told to a child. Furthermore, my child has attended the school 8 years opposed to her 2 years, seems like she's not a good fit being that most of the issues started 2 years ago. I loved the school and loved the stabililty it gave my child and I still absolutely love all of her Japanese teachers and regular teachers (all except the math teacher) although I had to spend $1,300 for my child to attend summer classes so she wouldnt be behind. Her spelling, reading and grammar weren't properly addressed in elementary so in middle school she was falling behind because she went from being completely immersed in Japanese K-5 and has Japanese only 2-3 times a week now with more traditional learning. If you dont work with your child at home they will be far far behind in everything except the foreign language which they can barely hold a conversation with anyone except the teacher because modern Japanese is being taught, not traditional. Again the principle is awful...cold, unapproachable and shows lots of favortism, she doesnt speak to parents or children as they walk in, very unprofessional despite whatever degrees or accolades she has and holds you have to be a compassionate human being, a special person to deal with middle school children and she is not it.

Christina Vogel

K-5th was an overall great experience. My 3 children became proficient, although never fluent, in the target language and they seem to be strong in math. The teachers are professional and educated and there is a lot of parental involvement. The teaching and student body is very diverse, which we loved. The one downside is that grammar is not formally taught in the lower grades in either language and I feel that this has left them behind in their writing abilities. Now the middle school is a different story. My oldest child went from loving school to hating school starting in 6th grade. The academics don't really stand out anymore and they only receive the target language every other day in one class. There have been cases of bullying that do not properly get resolved so students end up leaving instead. It's sad and we will be leaving the school soon too.

Aisha Foote

This is an excellent public school! The elementary is very strong and the middle school is good. Definitely feel improvements could be made to make the target language education stronger in middle school.

Jodian Edwards

I love it

Hans Hilgenstock

We have 4 kids ... 3 of them finished Waddell and one daughter is in 3rd grade. Without getting into details... this is the best program I have seen or heard of. Languages are the future of our global world. If they would ask us to pay for this excellent, top-notch education--- we would !! Two of the oldest graduated from HS (South Meck) and have a priceless advantage before they even have done any further education. Yes, this is the type of program America needs !

katherine collins

My grandson had a great school year here

Omar Flores

Best school ever

Esteban Gutierrez Rodriguez

it was lit

Omar Flores

Best school ever

Dan Ward

As an Elementary and as an Immersion program, this is a great school. As a middle school, not so much. Academics in 6th grade were weak and there was some bullying. I pulled my kid after 6th grade and he was far behind in math when he started 7th.