Posts Tagged ‘Gulen charter schools’
6
May
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, Success, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: California, Charter school, Education, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy, MSA, Student, Teacher. Leave a Comment
Parent Testimonial:
It’s sad how a few people out there are trying to defame Magnolia Science Academy with lies and invented “Gulen charter schools” term. In order to support our school, I want to share my thoughts about MSA, where my son attends:
Without a doubt, the most positive experience my child and my family in general has been the one-on-one support my son has received at Magnolia Science Academy and the amazing communication between teachers and us.
The entire team; teachers, administrators, counselors, and resources services have spent a significant deal of time and effort to support my son’s learning. I was very pleased to know that he recently made the honor roll. This is the same child that was diagnosed with some form of learning disability (was told by many before MSA), who would always do only “ok” at his best. Thanks to the academic and personal involvement by MSA staff, he is exceeding everyone’s expectations and continuing to grow.
I think believing in the student, caring the student, and working as a team (parents, teachers and administrators) is one thing that I think all public schools should adopt. Magnolia Science Academy is beating the odds year after year. When MSA sends some of the news regarding their achievements like their great rankings in California and Nationwide, it is no surprise to me.
I am glad, some of my friends had suggested MSA to us. After one educational year, I am delighted to observe how MSA improved my son’s progress.
2
May
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy, School activities, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, MSA, Parent, School, science academy, Teacher. Leave a Comment
Parent Testimonial:
Recently, when surfing on the Web, I came across with some Gulen charter schools comments. I also found Parents4Magnolia website, and I thank Magnolia Science Academy parents, who’re supporting their schools by sharing their experiences. I want to share my own thoughts about our school:
All the staff at MSA are kind, caring and loving. They know all the students by name and beyond and they listen to what anyone has to say. They are open-minded and fair and exhibit a true love for the children, the school and their job. They have never made me feel bad as a parent if I am unsure as to what to do regarding a situation, they offer kind, constructive help and they believe in what they do.
I really enjoy the unique programs that are offered at MSA. What my child learns in Getting Ready For Life class is such a wonderful idea, I wish I had that when I was in school. Also the fact that most/all of his graded tests that he brings home are fill in the answer and not multiple choice which I think is great and really teaches the children to study and solve the problems rather than answer is a, b,c…. The elective classes have been lots of fun for my child and they learn so much in such a short time. He states that he likes all his classes and all of his teachers are wonderful.
I know many kids don’t like to go to school at all after 4th or 5th grade. Somehow our education system starts breaking at about those grades. Magnolia magically keeps students motivated to learn and enjoy at school.
Thank you, MSA!
22
Apr
Posted by jr1977 in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy, School activities, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, Magnolia Science Academy, Parent, Teacher. 1 Comment
Parent Testimonial:
A parent devoted to his children’s education, I cannot say enough how dissatisfied I was with the traditional public schools.
MSA administrators, teachers, and leaders are ready to be flexible. They can quickly adapt instruction, resources, and many other things to address students’ learning styles. They are attentive to parent requests. They are willing to listen to parents’ concerns. Helloooo! I get phone calls from the teachers about my child’s homework. Phone calls from the teachers in his previous school? only when there is an emergency. In Magnolia Science Academy, not doing your homework is almost treated like an emergency.
The other day, my son’s teacher called me and asked when they can visit our home. How about that? The teacher taking the time to visit us at home to talk about my child. What else can Magnolia do to offer the best education to children? What else would you expect?
MSA offers a future for my child, working together hand in hand with parents, teachers, and administrators unlike any other school system that I know. Spend your time on something good instead of wasting it with ungrounded Gulen charter schools allegations that the parents disagree.
17
Apr
Posted by Anonymous in Charter schools, Diversity, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, School activities, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: charter schools, diversity, Education, Gulen charter schools, teachers, Testimonials. Leave a Comment
Parent Testimonial:
Hey fellow parents,
How great it is to share our thoughts and opinions about our children and their school. The feeling of community in the Magnolia is the one I like the most.
I want to give a quick shout out to all the teachers and staff members at MSA. My God! How great are you guys! I feel like Magnolia is our second home!
We love the school’s diversity; our kids have a chance to explore different cultures at a very young age. I have no doubt that’s going to make them stand out, one step ahead of their peers. Those Gulen charter schools rumors around the web about immigrant teachers and ulterior motives? Let them blab away! I’m proud of our teachers and thankful for their dedicated hard work!
Last year, my son had a chance to go on a Europe trip with his teacher. This is a middle school student going out to see the world, opening his eyes and widening his scope. I know, I wasn’t going to be able to make that happen for him. You should’ve seen the way he came back and retraced their steps of the trip. Even I learned a bit of history from him!
Go Magnolia!
2
Apr
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy, Testimonials. Tagged: Bullying, Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, School choice, Teacher. Leave a Comment
Parents open letter
All I can do is to thank Magnolia about its safe learning environment. I always see smiley faces focused on pupils’ learning to become successful members of the society. Thank you Magnolia!
As far as the allegations for being connected to illusive Gulen charter schools, these are out of for opposing a successful school choice option to the benefit of the community. We appreciate the hard work that this charter school puts in to develop such a warm and family like environment, while there is news in media about nasty things going on in various schools.
There are so many reasons that Magnolia is the best school considering other schools in our neighborhood; but I would like to focus on the safe learning environment at Magnolia. My son was constantly bullied at his previous school. He was having hard time focusing on his learning. He did not feel safe and he frequently came back home angry and exhausted. I cannot remember a day in which he enjoyed going to the school. I was worried that he will hurt himself or other kids to avoid bullying.
Since enrolling to Magnolia, I can see that his mood has completely changed. He is now more focused on his learning. He talks about his friends and the time that they spent together; he joyfully shares how they enjoy their time at the school. He no longer drags his feet to school; he no longer comes angrily back home. I truly enjoy how he changed.
If those who are trying to defame Magnolia are indeed so much into education, they could try to start a better school. I’m sure there are many parents out there searching for a good public school, and I believe competition will improve quality.
25
Mar
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, School choice, Teacher. Leave a Comment
Parent Testimonial:
School (image: Wikimedia)
I was thinking that Magnolia was a private school. Its name always sounded like so. That’s why it was not a serious consideration for me at all. But when my friend and I were talking about charter schools and other school choice options, he told me that it was a public charter school and that there was actually no fee for it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have included it in my long list of middle schools that I was planning for my daughter.
Last summer, we went through all possible candidate schools and selected Magnolia. Why did we choose Magnolia? It offers small classroom size. We also talked to couple of teachers, listened to their success stories and saw how they are touching lives of many.
Last month, when I was surfing around the web, I read an article somewhere which was trying to link Magnolia Science Academy with some kind of Gulen charter schools. I was puzzled with the logic and didn’t like the negative sentiment involved. Well.. at the end of the day, I’m a parent dropping of my kid at school each morning and picking up her everyday. An anonymous individual who seemingly has never visited our school is simply throwing arbitrary stuff out his/her desk. It’s odd.
After her first school year with Magnolia, my daughter is happy with the school. She’s happy with her teachers and I’m happy with her grades; she’s made many new friends. We invited her friends along with her favorite teacher for her birthday.
21
Mar
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, Success, Testimonials. Tagged: Charter school, charter schools, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy, Open House, Parent. 1 Comment
Parent Testimonial:
Neighborhood charter school
Recently, we received an invitation for a Magnolia Open House. I wanted to learn more about the charter school in our neighborhood and decided to attend.
The principal presented the charter school. I especially liked the parent collaboration program called ‘Home visits‘; that sounded original. The school had an automated information system which provided parents with their child’s behavior, grading etc. The school’s API index was really impressive; it was higher than the competing schools around, improving over time since the inception of the school.
I decided to enroll my daughter at Magnolia Science Academy for the upcoming school year and filled the online application.
Back home, searching for Magnolia Science Academy, I happened to read a few blogs titled Gulen charter schools, authored by “Investigative bloggers” or “very concerned (?) citizens.” Your blog offers clear and concise responses to their claims.
As a prospective parent, I’m very excited about her new school and don’t want such bogus sites to affect other uninformed parents.
18
Mar
Posted by Anonymous in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, Success, Teachers. Tagged: Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, School choice, Teacher. Leave a Comment
Ignoring success.. (image: Wikimedia)
Why would somebody try to defame a successful charter school, I thought today. What might be the motives behind such a slander?
The first thing came to mind is lack of information. It is highly likely that the people who are spreading these unrelated information on charter schools are the people who don’t have the right information. For sure, it would be much better if they care to visit schools they “dislike,” to firsthand witness the friendly environment and talk to staff and parents..
Another reason, I think, is simply ignoring the nurturing environment in the school. You see the kids, school staff and parents, yet you act like whatever you want and post Gulen charter schools stuff here and there; knowing that it contradicts with the reality per se..
The last thing that I can think of is, the determination to see the odd and bad side of things; no matter whether it’s right or good.. Yes, jealousy!
The people trying hard to label Magnolia with the newly-invented Gulen charter schools tag are those who don’t like charter schools and who don’t want the success of Magnolia schools in particular. The schools’ success means the success of our children; which sadly means those people hiding behind nicknames or false identities don’t really care about our children as well..
Why does anybody would go that far?…
With the help of true information, one would expect that people without prejudices will objectively interpret the situation. Also, the people who ignore will ultimately understand, when there is consistent, stable and repeating success. However, it is really challenging to deal with predetermined agendas.
I’d ask for those people to who are voicing baseless Gulen charter schools articles to open your own public charter schools for us in our neighborhood, if this would help with your jealousy. We welcome school choice, and would love to see more thriving options for the sake of our kids’ education…
15
Mar
Posted by Anonymous in Charter schools, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, School activities, STEM Education, Success, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: Charter school, Education, Gulen, Gulen Charter School, Gulen charter schools, Magnolia, Magnolia Science Academy, Student–teacher ratio. Leave a Comment
Magnolias (Photo credit: James Jardine)
Parent Testimonial:
Magnolia offers a great academic program. My daughter has a chance to excel in both math and English. She also has computer classes and she likes computer programming. Her typical day in public schools used to end at 2 pm, while now Magnolia has an extended academic day with high expectations.
Magnolia Science Academy was the choice of my daughter.. At first, I was objecting her because I was in doubt of this little school with 10 or less classrooms and a few staff. We are happy to see that at last I made the right decision to enroll her.
In these difficult economic times, Magnolia is making great sacrifices to offer clubs, free tutoring, social activities, on and on. The student-teacher ratio is so low that I cannot believe it. Previous year, she attended a reputable public school in an affluent community. The number of students in her class was 38. This year, she’s in the class with 27 kids.
Recently, I found out there are a few people who speak ill of Magnolia schools. I feel like they’re rather reacting to the schools’ success. They try to defame these schools by labeling them with some sort of illusive “Gulen charter schools“, whatever it means. I tried to make a little research on it. But when I faced too many self contradicting, baseless articles, I gave up.. I was very disappointed for my wasted time on those unreasonable information.
My personal opinion is that, it’s better to go to school and take a closer look on Magnolia. As a parent, I see care, respect, commitment, and high standards at school staff. Beyond that, I do not really care. All I care is that my daughter is happy at Magnolia Science Academy; her eagerness for knowledge has notably improved and improving everyday.
9
Jan
Posted by Admin in Charter schools, Diversity, Education, Gulen charter schools, Jealous bloggers, Magnolia Science Academy, Success, Teachers, Testimonials. Tagged: California, Charter school, Gulen, Gulen charter schools, Hollywood, Magnolia Science Academy, State school, United States. Leave a Comment
Parent Testimonial:
Gulen charter schools argument
I’m a parent of a student of Magnolia since 2010. I’m very happy about my school, Magnolia Science Academy in Hollywood. Teachers are good and administration is easy to talk to. It was my ideal school until one of the other parents came to me and mentioned this website. As an alert parent I read everything in this website and beyond. There is an allegation of being a Gulen charter school. First of all, I did not observe any of the accusations about these schools. This school is as secular as a regular public school. There are international teachers in the school but they are from very different countries. Living in California, I’m pretty used to diversity.
Gulen charter schools argument looks like something used against Magnolia. It is obvious that there are a few people who are not comfortable with a good successful school. I talked about these slanders with the principal and suggested Magnolia taking action against these people.
Magnolia school, please do not let these people to damage the reputation of our schools.
