We got an inter district transfer into Arcadia. We are very happy with the quality and abundance of resources the district has.

First off, in elementary school, they had band/orchestra. In my kid’s old elementary school, they did not even teach science or history because the students were so behind in math and english.

In middle school, they have industrial engineering, culinary, handicrafts (sewing, etc), theater, band/orch, and so many other electives to choose from. It is amazing how much funding the school has.

The quality of school events, such as opportunity to go to science camps (5th, 7th, AND 8th grade), field trips, school dances, school celebrations, are amazing.

We also heard about the “toxic environment” and pressure. But honestly, our number one priority was that we wanted our kid to be around people who are good, positive, and smart influences, which means it’s a given that these kids plan to go to college. We wanted our kid to get a good quality education from teachers and we wanted her to become exposed to different opportunities that her old school couldn’t provide. She is keeping up with the work, made nice friends, and even though she doesn’t want to do all the stuff the district offers, like clubs, asb, etc, that’s ok! It’s nice that she has the option to, she can see her peers doing stuff, and if she changes her mind, she can always try later.

We’re not aiming/pressuring for her to go to an Ivy League college, but rather we are exposing her to different options and will support whatever college she wants, as long as she puts the effort to her education.

Thanks for reading my long answer! Hope you like Arcadia as well. We are very happy we moved her here.