Welcome to Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School, where we continue to make great progress in building and enriching student learning through teacher, parent and community commitment to its children. This year we have committed to being specific to meet the needs of all students. We have been proactive by implementing after school programs to assist in reading and math and to maintain proficient and advanced students in our Lift-Off, Blast Off, Keep on Reading, Think Together and GATE programs. To ensure that our English Language Learner (ELL) population is achieving, we provide English Language Development (ELD) during the school day for 45 minutes daily using the Avenues and Step Up to Writing programs. Our teachers are all highly qualified according to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) instituted by the federal government. We continue to work together to meet and exceed the high standards of the California Distinguished School that we have been awarded and will continue to do so.

At Rancho all the stakeholders are an important piece of the puzzle in building the pyramid of success for our students and school. We are only as a good as our weakest part of the team. Parents, teachers, students, support staff and community all hold a significant role in meeting the needs of the students’ achievement potential. We recognize and nurture this attitude in keeping the puzzle complete to ultimately raise and build children to become the best citizen in society that meets their potential.