St. Justin Catholic School

Our 1^st and 2^nd grade daughters attend St. Justin School. Our original decision was made almost 3 years ago, when we toured the school and noticed that during recess the kids were playing nicely and walking arm in arm down the hall. We had toured several other schools, which had decent performance measures as well, but the immeasurable fact that the kids looked happy, rather than stressed out helped us make our decision.
Last week my 2^nd grader broke her arm doing a cartwheel at home. Sadly, the next day I had to accompany her to a hand surgeon and miss much of the long awaited 1^st grade mothers day celebration for my other daughter. Mothers had the chance to share, with the entire class listening, what qualities make their child so special to them. I was very sad to miss this part of the celebration. When I arrived late I found that the principle had joined the celebration and, in my absence, had taken it upon herself to tell the class about my daughters special qualities since I could not. This minimized my daughters sadness and validated our decision to attend St. Justin.
The supportive community at St. Justin school, in comparison with other schools we’ve visited, is impressive. There is a positive outlook learning from lifes lessons if/​when my kids make mistakes. This leaves them better adjusted than if they did not attend St. Justin.
The learning specialist, to my understanding, has 2 different masters degrees and is a flexible problem solver. She does however sets clear limits with my daughter and communicates, with the teacher & I, any of my daughters areas of difficulty.
St. Justin is a good school.

Santa Clara’s other Catholic School. This one is located next to the main city library, and borders central park. you couldn’t ask for a better location. The school is PreK-​8^th grade and has just over 300 students.
This is a great school with an active school and parish community. Principal is from St Mary’s of Gilroy and her passion for her new school comes across nicely. If you have kids in Santa Clara’s youth theater or Swim Team you couldn’t find a closer school to go from school to after school activities.