Not focused enough on education and they don't prepare students for the future.

I am a retired teacher of 33 years. My grandson is in first grade and has attended since Pre K. My daughter and I have been so happy with his whole school experience. His teachers have been wonderful from the start. They have showed him he is important to them. They keep us involved and informed about his progress. He loves them and is happy going to school. They do wonderful, exciting extra activities with the kids. They have a SRO there at all times which is such a reassurance. The whole atmosphere when you enter is calm and welcoming. I’m very glad my grandson is at this wonderful school. I know he’s happy, cared for and learning.

Great school. Both our kids thrived here. Great start to an education

St Perpetua is a hidden gem in Lafayette. Families come from not just lumber in there but all over the area too. Great family community. The older grades truly help boost up the younger ones. Teachers are excellent and many long-term. Families stay for years and years there. Can't recommend it enough.

I love that my student has been able to take college courses here since 9th grade! Now he will be one of 33 students graduating with an associates this year!

Mi hijo está muy orgulloso de estar en esta escuela, excelentes maestros y muy buen director y subdirector

Let’s start off with the principal having a terrible attitude and is completely unprofessional. He doesn’t meet with parents, his tone and demeanor is very rude. He suspends students unnecessarily. The teachers are not fully certified and lack the knowledge they need to help students make academic progress. They provide little to no social emotional support for the students. I wouldn’t recommend this school at all.

My children have been here since the first year the school started. We started in one portable at Magnolia Middle School , then as the school's reputation grew it expanded to 2 portables and a classroom. It has now grown so much they took over the original Pleasant Ridge Elementary (and former Sierra Montessori also) campus on Duggans. They have a garden with chickens and a huge playground. The director and teachers and staff are amazing and are very attentive to the needs of the children and parents. They have different options from 100% homeschooling to a blended middle school program 3 days a week from 9-2. My children attend 1-2 times a week from 9-12 so they get the experience of learning with their peers in a traditional classroom setting. Also, Arete offers tons of extracurricular classes from cooking to archery where the kids get to make their own bow and arrows to a huge variety of arts and crafts classes. The school also offers a lot of field trips that cover a wide range of interests. There is a family resource room as well where as a parent you can use it as a classroom for your children. The school also has a nice size library where you can check out books and games as well as all kinds of educational kits. I wish they went through 12th grade because it has been so great for my kids!

Special Education team is amazing Very supportive and engaged. Our son is thriving because of the great support he has. He is in 8th grade right now and moving to High School. Transition to High School has been great, and the teachers really care. We recommend RHMS to any parent that wants their kids to be successful no matter the condition your kids are at.

I am an award-winning, veteran teacher of high school mathematics, and I have lived in the Southland community for close to 20 years. A few years after Southland opened, I thought I could bring my expertise from the inner-city to my Southland neighbors. A group of CPS school administrators from the offices downtown were kind enough to set up an interview for me and I remember sitting down with the Southland Prep Assistant Superintendent and a couple of the School's faculty. Over the years, I have had the honor of working with some of the best and brightest school leaders but this Assistant Superintendent was certainly not one of them. Needless to say, I did not get the job, but my treatment during the interview was shockingly unprofessional and brash. I can't help thinking that if this kind of behavior comes from an Assistant Superintendent, how can the School expect any benefit trickling down to their students. That day, Southland students were deprived of the opportunity to benefit from an educator who could inspire them and instill a genuine respect for learning, two qualities lacking in their Assistant Superintendent.

My daughter was in public school for first grade, which ended in covid quarantine. I was not displeased, as it gave me the chance to see how little she truly learned there. I then homeschooled for second and third, but the teacher for really tired of it. It was me, I was the teacher. She had to go back to school. I found Oaktree and decided to give it a year and see how she did. She THRIVED. She loves her school( her teachers, her classmates. The school is very interested in family, in values, and in being Christ-centered. When my daughter's grandma died, teachers were so loving and caring that it stunned me. She tested gifted in public school, and I worried that she wouldn't be challenged enough in this school. She now teaches her older friends things they haven't learned yet... And they're a year ahead of her in their respective public schools. I could go on and on. My Girl is now preparing for middle school there, and she has truly blossomed there. We just adore it.

My daughter learns so much here, she is happy going into 2nd grade and testing at a much higher level.

As a parent, it hurts to see your child struggle in school and show signs of anxiety due to bullying and lack of prevention. Weapons on campus, fighting is the norm, and school suspension is given as a badge oh honor.

This school is horrible. The teachers are subpar and there are constant fights. So many fights that they had to close down the bathrooms which makes it so you cannot use it when it’s not transition time. Overall this school does a poor job at teaching with its tests scores reflecting that.

Positive environment, caring staff, small student to teacher ratio. Character, morals & kindness become ingrained each day through all curriculum. By High School many students are chosen Man or Women of the Year. Proving the well rounded individual who learns to focus on others rather than self.