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Fantastic school! Very high academic standards - on par with the best private schools in the area, but at 1/2 the cost. Teachers are fantastic. Great at individualizing instruction to each child's level of ability (e.g., many 2nd graders go to 3rd grade math). If a child needs extra help the small class sizes allow for individual attention. It is hard to slip through the cracks here. Communication is not a problem. I exchange frequent emails with my children's teachers. We transferred from one of the best public schools in the area and there is no comparison. Our son was getting lost in public school and is now thriving. After his first day, he was amazed at how calm and quiet the class was compared to public school. Diversity is greater than at our highly rated public school too.
This is the worst school I have ever experienced for my child. First of all, many of the children in this school are unruly. I made complaints to the faculty of bullying only to be brushed off. My child is a minority and I must say the outreach and attention given to children of color as it relates to transitioning into a school of majority is non-existent. There are great schools in this area of town, and if I could do it over again, I would have enrolled my child in one of the highly rated public schools in the area. The academics are average. Many of the faculty are dishonest regarding communication and disinterested in the child's development. My child went to school only one year here. I wanted to pull my child out after only 3 months. I would not recommend this school - especially for children of color.
This school rewards independent improvement, and the teachers leave my children without any questions, and they always finished their homework quickly enough to spend time with me.
Communication is definitely a problem, especially when it's concerning your child's progress. They have a lot of testing but never tell us the results. We do not know if our child is ahead or behind in reading and math. This makes it hard to know how to help our child with areas that need work. The classes are very repetitive and some children may get bored with this. The lunch room is always a mess with books and papers strewn about. They have lots of projects and most require extra money. Sometimes it seems more like a charity than a school. Some of the teachers are very young and inexperienced. The tuition is getting pretty expensive now.
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