I am the parent of a soon to be fourth grader and have spent the last five years at the Hough Campus. The school is divided into two campuses ... PK-4th on Snell Isle and 5th-12th on 62nd Avenue N. Canterbury is truly a 'family' environment. the children have a flag-raising assembly every morning (Flag)
... Read more which is an opportunity to have community sharing about special goings-on and visiting relatives, etc. My child has attended this school since Pre-K and I can say without a doubt that deciding to attend this school was probably one of the most important decisions we ever made as parents. There faculty is incredible. They are tireless, concerned and gifted educators. They are a vitally important part of the community at Canterbury and a driving force behind the school's success. Academics here a challenging and not for the faint-hearted. An excellent school all around. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/23/08
I am a parent of a soon to be middle school girl, having switched to Canterbury after a kindergarten experience that was not the start of academic life that we had planned for our daughter. Having just completed our fourth year here, I can say without reservation, that we have been able to afford the
... Read more best possible academic start for our child that we can get in the Tampa Bay area. As we look ahead to the middle school years, what strikes us is that we are looking forward to the next chapter, rather than dreading it as some other parents have shared about their reservations about their schools. The staff has been nothing but top notch, the small by choice size of the class has been great for our child, and I see the next phase of education to be nothing but positive! Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/27/08
Academics-verygood Art programs- excellent Sports-very good Thearter-excelent Parent involment-very close
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Posted by a student on 10/03/06
Canterbury is on two different campuses, one for pre-K-4th and one for 5th-12th. The academics are strong on both, probably the best in St. Pete private schools, particularly the lower grades. However, turnover has been relatively high in recent years. Re-staffing has been with inexperienced teachers.
... Read more College placement is not good and discipline is somewhat inconsistent with the older children. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/07/06
Extremely satisfied with the academic emphasis. Canterbury has one of the lowest student-teacher ratios in education. Parent involvement can be ripe if you want it to be. Sports programs leave much to be desired though. Not really competitive with the larger prep schools in team sports, and has
... Read more taken a step backwards in individual sports over the past few years. Perhaps this is going to change as the school adds football this year and 3 athletic fields on school grounds. To support a competitive football team though, they will have to expand the student population or else that new football field will just turn into a soccer field pretty soon. Looks like everything is heading in the right direction, but at the moment Canterbury remains a great academic school, average at-best athelic program, and a disproportionately large arts focus. Read less
Posted by a former student on 05/06/05
My son is now a sophomore at UF and doing very well.He was known as a 'lifer' at Canterbury having attended from kindergarten through 12th grade.His mom and I divorced when he was young and I truly believe that the nurturing he received from the Canterbury family-many teachers have been there 20 years
... Read more or more-was very instrumental in making him the fine young man he is today.My wife and I now have children in 1st,3rd and 5th grades and wouldn't consider any other school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/13/04
As a parent I believe this school offers the highest learning environment available in this county. The staff are involved and care deeply for their children, the small classes allow the children to explore and learn individually as well as with their classmates. The parents offer so much for the teachers
... Read more to use with their students such as places to fish, offices to go and visit, materials to use in their lessons and so much more. The parents association provides a huge amount of funding for extra items the teachers request. My child is a 1st grader and doing work a public school third grader who just be starting! This is a wonderful school! Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/23/04
I am not a parent of a student that has gone here, I am a student that went here and graduated in 2000. I used to think, man I am sheltered here I want to go to a public school but now I look back, this school prepared me extremely well for life outside, definitely better than any public school in the
... Read more area. I would like to add, any child that gets to go here is lucky and is guaranteed an excellent education! Read less
Posted by a other on 09/11/03
Safety environment is the best this school has to offer. Too many of their graduates attend Community College and not major universities
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Saint Petersburg schools — Canterbury School Of Florida is located at 901 58th Ave Ne, Saint Petersburg FL 33703. 901 58th Ave Ne is in the 33703 ZIP code in Saint Petersburg, FL Canterbury School Of Florida is a Private school that serves grade levels PK - 12.
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