Thorton Donovan School
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Grades: K - 12
School Type: Private
Student Enrollment: 170
Students Per Teacher: 57
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11 Parent Reviews for Thorton Donovan School
Staff turnover at TD is due largey in part to teachers being lured away by higher salaries and better health benefits. All staff members must hold a Masters Degree with most now holding Doctorate Degrees. Class size is kept small so that students may have the differentiated instruction so important
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Posted by a parent on 01/29/09
I am a parent of a child in the lower school. I have read through some of the negative reviews and some of the information posted is just not true. There is P.E., there is outdoor recess (my son comes home with grass stains from playing football everyday to prove it!), and the facilities are beautiful
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Posted by a parent on 10/16/08
I had 2 kids in the lower school for about 3 years. I found the teachses to be very well rounded at knowledgeable. However, as another parent pointed out they do have problems retaining and attracting good teachers. The facilities are also mediocre at best. The real problem here however is the headmaster,
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Posted by a parent on 10/11/08
Im a new student at t-d & everyone is so welcoming & helpful also really friendly they make you feel part of the family right away the teachers are great & the head master Mr.Flemming is just such a great guy hes so fun & his sense of humor is really refreshing & he knows its also important to laugh
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Posted by a student on 09/11/08
I've been a high school student for about a year now and I don't know much about the lower school. I'll say, it's unusual. I sometimes wish that they had a slightly structured curriculum. And about extra currics and sports, they have none, which is a real disappointment. But those are the things
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Posted by a student on 09/02/08
Thornton Donovan is a peculiar school. Classes are small, tuition is reasonable, but as said, there are no extracurricular activities. The low tuition leads to 'get what you pay for' directly, as the facilities aren't great. There is no Gym, lunchtime in cafeteria consists of watching a cartoon on
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Posted by a parent on 08/24/08
T-D is terrific! No other school here has 10-15 kids per class. Each student receives truly individualized attention. The Headmaster has been there 40 years, and some teachers have been there decades. We spoke to the Headmaster and faculty to map out courses that fit our child specifically. Discipline
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Posted by a student on 04/06/08
This school is just horrible. There is no physical education and no extra curricular activities. So there is no prospect of your child getting any type of sports scholarship. Another thing is that when they have school field trips mostly in the middle and high school the parents have no permission slip
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Posted by a parent on 03/28/08
I had two children at this school. One in the elementary grades and one in middle school. The elementary school is fine but the middle and high school is terrible. They have a very hard time recruiting and retaining teachers and the result is a staff that is very weak. Some know their subjects, but very
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Posted by a parent on 11/20/07
Thornton-Donovan school is by far, more than I could have ever asked for, in educating my son. It is difficult to find words great enough to describe this school. Some schools claim that their school is like a 'family', but TD IS A FAMILY! My son has received the greatest education, the absolute greatest.
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Posted by a parent on 06/15/06
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New Rochelle schools — Thorton Donovan School is located at 100 Overlook Cir, New Rochelle NY 10804. 100 Overlook Cir is in the 10804 ZIP code in New Rochelle, NY Thorton Donovan School is a Private school that serves grade levels K - 12.
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