10 Oakwood Terrace UNIT 63
New Windsor, NY 12553

the school is ok, my daughter started school and was not aknowledged at all by her school teacher who called her serah which clearly was not her name, my daughter was excited to be introduced to her class and to get to know the other children and their names in hopes someone would play with her so she wouldn’t feel so alone but felt very alone and left out as the teacher carried on as if she did not exist. come roll call and my daughters name was not even on the roll, i adked the teacher why that is and she said it takes few days for the them to add my daughters name on to their roll, so i went to the office and caroline in reception said “she has to physically see my daughter” in order for her to be added to the roll, i have mever heard of that before. then she continued to say to dont worry she knows how to do her job and asked me for the blue form as she does not have a any more copies, i told her i will bring it in after school. the worst first day for both i and my daughter. what if there is a fire ? and my daughters name was not on the roll? i was not informed that she had to physically see my daughter before she started school , lastweek we went in for her school visit and we were told we dont need to come to the office just go straight to class and we did the same today and now she has to see my daughter hysically before she can be on a roll ? i came home and phones Maria the DP and she said that shouldn’t have happened like that and she will get the DP Siohane incharge of my daughters year level to contact me, she contacted me and adviced me my daughter was fine , i told her how my daughter had cried not wanting us to leavr and she said that’s normal, i said no it is not normal! my girls never cry for us when we take them to school but because she was aknowledged and introduced to her class she felt left out anddidnt want to be here ! then she said oh. i then asked if we had to be at the office physically for Caroline to see my daughter before my daughters name could be added to their roll and she said yes it is by law? i said why is it not like that at my daughters old school , the children start and their names are already on the roll ready for the class and the teacher is aware, she said every school is different, i said “but you just said its by law that Caroline had to physically see my daughter before her name can be added to the roll”, no the best experience for us at all .

The teachers in this school are very disrespectful towards students. My friends feel the same about this. They never actually care about how we feel. They just want our grades to be good. The amount of times my friends and I have cried because of them is honestly depressing. I cried IN FRONT of a teacher and they didn’t say anything they just said “come back in the class after you’re ready”. As I said they never cared. For the reason as to why I don’t feel safe is because there’s also a lot of cameras I usually see 3 in a corner. My social studies teacher called my parents because I got a 62 on one quiz. I pay attention in class I just have my head down and I’m not sure as to why she brought that up. As for special education I’ve seen this kid with Down’s syndrome and the teacher who’s with him “raised her voice” at him for not being able to type something in Spanish. What kind of person does that? Some of the teachers are supportive of learning but most are very strict. For example one of my friends got yelled at for doing little drawing on their work? It’s not that deep. Some of them take their job too seriously. I went to get lunch for my friend one time because they twisted their ankle. She responded with “no your friend can get it themselves” she didn’t even let me explain the situation. They always say “you should’ve stayed home” when we’re tired. They act like we have the choice to stay home. All I can say is that I don’t recommend this school. From my experience being here I can’t wait to leave.

Amazing. The small enviroment promotes idividualism and the students get a much better chance at recieving one on one help with a teacher. I've seen many young adults who have previously dropped out of high school attend Newburgh Prep and achieve success. With perhaps the best and defintely the kindest teachers and staff in the area, these people really do care about helping students shape their futures and improving the community aw a whole.