Bloomfield Township

My experience with AOSH has been extremely disappointing, and I would not recommend this school to families looking for a respectful, academically rigorous, values-driven environment.The final straw for me was an incident involving my daughter. After pickup, I allowed her to briefly run around in the field while I remained nearby watching her closely. A staff member came outside, grabbed my child, and walked right past me without acknowledging me, introducing herself, asking me a single question, or attempting to verify that I was her father. Imagine standing there while someone physically takes hold of your child and completely ignores your presence. My daughter herself was confused and trying to ask why she was being held, yet we were both treated as if we did not deserve basic communication or respect. Black Male and Black Female in their school must be foreign. I fully support school safety and security procedures. That is not the issue. The issue is the complete lack of professionalism, courtesy, and humanity shown in the interaction. Any competent school should be able to balance security with respectful communication toward parents and children.What makes this even more disappointing is that I overlooked numerous warnings from friends and family before enrolling my child here. I come from a background where I attended highly respected magnet and private religious schools in Africa that placed enormous emphasis on academic excellence, discipline, character, and respect. That experience shaped my expectations and is exactly why I initially believed this school would be a good fit for my family.Unfortunately, my experience has been the opposite. In my opinion, the school appears far more focused on image, tuition, fundraising, and donations than on delivering a truly exceptional academic environment or fostering genuine community values. For the amount families pay, I expected much more substance, stronger academics, better leadership, and far more professionalism in how parents are treated.If you can afford the tuition here, there are significantly better options in Michigan that provide stronger academics, healthier school culture, and more respectful engagement with families.Very disappointing experience overall.

IT'S ALL FOR SHOW AND TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.... Seriously consider and ask about qualifications and teaching methods when considering this school. This school has changed drastically in the past five years and has very concerning teacher retention or teachers that basically are fresh out of college then usually leave. It lacks compassion and is not a warm environment for children to learn. The school no longer is exclusively a parish school and is about 75% Chaldean leaving no diversity. Last spring it came out that multiple children were being asked to kneel at length for punishment. Admin blamed one teacher, but all my children said it was used in their classrooms at one point or another. There was a wonderful priest at the church but the one who now overseas is strictly concerned about money and has cut all services and extras. This is not the sophisticated catholic school you knew growing up.

Extraordinary and exceptional. We have two students in the lower school, and could not be more impressed with the faculty, caliber or students and welcoming nature of the community. We chose Cranbrook over the other local private and public schools, after a lengthy and thorough series of tours and assessments, and couldn’t be happier with our decision(s). Our children are thriving academically and socially. Even during COVID lockdown the school provided more SAFE opportunities for in person education than others, and now as we return to more regular times the school is continuing to amaze us with the opportunities to thrive offered to the children. And the facilities and campus are picturesque. Like Hogwarts !