Creston

They don't teach their students here. They give them a computer and YouTube and leave them alone. My child had homework in 1st grade at her original school out of state, one packet with a page to do every day of the week at home. Starting 2nd grade here they give no homework at all. Students where forcing my child to draw scary cartoon characters with blood in there eyes and on their hands. They are getting access to drawing tutorials for these things AT SCHOOL on kids YouTube. They do not monitor what your child is on during computer time. Children think bullying here is extremely fun, and have made it extremely normal. One child kept going out of his way to try to slap and punch my child and pull them by their jacket hood choking them. Bring your child anywhere else. We removed our child from the school the following year because of how bad they were being treated and not cared for. The staff did nothing about the drawing my child was being forced into making. No one was reprimanded for the situation.

We've had a great experience with our son in preschool and now kindergarten! We will keep him here for 1st grade and beyond. The teachers and the parents create a caring village for the kids!

Nothing but good things to say about this school. Three of my four children have attended since Kindergarten. My oldest attended public school (Byron Center schools), and it was amazing to compare her level of education with that of her sister, who is two grades below - many times, they would help each other with homework, as they found they were working on a lot of the same things, despite the grade difference. My second youngest struggles with schoolwork. From Kindergarten through the third grade, she received so much extra help from her teachers and other staff members - never once did she fall behind her classmates. This is the kind of school where community is very solid - parents find support from not just the staff, but from other parents as well. I'm very satisfied with the education and environment my children have grown up in within the ISJ community. They have never once doubted that Jesus loves them, and it's been a blessing to watch their faith grow and mature over the years.

My child goes to daycare at All Saints Academy (Grand Rapids, MI), a Catholic school, and I walked in today having the main “teacher” actually screaming at my child, not only that she came up to me and started yelling at me and telling me all the things that he was doing wrong and how awful he is and making demands of me. Mind you my child was in a corner behind a bookshelf while she was screaming at him. I have never in my life seen a teacher actually scream at a toddler like that. This is not the first time I’ve had a problem with her, but this is the first time I witnessed it firsthand like this. Her name is Michelle Ball, the principal Meagan Schneider has previously done absolutely nothing about this teacher and I am not the only parent with these problems, I have talked to others that have had the same issues. So obviously I can’t send him there anymore because it’s ridiculous, a little boy should never be treated that way. I have also contacted Catholic Schools - Diocese of Grand Rapids Diocese of Grand Rapids on the matter.