North Hyde Park

Honestly one of the worst schools! Principal Peeples needs to go, I've heard from many MANY teachers about her love for playing favorites and how she bullies her own employees. Why doesn't she get moved? Oh guess what? She used to work in HR and so her buddies there don't do a thing about her turn over rate. Think about it. This school has some of the highest turn over rate and the biggest complaint I've heard is leadership. Wake up and smell the roses y'all! My kid has gotten hit and punched and shoved all year long and they are getting more chance to come back and continue to traumatize my kid! Why do we allow the few to ruin it for the bunch? Do better!!!!!!

We love this school! The community is so warm and involved in the school. Great teachers on staff who truly care about the kids. My daughter not only learns math and literacy, but also social and emotional maturity and kindness for others. The test scores do not say everything about a school environment.

Unprofessional teachers and staff. Would not recommend.

I pick my son up from school every day, and I see that he is always unhappy to leave. I understand that he needs time to adjust to the transition, and I’m determined to help him feel more positive about going home.

This school has significant student and teacher turnover. They cannot maintain the same teachers because of the poor administration. They also expect a thousand responsibilities they put on their teachers shoulders for such a low amount of pay. Students are asked to leave St. Pius School for a variety of reasons by administration. When my child attended there I saw three students asked to leave mid year. Teachers were asked to leave for insane reasons I heard. However, the female school counselor at St. Pius School became pregnant with the male Middle School Science teacher. They both had a shotgun wedding, while she was pregnant to try and cover everything up. I am surprised the Charlotte Catholic Diocese was not involved in disciplinary measures for the counselor and the Science teacher. I have seen them dismiss teachers for matters even less. The turnover between teachers and students here is very high. Beware! You have been warned.

I attended this school K-12. It was a FANTASTIC experience. I was more prepared than most of my peers my freshman year of college. I have read a lot of reviews complaining about bullying and lack of diversity et al and it’s all just sour grapes. Not only am I a GDS graduate, I’m also a public high school teacher. I’ve taught in many schools and NOWHERE prepares you better than GDS. Every school has its problems. GDS has problems too; it’s not a utopia. It’s a learning institution filled with hormonal adolescents trying to find their place in the world. Those that are complaining about “diversity”…what do you expect??? It’s a private school that costs $30k/year! It’s not like they keep out diverse populations on purpose. It’s just a matter of economics. If you want your kid to go to a school with every race/gender/religion/sexual orientation/background/etc represented equally, then this isn’t your place. But there’s a lot more to life than that. This is an institution of higher learning and your students WILL be prepared for the next level. The rest is left up to you, as parents, to expose your children to the things you feel are the most important and instill the values YOU feel are the most crucial. I’ve taught at many schools in Greensboro and the other schools aren’t even in the same stratosphere as GDS.