New Brooklyn

Great school. Fantastic teachers. Teachers with passion, competent, individual approach to each student. They are friendly, patient and understanding. Children with poor knowledge of the English language have good care and a great teacher. They catch up very quickly. Perfect school, great teachers!

This school is absolutely awful. It starts with the unprofessional leaders the principle and the assistant principle. They do not return phone calls or emails. In order to get a response from them regarding bullying, which they have a 0 tolerance for bullying, I had to call several times send several emails then go up to the school to finally get a response. When you ask them a question their response is always they do not know or they have a procedure in place but they do not know why they have not followed their own procedure. When I questioned the assistant principle about an incident she began to lie and change her story several times as I began to ask more questions. 'The assistants in the front office are extremely rude and unpleasant to speak to and their unprofessional behavior is allowed by their leaders. My child's teacher was extremely unprofessional as well. She had multiple facial piercings and was allowed to teach with these, and the school is more concerned with the children not wearing a shirt with a hood. She never sent home any classwork or test and when asked she took weeks to provide the information to me to have access. She called me at 9:30pm once I reached out to her to go over my child's progress and proceeded to discuss my child's clothing and physical appearance. The curriculum is also behind and not the proper grade level teaching. This school was great when my younger sister attended but it has truly gone downhill.

I love SJCA! My son has been attending this school for a few years now, and so far I’m pleased with how things have been going so far. Is this school perfect? Not at all. But to be honest, no school in my opinion is. However, I love the fact that SJCA is always improving and working on things to make the school better for the kids. All of the teachers that my son has had so far has all been great. All very loving and supportive of your child’s needs. I love the fact that they started using classroom Dojo which makes it easier and faster when getting into contact with teachers as well as communicate with other parents. The atmosphere is very family-like style and I love how the older kids tend to look out for the younger kids. I’ve always had clear good communication with admins and never felt uncomfortable. Curriculum is good and I love how they continue to incorporate prayer and the practices of it. The school is well diverse and very welcoming. Mrs. Hester, the head administrator as well as the schools “gem” in my opinion is no nonsense but very loving. She works hard and puts her all into making sure the school runs smoothly and great for the kids. In my opinion, I believe the school will continue to get better with many great improvements!

I attended and graduated from this school, I would liken it to a totalitarian regime reminiscent of North Korea. After I graduated, I personally had an apology from the principal for what he was forced to discipline the children. My parents have since apologized for the ultra strict, micro managing staff with a we are right and every other faith is wrong attitude. Education was always second and upon entering college I was grossly underprepared in math and English. Years later I hear why the school has closed and the allegations made against the administrators and I am not surprised. Investigate it for yourself. Start with the prosecutors office according to rumors.

This school has a great community and learning environment. Highly recommend this school!