Point Breeze

Aa a parent I know there are many great teachers at this school, but there is a lot turnover in math in the upper school and some teachers are not qualified or certified. Young students are yelled at for misbehaving by a teacher who doesn't teach anything and is always on the phone. The principal doesn't value quality teaching and doesnt require some teachers to improve. The principal is not consistent with discipline and some kids never get in trouble. The parents who complain are not valued. The parents who only want their kids to get out of trouble are the only ones the principal listens to. There are lots of nice kids there and my children have made good friends. There are some teachers that are great but the school has too many that are bad, they bring down the rest. I don't want my youngest child to be yelled at all day by a bad teacher so I will not send them back

Some teachers here don’t understand how to teach kids to read. There’s little to no guided/small reading groups or individualized reading instruction, bright kids are rarely challenged appropriately, they seem to have no idea how to collect data to back up the grades they give on report cards, they don’t let parents know in what area(s) their child could be practicing at home, and communication is just overall bad. Very disappointing for a private school with the cost of tuition. I would expect all kids to get an exceptional education but it seems no better than a public school in many ways.