Stones Orchard Addition

I went to this school Kindergarten-9th grade. Elementary was the best part little drama, made so many friends, and felt safe and excited to go to school, but one junior high hit, it was a disaster. 60% of teachers don’t care about bullying or violence, not one did I feel safe going to school, male teachers walked into bathroom multiple times, a TA was texting a student, the principal was horrible, for my experience with the principal is my sister had multiple times she was sick, she was sick for over 2 months, we got doctors notes, the principal sent out a message to my parents threatening them she’s going to call CPS for how many absences my sister has, after that my sister had to do homeschooling. The school had way to much bullying, harassment, violence, and drugs. I’ve gotten searched multiple times just because I was in the bathroom at the wrong time when someone was doing drugs or vaping. I have more experiences, but I generally don’t recommend having you’re kids going here, It’s a bad place at least from my experiences.

St. Joseph Catholic Elementary is a wonderful school! My son attended from Pre-3 through 8th grade, and we have no regrets. He graduated from 8th grade happy, prepared for high school (and beyond), and feeling supported. The greater St. Joe community is also incredible -- a group of really passionate, involved, engaged, neat people! Given that it's a Catholic school, we also loved its focus on character, faith, and values -- principles that are just missing from public schools. Would 100% recommend!

Multiple teachers at this school have been so amazing to my son. He is extreme ADHD but respectful. I asked my son’s teacher Ms. Pratt well my son needs to make up schoolwork for a week. We are going to miss on a cruise. And she is not worried about taking his vacation and making it about school. This is a huge burden from him, trying to catch up. And now just able to enjoy our vacation thank you for telling me not just about him but about his mental health.