Vandergriff Elementary School

Every body in the school always have made us feel welcome and repected, they really work hard to make sure everything works well at school!

Amazing school. Pam is amazing and all the teachers truly love the students.

We have been at St. Joseph for five years so far and will stay another five years, if possible! Our daughter is extremely happy there, and she is thriving—academically, socially, and spiritually. The teachers and administration are really amazing—skillful, kind, and very helpful!

We have been part of the TNS community for almost 4 years now. My children started in the ECE program and have now grown into the lower school. It is amazing to see and experience the genuine care and excitement the faculty and staff have for my children, no - for ALL the children. I am talking from the Head of School to the maintenance staff. The cafeteria staff through the general day to day administration staff who wouldn’t normally know our children. This place knows their names, knows their ongoings and knows their hearts! During this crazy time of uncertainty, not once have I had to question if they are placing the children first. Not once have I had to question a decision being made concerning my children’s safety or the staffs safety. They have thought of everything to care for the whole child... General health screenings, sanitizing, social distancing, safe nutrition and mental well being are all being cared for. YES, we pay tuition, however there are substantial opportunities for scholarships to assist we’re needed. The bus provided for Benton county families is a great help and before and after school care for working families, such as ours, has been a great relief.

It’s a terrible school, the staff isn’t supportive or helpful. Very poor management and unfriendly staff. The staff members are related so there definitely some nepotism as well. I don’t recommend this school to anyone. The lack of care they have is astonishing, all the teachers do is gossip. I recommend taking your kids somewhere that’s knows how to run a school properly and has enough square footage to do so.

We enrolled our son over the summer with high hopes of a creative and loving school environment. Within weeks we saw a drastic change in our child's behavior at home, he was much more aggressive and defiant. We brought our concerns to the teacher numerous times over a course of a few weeks, each time we were told the bullying was being addressed in class and all eyes were on the students. Each week our child told us things were still happening to him by another student, we asked to speak to the to the director/owner and were told parents are not allowed to speak with Victoria Butler directly. We promptly removed our child and he is back to his happy, loving self. I would not recommend this school based on the lack of visibility and involvement by the administration, they could not keep our child safe and we never heard a word from the owner/director. This place is chaotic, unorganized, has poor communication with parents, and we left feeling like our child and his safety and happiness did not matter.