Catskill Avenue Elementary School

It's unfortunate what's happened with this school. It's very disorganized, office staff, vice principal, and principal are all rude. I've addressed many issues regarding my child's academic care, and incidents where another child got into a physical contact with mine. They provides no resolution to any of the concerns I've addressed. I know a few parents who's left the school because of unresolved incidents that's happened with their own children.I only gave the 2 stars for the teachers. The only reason we're staying at this school is because I haven't been able to look into another school.

Looking back don’t bring your kid here this school has brought me a lot of trauma growing up. I will never forget the way some teachers treated me that still work here I’m 20 years old and it still makes me sad that I never spoke up because I was little and I couldn’t. I remember teachers would accuse me of lying they would yell at me and embarrass me. One teacher even said I wasn’t smart enough. This is an honest review. I hope the school system has changed and the teacher I grew up with no longer teach at this school. This school forever changed the way I grew up.

Great community school! It may not be the best school, but my kids feel safe and always excited to go. They are encouraged to go to school everyday and taught to be responsible, safe and good citizens. Since it's not a big school, it's easy to connect with the teachers and they are more focused.It's a plus that my kids are in the gifted program.

We just finished Kinder at this school and half way through summer break my son can’t wait to start 1st. So far we feel the love and care from the staff. My son has improved dramatically over the year in his writing and reading. He excelled at math. I can’t believe I’m saying this but he actually misses his homework assignments. My son struggles with getting distracted and distracting others (likes to be the center of attention) and the school was able to manage that in a way that allowed him to stay on task and retain what he learned. I am so happy at this school they provide everything that we need. I only wish that I could have had my son in the summer school program but at the time it was only a few weeks that were offered and for simplicity we put him in a community park summer program. I notice a drastic difference in the way my son behaves in this new environment and he craves the structure that St. Philomena provides. My son even wants to be a reader at church.All positive feels here. Sister Mary John is amazing!