St Joseph School

"I would not recommend this school for any child. From ineffective teachers to poor leadership and a lack of overall support, it falls short in nearly every way."

My son attended this school at 2th grade. I can't even believe what they did to him. The food is absolutely horrendous and when my son came back he threw up all over the carpet! Now I'm stuck with this mess writing this review. One day when he came back from school, my baby boy told me that his teacher punched him in the face while I saw he he was covering his cheek with an ice pack. I will NEVER come back to this school for what they did to my kid. The teachers are cruel and terrible, one time my son said that a group a boys ganged up on him and his virginity was stolen, WHILE THE TEACHER WATCHED!

This school is a wonderful institution that fully prepares a child to take on the challenges of life. All of my daughters attended it and we, as parents, couldn't be happier.

Great experience at Holy Trinity Catholic Academy. both my children are doing great, my son just graduated 8th grade with honors and my daughter is starting middle school and I know she will be well prepared for high school just as my son was. Teachers are amazing and school spirit and sense of community is amazing

Our family spent two years at GCS. We hoped for an inclusive environment but encountered a toxic culture that failed my son on every level.The dysfunction starts at the top. In two years, we never even met the principal. Because of this absent leadership, there is no sense of community. The culture revolves entirely around money, with a constant push for "donations here," while offering zero support.My son has a physical difference. Rather than fostering acceptance, the faculty actively isolated him. The most jarring moment came during a parent-teacher conference when his 1st-grade teacher referred to our son as "weird." An educator using such a damaging label shows a shocking lack of empathy.Because of his physical difference, my son required a 504 plan for physical accommodations. GCS completely hijacked it. Check-ins regarding his actual needs were limited, and the staff wrongfully shifted the focus from physical support to behavioral micromanagement. We received relentless weekly emails complaining our 7-year-old was being "too silly." They pathologized normal childhood joy.The school's "Virtue of the Month" program is incredibly hypocritical. Over two years, my son watched his peers win while he was continually overlooked. He was acutely aware of this exclusion. Despite multiple conversations advocating for him, teachers never granted it to him. The most sickening part? Students who actively bullied my son and used racial slurs were given the award. It’s a popularity contest that rewards cruelty and ignores kind kids.There are minimal music programs. Art class consisted of construction paper and toilet paper rolls. Science Fair projects were reduced to toilet paper rolls and tissue boxes—supplied by the parents!