Beethoven Elementary School

Because this school is good and they teach you well

The security staff is rude and offensive. They need customer service skills. Somebody is going to react to security. Is Beasley a learning atmosphere or is it jail? Seems like jail to me

I HATE THIS SCHOOL.IT IS VERY VERY GHETTO THE TEACHER DONT TEACH THE KIDS NOTHING THE PARENT BE UP THERE TAKEN THE KIDS LUNCH IT IS JUST A MESS THAT SCHOOL NEED TO CLOSE DOWN THEY HAVE NEW STAFF BUT ONLY THING THEY DO IS WALK UP IN DOWN THE HALLS THINKING THEY R AT A FASHION SHOW CLOSE THIS SCHOOL WITH THEM BAD PROJECT KIDS

My son transferred here to Graham from southwest suburb school. My kindergartner has really blossomed since he became one of Mrs. Karnezis 's sunflowers. He loves going to school. Mrs. Karnezis fosters independence and encourages her sunflower students to engage in discussions and lessons. She is outgoing, and has a great personality that the children respond too. I was appalled at how my son's first kindergarten teacher interacted with the kiddos. My son was walking in eggshells around her. Kindergarten should be an amazing experience, and at Graham, my son has that. I went to Graham when I was in Elementary, and my family, Conners, have been in the Canaryville Neighborhood for generations. I love the sense of community and how Graham fosters choice and voice for their students. Thank you!

Hendricks is the best school ever!! I went to this school and left in 1988. My two daughters now attend Hendricks. The staff really care about the students learning. The PRINCIPAL is the best ever and she really care and try to work hard with the staff, students, and parents. She really go above and beyond for everybody. THE Teachers are great. It seem like everybody is family and they work together to help the students get what they need. It is only so must a teacher can do and they really put the effort into helping.

This school is okay. They need more parent engagement and activities. They used to do a lot of cool math and reading nights. They need a parent survey to see what we would like to see in our neighborhood school. If we don't do this, we are going to lose another good school and the last great teachers we have.There needs to be more student voice so we can say what we would like to see in OUR school. Who we want to see teaching our classes and what we would like to learn. Certain teachers can make a difference. We just want some things to change. Bring back our old teachers!!!

St. Gabriel is a wonderful, small faith-based school. As my oldest was approaching Kindergarten age I looked into some area CPS elementary schools and what I found was high ranking schools, but overcrowded classrooms, overwhelmed staff and more of a high school atmosphere shuffling kids from class to class, busy hallways and rushed students and teachers. I was a student at St. Gabriel but thought the tuition would be too high to send my children. I was pleasantly surprised when I registered my oldest son that St. Gabriel actually had one of the lowest tuitions for the private schools in it's area (actually with further research one of the lowest in Chicago!). They also offered multi-child discounts to families, financial aid for lower income families and several payment options that will work with your financial needs. Fast forward 8 years and now all 3 of my children are there and they love it. They have smaller classroom sizes, an amazing staff including a principal that is patient and passionate about the school and education in general. Although it is a faith-based school, they do not exclude children of any religion, all 3 of my children have students in their class that are of a different religion or have no religious affiliation. The school offers those student alternative roles when it celebrates religious days or events. We have a family-like atmosphere at St. Gabriel where the students are happy and thrive, we have an excellent sports program (check out our local newspaper Bridgeport News and you will frequently see our volleyball, basketball, etc. in it for winning 1st place in area leagues and tournaments). We have a large ratio of honor roll students 1 out of 3 students makes the B, A or Principal's honor roll! We hope to see more area people check out the school and become part of our Education, Faith and Tradition that has been successful for over 137 years!