Mt Carmel High School

Not suitable for kids who have special needs.

This School actually deserves zero stars. My Son attended this school for 7th and 8th grade. This last past school year was just a challenge. My son had alot of problems with the online teaching teachers are very unprofessional especially the 8th grade math teacher. I emailed the school constantly with no reply. Principal should not be a Principal at all just worthless. Our children deserves better.

I would rate this school rating 0-10 an 10.

I have compared U of C Lab school curriculum and students from grades 3-5 with the same at a Chicago north suburban public &for the price about $2500/ month/student Lab gets a bad rating. Lab does not challenge gifted math students as does the north public schools bc they did not provide different math levels at this crucial stage. I also saw the writing levels of 4th graders, was only impressed with 2 of ~ 20 students. Most students showed lack of structure, cohesiveness, spelling skills. Lab relies on the smarts of the best students and Lab will gladly take parents $ from nursery to gr8. No real assessments so no clue. By high school Lab weeds out the kids that will make them look bad when ACT test scores are used to compare them with public school kids. Lab asks the kids who will not make them look good to leave at ~high school. So In the end it's not Lab that makes the kids but the kids that make Lab. People who work at the university get 1/2 off and there are no other good schools public or private in the area. UofC Lab school is in the south side of Chicago (not good). It's really not part of the city where you could walk to rest of city. It is so far south past McCormick place that it feels like a south suburb. The children are told they are great by the school so they have a confidence but it's not grounded in reality. I am not impressed. For that same price per month for one child you can buy a home in the north suburbs and have free education that is better and have your child grounded in reality. If Lab was great then they would have their students take the same tests as the public schools so parents could very easily compare, but they do not, and that says a lot. They also have horrible security. They do not take responsibility for signing the kids out of school but let the kids out with no supervision. Because they are a private school they are not subject to state laws that govern public schools that protect the children. If your child is bright, I would not pay for them to make Lab look good. I have seen graduates of Lab who are not impressive but they sure think they are and this has only hurt them in life. They have a hard time coping with any criticism. I think this is a result of Labbies certainly talking themselves up to each other and are afraid to step out of the Lab zone for comparison. Not impressed.

south shore fine arts academy is a wonderful school, my boys love going to school, (how many of us can truly say that) they enjoy the challenge, they also understand if they have an problems or worries, they will be addressed, not just by me but also by any staff member, it says a lot about a school when all the personalities mesh together, staff, parents, students, there will be a happy stress free solution at the end, most important your child feels safe, and when your kids feel good it rolls on to you, none of us are perfect but when we're working together for the betterment of our children it all pulls together like cake