Evanston Twp High School

We moved our kids in the middle of the school year to ASJA last year from D65. It's been a wonderful transition. The school provides structure, strong academics, excellent teachers with tenure, Diversity!!, lots of extra curriculars for a small school, small class sizes, excelled classes for advanced students and supports for those who need additional help. The school is truly a community with major caregiver and community support. You don't feel like you are the only one volunteering for everything. The community is very supportive and the children are taught to be loving and helpful to their peers. I wish I had known about it sooner - it's not the traditional underfunded Catholic Institution of yesteryear.

One of Roycemores strengths is being able to support students with social emotional health. Everyone has bad days, and many faculty members and teachers are ready to support the students that express needing extra support. Roycemore values a students well being a lot, and makes students feel comfortable in having a safe space.

I am the parent of two children who started at Chiaravalle as toddlers and are currently in 5th and 7th grades. Chiaravalle is an incredible learning environment that focuses not just on reading, math, etc., but also on social-emotional learning. The mixed-age classrooms have helped teach our children about leadership, and the integrated, self-directed curriculum has given them a love of learning. The teachers and staff are incredibly supportive and have helped us navigate a wide variety of opportunities and challenges as our children have grown. I cannot think of a place that is better suited toward helping children flourish on their journey from toddler to young adulthood.

A+. We transferred to St. A's from public school and it has been the best thing that's happened to our child's education in Evanston. Classes are challenging. Kids are held to deadlines each week. Disruptive behavior in classes is not an issue. Thoughtfulness is part of the learning. We are grateful and lucky that there was a spot open at the school, because we're now able to watch our child expand and reach upwards, rather than just attend school.

There isn't much to say other than be careful with the administrators of this school. Private schools say a lot of things that border on deception to entice families but reality is truly a lot different.