Granger Christian School

Both of my daughters have attended Swanson. My youngest attended for first grade, and my oldest attended for 1st, 2nd, and 4th. The teachers are wonderful. They care about the students and push them to excel! The climate at the school is very welcoming. You can tell the leadership is good by the way the staff interacts, and this school's leadership is great! The principal (Mrs. Amy Troyer) is very present in the day-to-day. She led the school to National Blue Ribbon status for the 2021 school year, and that is no easy feat coming out of a pandemic! The teachers are so dedicated and caring! My daughter's teacher even came to her going away party. We love Swanson and have been proud to be a part of such a caring and supportive school community!

This school I’m sure is wonderful for any families that have no problems and their children are perfect in every way. My grandson attended there for a year in kindergarten. They strongly talked my daughter and her husband into putting their son into the Spanish immersion class. Due to his adhd diagnosis this was not working. He was stressed out to the max and began to act out. There was no support from the school. Only almost daily trips to sit in the principle’s office. They had no compassion for a family struggling. The teacher wanted to keep him in her class to repeat and the principle was rude in her comments that they have never had a student graduate at age 19. Which, at the time, I thought a strange comment because they did not even have high school grades. My husband and I gave as much as we could at the time for their new building project to expand. The special programs for parents and grandparents seemed chaotic and not very well planned.

Our children are thriving here at TMA. The expectations of the school are that children are responsible for communication and performing their work and this can be difficult if you are 'over the shoulder' or your children aren't self-motivated. They pop out the other end independent thinkers, educated children, and form deep friendships. We are not part of the "donor class" referenced in other reviews and we have never felt any dis favoritism. Direct communication with parents is available if and when you need it.

If I had to do over would send my kids to Penn Schools - just overall lack of interest by staff and clergy. If you want to donate money to new buildings you might find experience more rewarding.