Thomas S. Stone Elementary School

Our family is so grateful for Perry Street Prep/ From the moment you walk through the doors, you can feel that it’s a safe, welcoming environment where every child is known and valued. The staff and teachers genuinely care—they know my child by name and take the time to understand their interests, strengths, and needs.

This is one of the best school that my son had attended. I am so sad that he will not be attending next year because we are moving. I would like to thank every teachers, staff, principal, vice principal, for making a great impact on my son life at John Burroughs. Also, I forgot to mention about the only establish STEM elementary school in the DC area. Thank you again for your support.

For me its a good school the teachers help a lot of my daugther.

It is a great school and very helpful staffs specially Mrs Umanzor was very very kind and helpful. Recommended 200% you will never be disappointed.

MRES is one of the smallest schools in the entire Prince George's county---it has a cozy neighborhood feel that is unusual for the area. My son is in the second grade and so far all three of his teachers have been great. It does struggle a bit with resources but there is an active PTO that has grown every year since we started. There are many opportunities to get involved and the small size makes it easy to make a difference. The school has implemented an Arts Integration program for the past few years, taking advantage of its location in an Arts District.

We relocated specifically to this school from another state. We attended for less than 2 years and in that time we experienced poor leadership, poor communication from the administration, and witnessed classroom management styles that do not acknowledge the dignity of the student. The school does not have the resources to support students with learning differences and classroom teachers use punitive measures when children do not follow classroom rules that are not conducive to the development of children. I would not recommend this school and I'm very disappointed that it is touted within the Catholic community as an example of excellence in Catholic classical education. My oldest daughter has now stopped practicing her faith after leaving the school; she is only 11 but has chosen to stop receiving sacraments because of how she was treated at SJA which shaped her understanding of God. If your student is self-motivated, can sit still in a desk for the majority of the day, and abide by a rigid learning environment then perhaps they can do well at this school. Teachers say "three strikes and you are out" as a warning in the classroom and as a management technique; students with learning differences are put in the hallway with no support, and as a whole instructors do not have the training to teach with social-emotional intelligence needed working with children. One teacher imparticular was more interested in rules than personal relationships with new families and students. This school was a massive disappointment, and we will not use another Catholic school as we saw this as our last hope for failing Catholic education. Maybe years earlier when it initially became classical and improved enrollment the school was a good place for children under Mary Pat Donoghue. We did not have a positive experience under the principal (Danny Flynn) who has now left to work as a consultant for other Catholic classical schools.