Niles Senior High School

Ballard is a school with a team of Administrators and Teachers that are truly dedicated to our children. They are encouraged to work hard and rewarded for all their growth and development! My kids LOVE going to school and haved thrived attending Ballard!

I LOVE IT and wish the Montessori program went beyond Kindergarten

I already submitted a review but I would like to rewrite it, plus people need to know the truth of this school. it seems like a great school till you see the ugly truth. For learning, 1/5. at first it seems like they teach the right way till you move on to a different school. you will have bad grades. I remember my classmates not being that happy when we had to learn stuff. it was not fun at all and you dont notice that its not that good teaching till you go to a different school. For special needs, 0/5. The only extra cirricular activity is after school club which is just for kids who have parents who can't pick them up in time. theres no tutors however there is a speech teacher for very few students but thats it. the only way to have a tutor is if you have a tutor that has nothing to do with the school (unless they're a family member of staff or a student) that is allowed to come to the school to help ur kid and it takes a while for them to be able to do that. For teachers, 1/5 teachers here are mean. there were barley any teachers that were nice to me and my friends here and there was a teacher who marked tests wrong for kids she didn't like and would embarrass kids she didn't like. another teacher did the same thing. For safety, 2/5. I think they try their best but also don't for safety. there's at least 1 bully per class and they don't care unless they don't like the student, but the principal always tried her best to keep everyone safe. there are no harsh punishments and the only way to get suspended or expelled is to break the law here.For social/emotional support, 0/5.once again, they don't care about this at all. they treated autistic kids badly and didn't care if a kid had mental disabilities.for family engagement, 2/5. the students try to make people feel welcome but fail most of the time, but the staff try to just to try and have a good look until you notice the ugly truth that they don't care and will let ur kid get bullied and hurt. Overall, St Marys is bad and is basically in dysfunction. last year they had to get rid of 7th and 8th grade since the middle school teacher back then didn't feel safe because a student there death threatened him. a lot of students leave each year and the education is bad. 0/10 overall would not reccommend to anyone. i went here for a year and a half and wish I refused when my mom asked if I wanted to go here. Don't go here, i'm warning you. You will regret it and get mistreated.

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