Garden of Hope Montessori

As a former student who attended Liberty for many years, I believe I received a great education in elementary school. Once I was in middle school and high school, however, my experience completely shifted. Administrators and certain teachers would enforce extremely strict rules (e.g. limited bathroom times, checks to see that we wore matching socks and a belt with our uniform every day, no phones, no dyed hair, no hoop earrings, etc) and large amounts of homework that were not actually helpful to our education. When student were stressed, certain teachers would insist that it would only get worse in high school and college. Several teachers I had in humanities courses would push their political opinions on students and were openly racist and sexist. It was worse for students in my class when one of the most beloved teachers quit because of stress put on them from the administration. I left during high school, and realized how many more opportunities and a better education I received outside of Liberty (I now go to a great college that I would not have been accepted to if I had stayed at Liberty). I had an interview with admin when I was leaving, and they failed to listen to any of the problems students were having and instead justified why each rule was in place and why each issue was simply students making a bigger deal out of things. Instead of building up students’ faith, I felt forced into believing a very narrow mindset and practicing my faith began to feel like a chore instead of something that was good for me. The majority of students in the last years I was there were disrespectful and distracting to both their teachers and peers. I had a great experience in elementary school, but I had a negative emotional, educational, and spiritual experience after that.

My children are next grade ready. Outstanding academics and great teachers who offer individual attention for students. It offers theatre, band, sports, computer lab, nice extras for a small school. I would highly recommend St. Pius X School.

After being in a local public elementary school we enrolled in Frassati. My child fell through the cracks and had a hard time with reading and comprehension. We have had a great experience; small class sizes, STEM curriculum and social events are a few of the positives. If you have any questions you go straight to the principal or teachers and receive feedback. I check in on my kids behavior and grades frequently. This school promotes parental involvement in the education process and it pays off.