St Peter Academy

This is an excellent school in all sense of the word. My child has already two years in this school and teachers are above and beyond. Love the school environment! My child goes to school everyday with a smile on her face…

My son started at the growing garden nursery school in October and it was the best decision we could have made for him. This was our first experience with him going into a classroom and we were apprehensive about how he would adjust. From the first conversation I had with Miss Mary Lynn I immediately felt like we would be making a great decision for our son. The entire staff is warm , caring, and genuinely interested in each of the students . Our son is excited to go to school every day and we love to get updates from Facebook and and see all of the fun projects they do each day . All the teachers are very open and inviting and make it very easy to talk to them. We are so grateful for the growing garden nursery school!

We are thrilled with our children's experience at Ben Porat Yosef! They are excited to go to school each day and have progressed year to year! They have the most amazing teachers and staff who not only clearly love their job but are extremely attuned to each child's social-emotional needs. The school spirit cant be beat and my kids say it feels like a second home!

This is an excellent school for religious and secular studies.

Have two children at the school and we are very happy with their performance. Their Armenian and French language abilities astound us! We are not thrilled with Common Core, math especially but not much can be done with that. All their teachers are very caring and supportive, reaching out to parents and making students feel secure and supported. Unsure why another reviewer said there were bullying issues, neither of my children complain beyond what is normal for their age. Both later explain that differences were sorted out and now they are friends with those that they felt slighted by. If you have children at this school and your children complain about bullying, remember as a parent what it was like when you were growing up, especially if you went to a public school. Support your children, teach them social skills, open their eyes to how the world works, push your children to be more creative in how they deal with classmates. If your children complain about bullying at this school, unfortunately the next school will most probably be exponentially worse for them. This is the gentlest school they will ever attend.In regards to leadership point, the principals have changed but the gentle nature of the school has been in place under both principals. Lack of leadership? Did not see that with either principal, both were driven to getting the best out of the school with the budgets they have. If there was more money, more could be done but I do not see my children suffering going to Hovnanian. Is it a panacea, no. Do I think the school board places too much time, money and effort into accreditations, yes. Fundraising at the school could be run better. All in all, the school is safe and well run academically. (Unaware that the school has resources to handle special education students-wish they could-that is why we gave a middling grade.)

We have been here since my oldest, now 6th grade, was in K. The school could not be more supportive of our family needs. There are areas the public schools may be more advanced, and the only area I have found that true is in the math curriculum. But those six months, with kids only oriented to test taking is nothing compared to what Visitation provides in terms of solution-oriented thinking, moral judgement, chatacter building and a ton of academic opportunities not made available in other instutions. My kids have taken spanish and tech since K and PreK. Cursive is part of the academic program in third grade. Selfless service is a focus. Im very proud to call this school home.