Ps 163 Alfred E Smith

Nepotism. French get all priorities. Admin has staff members intimidated. Teachers retire early and all stressed out. Don't work here nothing is enough.

Great school and community - my child loves going there !

Why Studio? At Studio, emotional grounding is the basis for academic development. We did not understand this until our now 9 y/o joined Studio in 2022. In fact, we did not fully comprehend the meaning of Studio’s motto “an education from the inside out,” which is intrinsic to its curriculum, until our son started to manifest his academic strengths and weaknesses. The latter in particular have been the most exciting to witness, for it is because of the emotional grounding and academic support that Studio provides that our son has been able to take on academic challenges with calm resolve. But it’s perhaps Ms. Rotter’s (Head of School) remarkable understanding of child academic development and psychology that Studio has turned into such an integral part of our family and of the way we now approach learning. Unlike other Heads of School, Ms. Rotter knows every single one of the students (and parents) at Studio and, with her team of outstanding educators, develops individualized and highly effective learning strategies and objectives for the family. Each kid learns differently. This fact meets a thriving context at Studio. Moreover, Ms. Mabey’s (Head of Teaching & Learning) curriculum expertise seals academic rigor at Studio. At Parent/Teacher meetings, she teams up with Head Teachers to augment our understanding of our child’s development and to identify strategies to contribute to this development at home. At Studio, we are all developing together. Studio’s curriculum also shines for its interdisciplinarity, combining language (Spanish and English), math, science and history all in “One World.” Children can learn US history along with math principles. Studio’s mathematics curriculum is extremely efficient. Math is not taught as just a set of numbers, but as a language reflected in everyday life. Studio offers a complete education, making connections from the school to home and everywhere in between. Now that we have seen our kid grow older at Studio, we see someone who enjoys learning, who understands his weaknesses and is unafraid to work on them, and someone who understands his strengths and actively works on maintaining them. This is a clear outcome of Studio’s education “from the inside out” approach. This is why we continue to choose Studio.

I graduated from Holy Name back in 1975. I was recently heartbroken when I heard that the school had closed. Going there prepared me for High School and College. It was one of those "beacon of lights" for the kids in our community.