St. Helen Elementary School

St Helen has provided a quality education not just academically but spiritually as well as emotionally. The school staff genuinely care about the students and families in the school. They go above and beyond to help students including those who may be shy or more reserved like my child. The middle school teachers showed such compassionate these last two years to help her come out of her shell and feel more comfortable. They prepare students academically as we've had friends whose children graduated from St. Helen's and went to both CJ and Carroll saying how well prepared their children were. We are so thankful to be part of a community that really cares and tries to help students grow. The administration will listen and try to help when an issue is brought to her attention and the counselors & support staff are amazing. I can't say enough great things about our experience.

I as am a student I do not recommend this school at all. This is a terrible school. They don’t invest in their actual school that much and only the small things. Middle school is terrible. Teachers do not listen to students at all. Even when it is a emergency. Mostly all teachers are sexist to mainly boys. Also when mostly the boys use the restroom teachers will either yell at them to hurry up right outside the door but not mostly the girls. Some teachers will even go in the restroom or peak their head in and start yelling at the students when they are using the restroom. They deny anything bad they have done in front of parents. And just straight up just jerks. Please don’t send your kids here.

As a former student, now a high school junior, I appreciate St. Helen's so much. There was never a day that I didn't know the teachers cared about me- not just about my grades but me as a person. I felt safe and supported at St. Helen's. I was extremely well prepared to enter Carroll High School. I hear people talk about "voucher students" and I must say it's one of the most unchristian things I've ever heard from an adult. I'm one of those "voucher students" who's Catholic parents wanted to the best for me and took advantage of an opportunity. I'm in honors classes and doing well. The values, virtues, and lessons I learned at St. Helen continue to have an impact on me. I plan to go into the medical field and know that this passion came from the religion, science and math classes at St. Helen's- all of which inspired us to use our God given talents to make this world a better place with the resources and technology God gave us. St. Helen's even allows us to come back and do service work throughout the school year and summer as a way to continue to build us as leaders. The school can't isn't responsible for how a parent/family raises their children all they can do is provide the structure and support to help students achieve their goals in life. St. Helen's (and my current high school) have been instrumental in helping me work towards my goals!

I myself and my siblings went to this school 23years ago and it was such an amazing school I sent My daughter who has been going to this school since kindergarten I also have a couple of nephews that go here and let me say the school has gone downhill. the quality of teachers is laughable the education is that of Dayton Public Schools and the sports do not follow guidelines. It was gotten worse over the past couple of years and I do not see it getting any better. I would not recommend sending your child here for a good education especially if you are one of the few lucky ones that must pay for their education. if your child has a "learning disability" meaning sitting in the classroom with the mask on uncomfortable they write them off as a bad seed and treat them horribly. and the music classes are that of which they sit in chairs reading out of books never touching an instrument and the music teacher threatens the students because she can not do her job.

Very disappointed with this school. Ed choice vouchers make up most of the students in this school. Quality of education is good but not overly impressed with anything else. Not what you would expect from a catholic, virtue, based curriculum.