Hawken Lower-Middle School

Great school, wonderful and attentive teachers who care about the development of all of the children

I can’t say enough of how wonderful Gearity elementary school is. The teachers are on top of things, caring about their students, they go above and beyond to not only help the students but they also help the families, specially providing help during times of crisis and with communication. I saw the review about the testing, however, if you look at the student population, they have a lot of non English speaking students and children with disabilities which they offer a lot of support to, those children are tested by the state, when they don’t speak the language! So that has to lower the school testing scores, even though the children are learning really fast and the teachers are spending a lot of time with them and their needs. Doesn’t seem fair that a school is judged for scores they have no way of changing.

I would have given this school a half star but that wasn't an option. St. John Lutheran school is the worse school my child has ever attended. There is no leadership, no direction, no guidance, and no parent support. The students are constantly playing to much and bullying one another. Christ doesn't appear to be present other than on the posters or other materials hanging on the walls. The majority of people there, don't exhibit Christ. Some of the teachers are very unprofessional and clueless as to how to relate to students and their parents. Parents are allowed to confront children (not their children) if there is an issue between their child and another child. This particular experience has been the worse. The aftercare staff is great.

The education and attention our child receives is wonderful, and we are confident she is being set up for success in high school (and beyond). Our only regret is that we didn't move to the area sooner.