St Bridget Of Kildare School

i personally have been (still am) going to this school for around 9 years now. i started my school life here in PRE-K 4s. before i begin, i would say that i recommend this school. the education is great and a lot better than most public schools and such. if i have children, more than likely i will send them here. but of course, it is indeed very pricy and has gotten more expensive over the years. they do provide financial help with things like that, but anyway. the strengths i’d say are: (in my opinion) the school has a very good and welcoming atmosphere/environment. the sanctuary or the church is absolutely gorgeous. as i stated before, the education is fantastic. the food is good and better than again most schools. however, like anything there are cons. with my personal experience, the things i’ve heard and seen, and other information from fellow classmates i can say that it is sexist. there is lots and lots of discrimination among students. slurs are thrown around like no tomorrow. those include the n-word from primarily white students, the f-slur, and more. mainly racism though. and another thing to add is they have ALL grades (i believe not including pre-k — 1st grade) do chapel. i just personally think that unless that kid actually understands what they’re saying, they shouldn’t be exposed to the idea of religion that early on. but that’s just a personal thought. the staff is mostly kind, accepting, and helpful. one last thing is that i feel as though the church has grown to only care for money.

I am impressed with HCS. The administration and teachers showed everyday that they truly cared for my children. I was particularly impressed with the K3 program, the creativity of the program and daily communication with parents was amazing. The K5 program was an amazing foundation for my child as well. I could not ask for better teachers or a richer academic program.

I am writing on behalf of someone else that is too afraid to "rock the boat" as a foreigner here. There was a case of bullying (and the school's response to a serious medical issue) that was brought up to the administration and after weeks of back and forth emails and "meetings" with the mom, the administration's resolution was to expel the "whistle blower" and concerning situation. This was after having 2 or 3 meetings and several emails essentially not related to the bullying. Suddenly it was a concern for the student's grades as a first year student there, of which his previous school records were normal, and the first 2 - 3 semesters at this school were normal, but the final semester was on a downward spiral. There was barely and notifications or concerns from the school to the parent, Well there was 1 teacher and the parent corrected that issue. The grades and issues at hand were brought up conveniently after concerns for the child's well being was brought up after an incident at the school with another student lead him in the hospital with a concussion. This was an awful experience for the child and the mother. The child had this injury as a direct result of another student messing with him. The medical advice was to take it easy and slow for next few weeks. How can a child recover when they are being stressed by administration and their actions. There was no course of action from the school to help the child or offer tutoring. They questioned the student if they even wanted to be at this school during one of the meetings, which lead the child to spiral emotionally, especially when the asked him if he even wanted to be at such an elite school, if not that's ok, its not for everyone. Completely unprofessional and inappropriate. Oh to add insult to injury when the final determination was made to kick him out of the school for the following year, he received a packet about a week later stating who his teachers will be and courses etc. How does that level of unprofessionalism happen at a school that is supposed to be so elite and great with education.