Creative And Performing Arts High School

We have a 1st grader at GW Childs and are having a wonderful experience. The school boasts supportive teachers and dedicated staff members who care deeply about our children and the community. It has been a pleasure to get to know our daughter’s teachers, including those with school age children attending GW Childs (namely the music teacher and art teacher-who we love). The parent association while small, is growing. These folks represents a vibrant parent community who want to increase involvement and foster communication. Both my spouse and I were raised outside of the city in NJ & PA suburbs. We did not know what to expect when we entered the Philadelphia School District last year. GW Childs has exceeded our expectations. Our daughter enjoys going to school and is learning so much. She has great friends with parents we love. She is an exceptional reader. While no school is without challenges, we are proud to have put down roots in the Point Breeze neighborhood. We look forward to seeing the school and community grow. Additionally we look forward to enrolling our second child in Kindergarten at GW Childs in the Fall of 2025. If you have questions about this school, I’d encourage you to please reach out to the school or the parent association and see for yourself, what a gem it is.

Stanton has incredible teachers, staff, and a super supportive and genuinely kind parent community that has been successful in raising money to support additional programming and to support the the teachers and staff. Stanton has great partnerships in the community including with Settlement House, which supports the orchestra and the incredible orchestra teacher at Stanton. Every teacher my daughter has had so far has been excellent-super competent, kind and innovative in circumstances that can be challenging sometimes. She has learned so much and loves being there.

After moving to the suburb, my son said the teachers were rude and so were the student, horribleEnvironment. No support.

My children have gone here for 5 years. They have had a great experience. There is a great sense of community and many events for the students and families to be involved in. The teachers communicate openly and honestly and were very helpful when I had concerns. Many of the teachers do extra curricular activities for the students after school. I would definitely recommend this neighborhood school

Principal: 0/10Teachers: 5/10Staff: 7/10Security: 0/10Facilities: 5/10Principal:Lack of leadership: The principal is failing to meet basic expectations of leadership.Missing qualities: The role requires clarity, consistency, respect, honesty, responsibility, fairness, kindness, self-control, hard work, trustworthiness, and patience, yet these are not being shown.No accountability: There is a clear lack of action and responsibility in addressing serious ongoing issues.Teachers:Confusing lessons: Instruction at times is unclear and lacks purpose.Poor alignment: Teaching students to count calories in reading class does not match core learning goals.Unbalanced curriculum: There was little to no meaningful recognition of Black History Month, while other topics received more focus.Staff:Weak hiring standards: It appears that hiring expectations are too low.Lack of supervision: Individuals, including parents, seem able to walk through the building without proper monitoring.Security:Ineffective control: There is little to no control over who enters or moves through the school.Safety concerns: This creates an unsafe environment for students and staff.Facilities:Heating failure: The building had no heat for four consecutive weeks during winter.Unsafe conditions: Pre-K students were sleeping on the floor before proper corrections were made after the 2026 pipe burst.Cold exposure: Students were made to take school photos outside in 32-degree weather without proper clothing.Unsanitary environment: Students were eating in the cafeteria shortly after it had been flooded.Conclusion:Ongoing problems: There are many serious issues that continue to be ignored.Lack of action: The principal has not taken the necessary steps to fix these problems.Need for change: The school requires leadership that takes issues seriously and acts immediately.Final concern: Without major improvement, replacing leadership should be strongly considered.And let me not forget every morning like clock work the staff will be smoking their cigarettes and vape every 20 mins, where students can see them. Hate for my kids to see that every single day of the school year like clock work.