The Fay School

The second-grade teacher, J. Armstrong, is being rude to the children. When they misbehave, she yells at them, calling them bad, uneducated children, and if they feel sick, she won't let them go to the nurse's office. She has scolded my daughter very badly.

I had two kids attending this school. Both had great learning experience and were prepared for the next challenges. PTO is strong and super involved with the community.

This school is designed to train white privileged obedient students, not emotionally resilient future leaders. We are immigrant families that experienced unsaid discrimination. They only care about easy management and money, not educating my kids. Not recommended.

I've been at Awty for over 5 years now, and well... it's been a roller coaster. Don't get me wrong, great campus, great teachers, but the students are incredibly arrogant and the academic stress is unbearable. There were many nights where I had to stay up late for studying, especially finals.

The community is nice, everybody is tight-knit because of the small school population and student-to-teacher ratio; however, the administration sides with teachers no matter the instance. If you have an issue with the administration and or teachers, they will act as though they care and will help you, but they will always side with teachers. Their Student Handbook specifically for dress code is strict, sexist, and overdone for Junior High, as well as their citation and disciplinary system. Most of the teachers at this school are respectful and offer a challenge to learning and seemingly love to teach, while others are harsh, demeaning, sensitive, and petty. They don't care for your emotional well-being and will give you an unexcused absence if you are to skip one school day to, for example, go anywhere but a doctor's visit. For Special Education, this school seems to try with the LRC, standing for Learning Resource Center, which your child is only allowed to use if they have special permission for different testing accommodations, need to do make-up work, or retake a test. This school is wheelchair accessible and has ramps, automatic door openers, and an elevator in order to get to the 5th through 8th section of the school. St. Theresa, overall, I would say, is pretty safe and has new guards around campus, although in other aspects, it has harsh punishments. They have updated the punishment system to include Uniform Violations in addition to Infractions, Demerits, and Office Referrals. Infractions are immediate recess and lunch detention same day, and Demerits are after-school detention. If you receive an unjust Infraction, and choose to contest it, for Junior High, they will simply brush it off and say high schools won't see them. But they do add up, and if you get 3 Infractions, it automatically turns into a Demerit. Family engagement is pretty high for Pre-K through Elementary School, including fun events involving principals and families, but once in Junior High, family engagement is more lax. Overall, I would highly recommend St. Theresa only through Elementary, but once in the Junior High sector, I highly suggest you either find a better private school, or switch to public.