Kuehnle Elementary School

Just moved here and regretting letting my children come to this school. Only a month in and my child has anxiety which she never did before due to bullying and teachers who either don’t care or who also bully the students. Looking for a charter or private school starting tomorrow. My poor daughter can’t sleep knowing she has to go to this school in the morning. Never had ever hated school before. This is not right.

I am a teacher here, but I am commenting as a parent. I want to say that both of my kids love Mittelstadt. I absolutely know that the teachers love my kids like their own, and they both have grown and exceeded their academic expectations. As a teacher, I am blessed to be able to serve here. We have the best administrators and the best staff in the district! If you are looking for a great elementary school, this is the place to be!

Our family loves this school. We have two children there (2nd and 6th grade). The level of education far exceeds what I received in a 5A public school district. My 6th grader can write on a level much higher than many high school graduates just entering their 1st year of college (I recently took an English 1301 class in community college and was extremely dismayed at what the kids in there were trying to pass off as essays).The only thing this school lacks is the resources of a public school in the same geographic area, thus, some facilities are not as robust. The previous headmaster had lead the administration into a very rigid and negative place, however the new headmaster is a legacy member at the school, and has returned the school back to the culture that made this school so famous. In effect: if you enroll your children at this school, you and them will be welcomed in and loved as part of the family. You will see the upper-classmen wrestling with the grammar school kids on the playground. Your children will be taught in a Christ centered environment to think critically and logically, to express themselves in an organized fashion, and will know "how to learn", not just "what they learned".

We have had our child in the infant program since she was about two months old. As first-time parents, we were nervous, but the Principal was very experienced and knowledgeable. She has had that school for almost 40 years and has stuck to tried and tested methods (and not fads) when it comes to daycare and Montessori. The staff was very responsive and gave each child a lot of attention. They do not crowd kids into rooms and simply put on tv. They do real activities and send reports home daily. The building is beautiful with lovely night sky murals on the ceiling in the front. They have a theater, performing arts venue, science lab, and many other additions. The playground is unique due to the big plot of land and they have a veggie garden for the kids. They really are big on accountability and growth.Our child has a solid moral compass, curiosity, confidence, and good character: all things that the school strives to inculcate. I saw children there that were the children of parents who went to Spellwell themselves years earlier. That is a testament to the impact a well-run school can have on an individual and broader society. Honors kids from high school come back and visit. The staff looks like a close-knit team and the principal has vision. Wonderful place

I am only writing this to help...I am an educator, and this is the last place I would take my child. The accelerated work is not age appropriate and the owner is extremely unprofessional and sneaky. Beware.