James Wood Middle School

My child is in the dual language program at FDES. This amazing program has provided an opportunity to become bi-literate at a young age. It has also provided an additional challenge for an advance learner. Throughout my children's five years at FDES, I have always found the staff open, helpful and engaging - even if we had a challenge. I can't say enough good things about the art and music department as well. We are lucky to have little Pandas!

Do you really want my honest opinion about the school? It seems great and all but one thing that irritates me is how we have to stand in line like first graders to go inside to get our child when we should be driving up and having our kids come to our vehicles Most of the schools I know do this And another thing if you don’t want anybody going the way they shouldn’t be gone at least hold a stop sign up so we know not to go down that road especially the woman that stands where the buses are she needs to have a stop sign so we know that we cannot go that way.and I would not of chosen this school for my child to go to if it wasn’t for the messed up districts , this school is considered low in my eyes and I would have much rather my child go to a higher up school

Hi I am a old student from apple pie I went there during kindergarten They did so bad at teaching me letters that I found not now the sounds of vowels but I don't have problems in reading not all and why is 1 grade on the 2 floor I do not trust them on the 2 floor and the playground there was a slide that was broken why could you not fix it during the summer?? It was like it on the first day of school one of the worst year at school in my life

Sacred Heart Academy allows parents, students and faculty to bully your student.The bullying by Administration parents and students against kids is heartbreaking. If your child has ISPs In public education they are IEPs) learning disabilities, and are on the spectrum, the bullying is out of control. They do not honor what the IEP team suggests for your student. Its so sad, it is heartbreaking to the soul. The Administration handles disaplining, by pitting students against each other. If you complain, you are told the leadership is perfect. They have no accountability. They will do absolutely nothing to help your child feel comfortable. They know what is being done is wrong, they do not care. Moving from Sacred Heart to a small charter school was the best decision our family made. After spending thousands and thousands of dollars to attend, the disappointment in the school was real. Since leaving, the last 2 years at school have been phenomenal. All the IEPs and learning issues were addressed. No bullying, whatsoever. This kid went to making straight A's. The student is now thriving at a very large public high school. Within in 3 days of being there they had a IEP meeting for him to address his issues. What a difference. Think long and hard on your choices. This is our families experience. So we are only.speaking.of our personal experiences.

My children have attended LBA for years. The curriculum is challenging, and the teachers are supportive. If your goal is to raise respectful and Christ honoring young adults than this is a great school that will encourage and support you through the journey of parenting.