St Bartholomew’s School

Family still here 6 years later. Couldn’t have asked for a better education.

This is by far the WORST school I have ever put my son in!!! If I could give this school 0 stars, I would!
Let me start off by saying this, if you want your child to grow in a positive atmosphere… do NOT let your child come here! I had my son in Preschool here with Mrs. Griffin! She was the WORST! I tried to get involve with my son’s education but I always felt shut off! My son always came home angry and frustrated, mind you, this is pre-​K. And every single morning, I would drop him off, he would start crying and tell me he did not want to go to school. No kid should ever cry, especially that young, while going to school!
There was kid who bullied my son! YES, at that age! And the teacher, did absolutely NOTHING! The kid finally punched my son in the face and I had enough! I request the principal and the teacher to set up a meeting that following morning! I sat there explaining what I see at home. How angry and upset he gets! And that I do not see improvements with him! Well thinking that principal would investigate further, but he just made the situation worse. The teacher told me, that the reason my child was acting the way he way was because I did not know how to speak to him AND that I am having problems because I was a YOUNG parent… Really? My child attended Day care prior, and I did NOT have a problem what so ever at that location. And the fact you are telling me that I was the problem!?? This would not fly by me! I think the REAL problem is that they are MONEY hungry! They prefer my son to deal with this bully kid than to talk to his parent and lose money. Well… they lost me! I was an alumni here and it sad to see that this ended this way.
I decided to pull my son out, thinking they would call and apologize. NO Call, what so ever to even see if my son was ok.
HORRIBLE!

Having two children who have now graduated and moved onto high school… I can still attest to the great school St. Barts is. Academically — both my children tested and successfully made it in at Loyola Academy. Numerous other graduates from both of their graduating classes successfully made it into selective enrollment schools or are enrolled in honors/​ap classes at other Catholic high schools. The biggest positive of this school, that I am just realizing in hindsight is the type of kids that go here. After realizing how «advanced» some other kids were in areas of sex, drugs, alcohol who came from other neighboring grammar schools I was so thankful that wasn’t an issue at St. Barts. We have such good kids and caring families as well as a dedicated staff. I’m sure that goes a long way when keeping our kids out of trouble. It’s crazy what’s out there. We r so blessed to have been in a safe situationall all their grammar school years.
I really want to clear up what «Jerry H.» On this site said about the school caring more about basketball than they do about academics. Obviously by using basketball as the only sport cared about I have to wonder if this post is made by a parent from another school. Yes we have a fantastic girls basketball program. As well as other sports like volleyball and cheerleading. The school has no focus or governing on our athletics. We are ran separately from the school and through the parish. The only «effort» afforded our athletic program is by our volunteers who coach. We have a parish paid athletic director and that’s it. Sports are not pushes… nor the focus of our school. If we have winning records and do well… we celebrate it… that’s all! Jerry– your facts are also wrong when it comes to the «rules» governing athletics. Those rules have been around for years. They were resurrected as a type of reminders to schools about time spent. The only thing that has changes is that we had to drop out of one of the leagues we did. So did a lot of neighboring schools. I can guarentee our school was not a reason for the rules. We only practiced once or twice a week before the rules… and the same holds true for now.

Still there in 2011 and still loving it!!!

This is a faux-​Montessori school. I sent my son there, and enjoyed the teacher and general atmosphere, however, do not kid yourselves, this is not Montessori. He benefited somewhat in being able to be capable in many ways, especially planning and keeping to a schedule. Do not expect too much.

This review is specifically for the «Montessori» preschool. My son attended St. Bart’s Montessori this year. I had heard nothing but rave reviews from fellow parents about the preschool. Unfortunately, my impression of it does not match their enthusiasm.
Although his teacher (Ms. Sarah) did follow some Montessori practices, it is just way too Roman Catholic for me. As I understood it from parents of preschool alums, the preschool is run separately from the K-​8 school. Unfortunately, that was not my experience. As a non-​RC, I was put off by how much religious education/​indoctrination my son received. The school pushed The Church’s political agenda to preschoolers!