Ave Maria Catholic Academy

The academics are not what they should be. The principal yeses the parents to death but does not follow through. The kids rule the roost.
—Submitted by a parent

Our son attended pre-K and kindergarten at Ave Maria. We were very happy with the pre-K program; however, once he moved to Kindergarten we noticed a real lack of progress with our son's education. He seemed to be falling behind compared to his friends that attended the other schools in the neighborhood. In discussion, we had found that several other parents had made the same observation. As a result we chose to move him to another school. We felt that it was not challenging enough for him, and, though we had wanted a faith based educational program, it appeared that far more emphasis was being placed on religious teachings than any other subject. The school was also very poor in communicating with the parents; sending notices home at the last possible moment (we would find out we needed to send specific items or payments in only the day before they were due). I would have rated the school lower; however, the pre-K program and teacher are excellent and deserve notice.
—Submitted by a parent

Excellent two granchildren are in attendance and they love school, their teachers, and they are in a true learning enviornment thank you.
—Submitted by a parent

The academics at Our Lady of Grace are excellent. I love the small class sizes and warm, family-like atmosphere. My child was given the opportunity to excel to his fullest potential and graduated very well prepared to make a smooth transition to high school.
—Submitted by a parent

When my son was entering kindergarten, we were considering enrolling him in a gifted program at a public school since his skills were above average. We hesitated sending him to OLG based on the previous reviews. Since we firmly believe in Catholic education, we took a leap of faith, enrolled him in OLG and have been extremely happy with our decision. Since the arrival of our new principal and pastor, the academic standards have increased tremendously. Our son is very bright and the work at OLG is challenging for him. The principal and every teacher know each student in the entire school by name. We feel the entire faculty and staff care deeply about each student and the students themselves learn to care about fellow students through the school's buddy system. This sense of community is very hard to find anywhere and we are proud to be a part of OLG!!
—Submitted by a parent

The Our Lady of Grace School has improved dramatically over the past 18 months. The new Principal and Pastor have charged the school with a very positive energy. Parents will be very happy with educational, moral and religious foundation their children come home with. In today s mixed-up world, learning right and wrong can be just as important as reading and writing.
—Submitted by Thomas, a parent

THe quality of education here is terrible and the combining of grades is only going to make it worse. I'm getting my 3 kids out while there is still room for them elsewhere
—Submitted by a parent

i attended olg for 6 years and the school was ok. i had ms. Concelli and ms amuso. the lunch was good overall i liked to attend school there. sincerly Patricia Sonders 7th grade
—Submitted by Patricia Sonders, a student

This use to be a good school but now with the dramatic increase in class size and the termination of several young dynamic teachers, I'm concerned that the quality of my children's education will go down hill. I'm seriously considering sending my children to another catholic school that is maintaing smaller classes.
—Submitted by a student

I attended Our Lady of Grace last year & I loved it. I loved my teachers & there were a lot of activities during & after school that were fun to join.
—Submitted by Leah Fiore, a former student

Our Lady of Grace school is safe and its concerns are based on dicipline. My four children went to the school and were not challenged enough.
—Submitted by a parent