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I have twin boys going into 2nd grade and a 4th grader at Stoneybrooke. This school has been wonderful for the boys and their development. All are getting straight A's and are on the Honor Roll or the Principals List. (for 2nd grade & up) Discipline has been a breeze for our kids as they are taught to be responsible for their actions. Special Kudos go out to Mr. Anady (4th grade, and Mrs. Anady his TA) a marvelous man who is especially great with teaching the boys of his class how to be good Christians - his class is co-ed but he really understands the boys and works with them well. Firm but caring, 'I wish all teachers of the world were like him' says my son. Also Kudo's to Mrs. Grams (K) and Mrs. Hawkins (1st) Wonderful caring educators indeed.
After our first few years of attendance we found this incredible growth spiritually in our kids. They are continually asking us all kind of great questions about life and more importantly everlasting life. You have those moments in life and I have Stoneybrook to thank; we are driving in the car and all our kids are singing on their own songs they had learned at StoneyBrooke about how God. It was one of those mements that bring tears to your eyes. I did not expect the Character building portion of the program to come out so strong in my children. To my surprise, in contrast with the public school system there seems to be this huge philisophical difference between the two systems in their thinking. The public schools system seems to focus and teach what you can get our of life and take from the system. While Stoneybrooks brings something different
Academic excellence was one of our most important reasons we were really interested in the Stoneybrooke schools. What grabbed our attention was how much farther Stoneybrooke kids were ahead of the public school system that our kids were at the time attending. Their large campus was impressive when comparing other christian schools. My wife and I found it impressive when we attended a parent event and found that almost all of both sets parents were attending, which is almost unheard of in the public system. To us the amount that the parents care and are involved in the school really makes a huge difference to every child that goes there.
Stoneybrooke provides a learning environment based upon Christian values, and, I believe (a belief which, frankly, I have not tested), outperforms public schools on the academic side. The issue about Stoneybrooke that troubles me is that the school leadership does not solicit parental feedback about the teaching staff; complaints by parents to school leadership about teaching staff seems to fall on deaf ears. There seems to be an attitude of indifference to parental feedback about the teachers.
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