My son enrolled in Schilling in the 6th grade. He found his people at Schilling! The students,…read moreteachers, administration are family. The administration and teachers CARE about their students. My son had many teachers that he admired. His favorite teacher is Mr. Rick Heflin. Mr. Heflin goes above and beyond the role of a teacher. He understands the gifted students. The students respect him. Attending Schilling school gave my son many opportunities that he would not have received at public school or wouldn't have had the confidence to "try" at public school. A few examples: drama, Schilling Singers, board game club, aikido (Japanese martial art) and fencing. Perfect example of his growth is the fencing class/team. During our first open house/meet teacher Schilling had a Fencing demonstration by the fencing teachers/coach. My son watched and was not interested. Due to his class interest and scheduling he had to enroll in fencing his sophomore year. He wasn't "excited" about this class. Many of his friends were also in the class. In a short time, he fell in LOVE with fencing. Schilling Fencing teams participate in SOHFA (Southern Ohio High School Fencing Association) league. They fence other high school teams (Sycamore, Mason, etc.). Fencing is described as Athletic Chess. Perfect sport for gifted children. My son's senior year his Sabre Fencing team went undefeated and he was undefeated in the individual tournament. He also stepped out of his comfort zone and participated with the Schilling Singers his senior year. The high school students went to Austria the spring of his senior year. The Schilling Singers performed at several venues including "Chorissimo" annual choral event. Chorissimo feature twenty-five finest school choirs in southern Austria. The Schilling Singers won first place at the festival under the direction of their dedicated teacher Dr. Doug Frank. My son had taken guitar and keyboard lessons during his years at Schilling but had never been a part of the choir groups. Dr. Frank made him feel comfortable and confident to become part of the Schilling Singers. When you ask my son about his high school trip to Austria, his favorite memory was being a part of the Schilling Singers! As a parent I wanted to also share my Schilling experience. My son mostly had positive experiences at Schilling. But he was not always happy in Middle or High School at Schilling. At times he was frustrated with other students and teachers. When I picked him up from school, the first ten minutes he would go off on a tangent. I believe he would have had the same or quite frankly even more frustrations at any other school (private or public). These frustrations are part of growing up and part of being gifted. Just because I was paying tuition didn't mean everything was going to be perfect. Life isn't perfect. Our son had incidents that we leaned on the teachers and Dr. Schilling to help us. We TRUSTED the teachers and Dr. Schilling. We trusted them because we knew they cared for our son and their many years of experience. Schilling School opened in 1997. My son graduated from Schilling May 2018. At graduation the seniors all speak about reflection of Schilling. My son's speech was heart felt for his love of Schilling. He said, "it's not the building, it's the people that make this wonderful school". He spoke about how Schilling was his safe place. He will begin college in a few weeks. He is a smart, confident young man who is prepared for this next phase of life. I KNOW we made the right choice in his middle and high school education at Schilling School for Gifted Children! #Schilling #SchillingSchoolforGiftedChildren #Gifted #School #Children

This school has been a wonderful place for our son to learn and grow. I can't say enough positive…read morethings about Dr Schilling and her amazing teachers.

Amazing school perfect learning for all ages and teachers adjust to the students needs and also…read moreadjust to their humor but make sure not to press to many buttons.

The best day of our life was the last day that our daughter attended this school. Our daughter was…read morea straight A student, but this school was a huge disappointment in so many ways including keeping her safe. After our daughter left CHCA and went to a much better private school it was like a light switch turned on and she grew into a confident young lady and went on to graduate college. The only thing that I would of liked to of changed in my daughter life was ever sending her to CHCA. I would never recommend this school to anyone!!!

a great school. this…read moreplace raised me. the ten years i spent at moeller taught me more about myself and life than i learned in high school and college combined. the staff here truly cares for kids, and they are an inspiring group with whom to work. this is an AWESOME option if you are looking for a high school for your 8th grader.

Moeller High School football broadcasts, with Host Jeff Schnedl, provided insightful interviews and…read morecommentary; making each event a personal experience, as if I was there, when I couldn't make the game. Now, I hear the venue was changed and will be broadcasted using students for play by play commentary to sharpen their communication skills. Would it not have been wiser to invite select students to co-host along side Mr. Schnedl to accomplish that goal and still keep the presentation interesting? I'm sure the students would be better served by a mentor with sports knowledge, rather than placing the youth in the pilot seat and telling him/her to solo. I believe I won't be tuning in any longer. It's a shame. Phil Novick

ok, so this school is pretty decent except for mrs williams. she is the rudest, annoying, harsh,…read morestudent hating teacher ever! she forces kids to stay after school when they have missing work. may seem good as a parent, but when she physically forces kids to and starts calling parents and making buses stop just to get a kid is bad. she also has way to high expectations for students. my friend usual got 90s on her test and one time she got an 86 and mrs williams made her retake it even though the average needed is 80. she is very rude and it yells way to much.

ok, so this school is pretty decent except for mrs williams. she is the rudest, annoying, harsh,…read morestudent hating teacher ever! she forces kids to stay after school when they have missing work. may seem good as a parent, but when she physically forces kids to and starts calling parents and making buses stop just to get a kid is bad. she also has way to high expectations for students. my friend usual got 90s on her test and one time she got an 86 and mrs williams made her retake it even though the average needed is 80. she is very rude and it yells way to much.

You could say that I have a bias towards the Sycamore Community Schools, but a lot of what the…read moredistrict has achieved over the years academically can back things up. I made my way through the Sycamore district from kindergarten all the way through high school, so I've pretty much seen it all. The district has four K-4 elementary schools (two of which were rebuilt this decade), the E.H. Greene Intermediate School (grades 5 and 6), and the Sycamore Junior High School and Sycamore High School. The Sycamore district is located in Blue Ash, Montgomery, and Symmes Township, one of the best suburban areas in town, and it's a big attraction for many non-Cincinnatians especially who move to the Queen City. I had an internship earlier this summer and was told by two different people with young children that they were highly considering moving to the Sycamore Community Schools area. While all the lower level schools are equally important to the district, you see everything come around at the high school level, where SHS offers seven global languages and 21 different AP courses. Academically, I've always considered Sycamore the best public high school in the state of Ohio, but this past year its 31 National Merit Scholars ranked first overall in the entire state. Sycamore has received "Excellent" ratings every year by the Ohio Department of Education and continues to earn a perfect 30 out of 30 on the Ohio District Report Card. While its 89.6 percent college attendance rate can be topped by a few other schools in town, its 96 percent daily attendance rate is right up there at the top. Sycamore has 468 certified employees including 31 nationally certified teachers, while 72 percent of the district's teachers have more than 10 years of experience and 81.5 percent of the teaching staff has a master's and/or doctorate degree(s). Another great thing about Sycamore is the athletic program. Although athletes are now required to pay a participation fee, the boosters (who have raised nearly $1 million in the last 10 years) managed to save all the teams when the school underwent budget cuts four or five years ago. When I was at Sycamore just a few years ago, the Aviators' athletic department offered (and probably still does) more varsity teams and sports than any other school in the state. Outside of sports, there are a ton of great extracurricular activities including the award-winning drama department, while newspaper and choir classes are offered during the school day and have led to many national awards and college scholarships each year. Bias or not, there's no denying that the Sycamore Community Schools is an "excellent" district. I was a part of it for 13 years and enjoyed so much about it and will always be proud to call myself an Aviator.

Such an awesome well hosted and organized, ran event. It was so fun to cook my favorite brunch…read moreclassic dish Shakshuka Israeli style and my favorite dip flavor beetroot hummus, along live with delightful talented Chefs Yair and Lainey Richler in Israel! So educational from nutrition to cooking techniques, to healthier whole food choices and reducing food waste tips. Yair made the Shakshuka and Lainey the hummus. Lainey provided a list of ingredients and kitchen tools needed way in advance. She provided step-by-step instructions live through out our class. Patiently answering all the amateur virtual sous chef participants questions. They had two camera angels which was great. And offering substitute items and tips. Along with General information about food and their story etc. . The Rockwern host Rabbi Laura Baum was great, reading our chat questions and repeating the instructions. And making sure everyone was keeping up and felt at ease. Both dishes turned out great. Very delicious. I highly recommend their adult programs. It was hot so store bought Naan this time around.

This is my alma mater. What to say about my high-school experience at MND? Well, first off, I'll…read moreadmit to being slightly negatively biased against the school because I was forced (thanks, mom and dad!) into attending the private, single-sex Catholic high-school after spending eight lovely years in the Lakota Public School system. There are just a few points I'd like to make about the school, faculty, and my own personal experiences as a "Cougar". First, MND is an all-girls school. For those not in the Cincy mindset, this is not at all rare. In fact, all but a few (two? three?) of the city's Catholic high-schools are single-sex, either male or female entirely. Supposedly many studies have shown that teaching high-school in a single-sex environment eliminates romantic distractions and stresses academic success instead of social success or popularity. I can't speak to the experience of all students, but personally, I found the female dominated environment at Mount Notre Dame to be both catty (what do you expect in a school full of emotionally unbalanced teenage girls?) and not at all conducive to my development as a normal, well-adjusted teenager. Honestly, girls are going to have to socialize with men for the rest of their lives...why not show them how in high-school instead of eliminating the boys entirely? Gender issue aside, the school building is mostly rundown...in a way that the administration would like you to believe is historically accurate and charming. I thought it was decrepit and full of asbestos (and it fact, it was, a major construction project went into place to eliminate the mold during my senior year). The one exception to this is the gymnasium, which was renovated the year before I started at the school. The cafeteria menu, at least as it stood when I graduated in 2005, was in need of a serious over-haul...I brown-bagged everyday for four years, it just looked that unappetizing and overly caloric. I know that cafeteria food doesn't speak volumes about education, but c'mon, look at my other reviews. I'm all about the food, baby. Faculty: basically awful with a (very) few outstanding exceptions. I got a lot of laughs from comparing my high school teacher's curriculums and credits to those of the teachers at the local public school. In my freshmen year "Honors English" class I was instructed to read Out of the Dust, a novel I had read in the fourth grade. I don't want to criticize the whole English department, though, as two of my favorite and most academically decorated high-school instructors (Mr. Tom Geier and Mrs. Julie Haggerty) call this department home. At MND the general rule is that there is one great teacher in each department, so if you send your daughter there, be sure to request them. History: Magnus, Foreign Language: Ortega, Religion: Grote, Science: Peppercorn. MND offers very few AP classes; I had little opportunity to earn college credits. One more note about MND-as with any other Catholic high-school, this place is after your wallet. The tuition is not as high as some comparable schools (UA) but those in charge of soliciting donations from fundraisers and alumni parties get an A + for their ability to guilt. Moral of the story: Save your money, go public. More AP's, better teachers (due to the drastic pay difference), and a better environment for kids to grow socially.

As an alumna of MND, I certainly come with a distinct perspective on the school. Of all the schools…read morein Cincinnati, and certainly of the private, all-girls school, I strongly believe that MND makes its mark as the most welcoming, open-armed school in the city. With diverse academic options, ranging from college prep to AP courses (and some offering college credit - I left MND with six college credits), every girl can personalize an academic career that is challenging and enjoyable. MND also has a great reputation as a sports powerhouse, but it doesn't limit its scope of extra-curriculars to athletics only. There is a very robust theater program, Model UN, academic teams, language clubs, volunteer groups, art classes...the list goes on. I can't speak highly enough of my educators at MND, and I made lifelong friends within the walls of the school. I would gladly recommend this high school to a young woman looking for a personalized education with room to grow and expand her education, interests and friendships.

Horrible school. Probably third time they have messed up. If your kids may have anything at all…read morewrong with them / happen to them in their life, this school will NOT have their back.

It's just school. Nothing so special about it. It wants me to type more, so that's what's I'm doing.read more

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