If you're looking for a school that has great teachers, a Christian-based education, then you've…read morecome to the right place. Delaware County Cristian School is an awesome school, with great teachers and offers and well rounded education, and diversity. All that to say, Delaware County Cristian School, is a great school for everyone.

I myself graduated from Delaware county Christian and loved it! I have sent two of my children…read morethere and they loved it so much they never wanted to leave!! the teachers were incredible, loving and kind. the academics are top notch, the community is positive and the atmosphere is wonderful. I am so thankful for the Christ centered teaching, and the kindness my children experienced. Life changing!!

As a proud parent of an 8th grader who is in his 3rd year at Hill Top, I will tell you this school…read morehas had a profoundly positive impact on our son and our family. After serious issues in public school and being enrmilled at HTP, he has been given the space to heal, grow, and start to like himself again after a long time. He is excelling academically, has made lifelong friends, and has discovered many new hobbie. I sincerely and without hesitatio, encourage paren to consider HTP.

Okay, I'm gonna be as honest and objective as I can. This school has some major upsides to it. Most…read moreof the teachers there are fun to be around, easy to talk to, and hard working when it comes to getting their students to succeed. The fun Fridays are a genius idea where you pay once a month to go on a field trip with all your friends and classmates. The spirit of the hawk is a basic yet catchy way to remind students of the expectations of the school. Most importantly, the reason why many of you are either at the school currently or looking at this school, they have excellent programs in place to help students with ADHD, and Autism. That is all surface level. This is exactly what Hill Top Preparatory School wants you to see. It's all true. When you go past this surface level though you uncover an iceberg larger than you could ever expect. Disclaimer: I started here in 9th grade and cannot speak for the middle school. At Hill Top Preparatory School I was alone. I graduated in 2023 bitter, badly traumatized, and angry. To spare all of the details I will try to quickly explain all of the reasons why I will never allow my future children anywhere near this school. As a queer black male, I was subjected to bullying worse than I could have ever imagined. I spent 9th grade with very little human interaction as all it took was 2-3 unchecked kids to get the entire school to believe I was a r*pist with no knowledge or reason to indicate that I actually was. While rumors spreading is common amongst highschoolers the problem lies with how it was handled in such a small school. David Vandyke is by far the worst person on staff and unfortunately serves as the head of discipline and student life. When I had gone to him about these rumors I was told nothing could be done, no one could be punished, everything was just "he said she said". After losing all of my friends to rumors and false allegations that had gone unchecked by authority I as a 14 year old boy was left to fight for myself and eventually get everything cleared up. 10th grade skipped due to lack of space. Just racism towards my mixed races relationship. 11th grade comes and by now Mr Vandyke had threattened to expel me twice now. Once for pushing a kid that was bullying my girlfriend and causing him to hit his head (he bled a little but was fine), and a second time for a "cyberbullying incident" in which several people had come forward saying it was just an argument and I was the one getting attacked in the first place. A third incident happens (that was actually my fault this time) and I am once again threatened with expulsion. It was always this looming blade held over my head as a way of scaring me into line. It actually worked with my mother. Every time I came to her asking advice on my mistreatment or the mistreatment of a friend by the school administration my mom would say to just drop it for fear of me getting expelled. 12th grade is finally here and its probably tied with 9th for the actual worst schooling year of my life. I'm running out of space so I'll go over the rest quickly. I befriended an 8th grader and a third of the staff assumed I was grooming him, I came out as a femboy and was told I was looking for attention by mr vandyke (a year later I'm now transgender), I was threatened with expulsion one final time because I started to open up about my hallucinations and dissociative identity disorder (yes my trauma was that bad), and the staff actively encouraged a relationship between an 18 year old and a 15 year old (they're both white). Just another day at Hill Top Prep. Now I will admit it wasn't all bad but there were definitely a LOT of very avoidable things, questionable bordering on racist action being taken, and honestly a lot of dark things going on when you look past the happy atmosphere this school projects. I will be back as an alumni to visit the few teachers who were unconditionally good to me through my hardships and the administration is lucky I don't sue for negligence and discrimination.

We had our daughter at the Goddard School in Plymouth Meeting since 2019 and our experience there…read morerecently swung from overall satisfaction to abrupt discontent where we ended up looking forward to her last day there. A few months ago we couldn't imagine saying something like that, but we quickly changed our minds after an inexcusable and unexpected back and forth with the co-owners. First we will say, the teachers at Goddard have been great. Although we haven't been able to meet any of them for the past 2 years due to the pandemic, my daughter has had nothing but good things to say about her teachers and she has learned a lot from them. We've come to learn that this school may be a perfect fit for a family who will quietly fall in line and not question policies set in place by the co-owners. I think this is why we didn't see their apparent true colors for all these years, we didn't ever question anything. The issue started after the CDC dropped the mandatory masking recommendation for children. They required the kids wear their masks inside and outside (even in the dead of summer). We asked a few simple questions about when they plan to go mask-optional, and were immediately shut down with vague statements like "... we decided that we were going to continue to require masks through the end of the winter virus season" and that "we trust that you respect our right to make our own policies". This is when we started to see that policy making at Goddard can be made up with no actual facts communicated to back it up and with no known parent input whatsoever. Not only were our questions immediately shut down, we felt shamed as though we were the only parents with any questions, which we know is not true. Coincidentally, the same day we asked about the masking policy, the school's Instagram page was populated with "parent emails" thanking them for continuing to require masking. Our emails back and forth continued as we tried to seek any information about what criteria needed to be met in order for the children to be mask-optional, as every other daycare/school/county had already been made mask-optional. We were told by the co-owners that we were being "insulting", that we must have "covid fatigue", they were not going to be answering any of our questions and that "there are other schools that (we) might feel more comfortable" sending our daughter to. Can you imagine? After 3 years at the school, being told we should look elsewhere because we questioned a policy for the first time? Parents trying to get details regarding a policy that effects their child every single day and we are told we are insulting and that they are not going to answer our questions simply because they didn't actually have the answers? Aside from their inability to provide information regarding their policies, the shocking disrespect we received for questioning them is ultimately the reason we decided to unenroll our daughter early. We just felt it was important to relay our experience for those considering enrolling their children.

The Plymouth Meeting, Pa location is Fantastic! not sure what why any of these other parents would…read moreput a negative review for this location. We switched our son to this location in June of this year 2022 from another school in Philly and we are totally satisfied with the way they run their school. The teachers, Management staff and owners are great. Very involved! They are very organized, prioritize the needs of each child not just ours, great communication, activities and giving back to charity. Our son is so much more happier at this location and learning compared to the other school that we left. They spend alot of focus on the Kids learning and development. I'm very happy that my wife and I made the switch to this location.

Beautiful school! I'm here coaching with USA Football and working with Malvern Prep head football…read morecoach, Coach Brady, along with many other great coaches and assistants! What an amazing experience and fine school to train at!

My two boys have received very good educations here. Top notch academics, athletics, and arts…read moreprograms have really made them well rounded individuals. The school lets "boys be boys" while still maintaining a rigorous and academically challenging approach for the more advanced classes, and there is a great sense of community here. The jury is still out for me on the new "21st century learning" techniques. It is good to see some innovation in education and I like that and the new scheduling. I do think there needs to be a balance though with some more traditional education. Chapel services weekly and the focus on service really help round out everything. Costs have gone up significantly, so that lowers them a star, but the boys have really developed a sense of community, supportive classmates, and brotherhood that builds on diversity and strengths of each individual's talents. That is such a positive that these boys will take with them for life.

My daughter Romi has been going to this school since she was 18 months and she is now 2 1/2 and…read morethriving! The teachers are amazing and the environment really sets up kids for success

I really don't understand what the deal is with this school. I have a 22 month old daughter and we…read moreare looking for preschools for her every other school i contacted has returned my calls or emails to schedule a tour. Even though I emailed and left various voicemails to this school noone has ever returned my calls or emails. I think they lack basic courtesy.

Ever since I've known about the Goddard school I always thought they were a great school with high…read morestandards. We had an opportunity to send my daughter here after her current daycare closed. I met with Fran the owner and Megan the director and they were nothing but friendly and helpful. They also hired several teachers and staff from our previous daycare so I felt even more comfortable with the change. I felt like they were the best staff too. I was thrilled to be apart of the Goddard community and proud to say my daughter went there. They are like a second family to us. We have been with Goddard for almost 3 years now and I can see the difference from the previous daycare she was at. She has grown so much and her current teacher Ms Kylie has helped her jump leaps and bounds in her reading. My daughter enjoys practicing what she has learned at home and can read and do math! I am always surprised with how much ch she has grown here and I am confident that she is more than prepared for first grade. I am so glad to send our second child here this year and know she will be in a great and safe school with a family that will love and care for her as much as we do. Thanks Goddard!

Where do I start? NEGLEGT, NEGLECT, NECLECT!Leaving my toddler child at this place has been the…read moremost difficult part of parenthood! The owner (Fran) never admits fault, she's very nonchalant about complaints and is very dismissive. She doesn't even get back to you when you make a complaint. How rude! We get that she accepts welfare at the school but that doesn't mean everyone has to be treated like they are on welfare. Welfare or not, she should treat all families the same. The rest of administration is very apologetic and try to work with you to resolve issues. Whether or not they follow through, at least they attempt to give parents that reassurance. Fran is a completely different individual and seems to be about the money. The Infant classroom is great, love the teachers. Everything after that goes downhill!

Our children have been attending this school since 2021, starting as early as their ELC preschool…read moredays, and we have had nothing but positive experiences. The staff truly go above and beyond for the kids, and there always seems to be something fun and engaging happening every month. From the back-to-school event and Halloween celebration to the Turkey Trot dance, Lunch with Santa, Bingo, GEMS, Father-Son events, and two field trips each year, the sense of community here is incredible. The tree lighting and Christmas serenade are especially memorable and truly capture the warmth of the school community. This is by far the best school community we've ever been a part of, and it's an absolute gem in the heart of South Philly.

Wonderful teachers and environment for learning. My children attend the ELC and I can not speak…read morehighly enough of this program. Very nurturing and loving towards the children.

I go to this school. It's amazing, it's spectacular, their food here is booming, I could never be…read morehappier. The teachers are soooo nice and they have a after school program: 21st Century. It's so fun. The teachers help with homework and we do activities.

As a alumni of this school, class of 2018, it was the best school i've been to. The environment is…read morewelcoming, you get the help needed for your child to succeed, the teachers as well as staff are so helpful and accommodating when it comes to special attention. Plus the after school activities offered are just a plus.