This school is a total blessing to my daughter and her family! I have two granddaughters there, and…read morethey are learning so much about God, academics, relationships, and love.

Excellent staff and community of families all working together to bring the light of Christ to…read moreyoung minds and hearts. The three core values of authenticity, intentionality and curiosity are evident all up and down the halls of this wonderful place. Our daughter graduated from TCS a few years ago, and she was most certainly known, loved and prepared by her teachers for her next school, where she is flourishing. The entire Covenant School family has chapel at the start of every day, from 8:05am to 8:25am. This is a terrific way to be introduced to Covenant, and it's always open to visitors (even very young ones).

TL;DR: don't send your kid here if you want them to hate themself, unless they are a... minority?…read more Horrible. This school has made me hate myself, and I'm surrounded by bad kids all the time. I'm a student here, and so many things are wrong with this school. For example, the Muslims are put above everyone else at the school, the "pepperoni" isn't even real pepperoni and tastes bland. All of the kids are always screaming, getting mad at each other, fighting, and bullying. It's horrible for me in the classroom. oh and also last year, we had to read a book last year that made me feel uncomfortable. It may be the education board for that, but regardless it still has. The same happened for this year. Also, they once forced us to sit outside in the sweltering heat for a soccer game some of us didn't even care about, which I am pretty sure against the law. Talking about against the law, they have cameras in the bathroom! That's a violation of privacy! This school is a very bad place to send a person of this type to as well: White (this is real). Christian (this is also real). Autistic/Neurodivergent Easily bullied I hope I'll never see this school again!

The reviews for this campus will be based on multiple points of view. There will be several review…read moreupdates and I hope to give every interested party a more clear picture of what to expect. Student's Perspective - Culture: After being an educator for over 10 years, I have yet to meet a student who genuinely loves school. Many students love different aspects of school, but for a student to choose school over any other activity, the school would have to be extremely amazing or extremely laissez-faire. There is no doubt in my mind that if you send your child to this school, they will be successful if they follow the regimen to the letter. However, school for students can start as early as 7:00 am, if parents drop off their child early but no later than 7:40. As soon as they get into their advisory class (1st PD), the early arrival kids will begin working on a journal topic of sorts while they wait for the rest of the class to arrive. 3 days out of the week, advisory is used to have meetings around school culture with students, turning every student into a law abiding citizen, for the most part, and drastically reducing anxiety for everyone of them. Students rarely experience bullying, inequality, or unfairness from anybody at this school. They are heavily monitored and the expectation is for them to be quiet in the classroom, the hallways, and in other general settings while meetings are taking place. Where as for other public schools this might be just an expectation, the teachers and leadership team do a large amount of training to ensure that the expectation is enforced. If you've never been at this school while in session, it's impressive alone just seeing everyone move from class to class. One of the few things that students do get anxiety about, though, is the way the restroom is handled for them. They are only allowed to go during the first ten minutes of every class period. If they miss that time block to ask for permission, they aren't allowed to go. There is a system in place in case of emergencies, but too often I've requested someone to come relieve one of my students to go to the restroom after the reserved block and I don't get a response, so the child sits there holding it in. It has gotten better, but it's disheartening to see. The idea behind this is, child safety, protection of school property, and equity of a learning experience for all. Let me know what other aspects of this school you are interested in hearing about. I will try to remain as impartial as I possibly can.

We wanted to bring our child to this school and brought our daughter in for an interview and then…read morewe're ghosted despite phone calls, emails and messages. This is telling and fortunately our daughter was accepted to a better and more reputable program. We don't understand how this exemplifies the Christian and Catholic teaching and doesn't serve as a good example to our youth when we don't respond to people and ignore them.

Such a wonderful school! Always doing the best they can to help each and every child, despite the…read moreproblem. I have friends with kids in other private schools here in Nashville and they are always blown away by how much the teachers at Saint Henry School will do to help a child who is struggling. My boys are complete opposites, 1 really struggled in a couple subjects and was afraid of falling behind, the other understands things right away and was afraid of getting bored. None of their teachers ever allowed those things to happen. There are a lot of great extra curricular activities starting in Kindergarten! The school is always getting the kids involved in helping the community and those in need, which made a huge impact on my boys and their compassion for others. I could go on and on! Saint Henry School was voted Best Private School and Best Pre-School in 2022, both awards are definitely deserved!!

I have a little one who attends this school and it's amazing. It's so good she's at about I'd say a…read morethird grade level or more in reading and math. They find out what level your child is at and place them where they will learn best. I just wished they had more of them so the drive wouldn't have to be so far. Lebanon could really use k-5 and high schools. Franklin is great regardless but we are about to experience a huge growth spurt in Lebanon and it will be as big as Franklin soon. There will be plenty of attendees ready to sign up soon if they build in Lebanon Tn

I strongly caution other parents to pay close attention to their children's actual academic…read moreprogress here. I noticed at a Girl Scout meeting my daughter and another student from Thales couldn't read nearly as well as their peers. I decided to have my daughter assessed independently, and we were shocked to learn she was testing below a kindergarten level (she was in 1st grade) in both reading and math. The lack of academic progress made sense once I actually saw how the classrooms are run. I substitute taught at the school several times and quickly realized that the "teachers" are not licensed educators. They simply stand there and read verbatim what a book tells them to say. They are untrained employees. They are literally just reading instructions out loud, not actually teaching the students. I immediately withdrew my kids. My daughter started second grade in the Williamson County public school system and was far behind. It took over two years of RTI, summer school, and private tutors just to get her caught up to her peers.

If your children have any type of social issues (anxiety, difficulty making friendships, struggle…read morewith effective communication when dealing with student to teacher relationships), then this is not the school for them. The school struggles in dealing with the social and emotional growth of the children in its care, and the school is particularly lacking in its dealing with children that don't fit into the mold as to what qualifies as "normal". If your child is on the quieter side, is not the star athlete, is not one to advocate for themselves, then I urge you to look into other education options in Nashville. Your tuition dollars can be applied to any number of private school choices in Nashville that would be leaps and bounds above this school. If you're looking at private schools, look for one that advocates for the child as an individual. There are lots of other options in the area that would handle the well-being of your child, and the needs of the admitted family as a whole, much better. One star. Do not recommend.

My husband and I are proud alumni of Father Ryan. We chose to send our children there because we…read moredeeply value the traditions rooted in faith, education, and community. Father Ryan played a significant role in shaping who we are today and will continue to influence who our children become tomorrow.

We are very impressed with the Goddard School. All of the teachers have degrees in early childhood…read moredevelopment or similar areas, and it shows. Each week the school has a theme, and each age group learns an age-appropriate lesson relevant to that theme. Examples are recycling, sign language, etc. There is a rock climbing wall for older kids, an outdoor gardening area, a library, and so many thoughtful touches. The staff are very friendly and take the time to get to know all of the kids. They are very clean; everything that touches a kid's mouth goes into a bleach bath before being passed to another child. The classrooms are well maintained. Our child smiles when being dropped off and when we pick him up. That's a great sign. He hugs on his teachers, so I know he likes them. We are so appreciative to have our child in such a great daycare.

Our 4 year old who has attended Goddard since he was 18 months has done especially well. We are…read moreamazed at what he can do from reading, spelling, math and so on. His skills with taking direction's and interacting with other students is a added bonus! Our 6 year old who is now in Kindergarten has done very well and enjoyed learning. Goddard's staff is professional, friendly and quick to respond to questions or needs. We are very pleased and have recommended Goddard to several people:-)

Before this was Eakin it was Calvert elementary comprehensive school I used to go to this school…read moreback in 1972 thru the early part of 1974 I had great friends at this school years ago yes I got in trouble a few times lol but this school was fun during class math was sometimes hard and spelling or reading was ok you just have to remember what the story was about the best teachers I had was miss Bonnafield she was great and worked with me and my parents back then to improve me to make me better and I'm proud to have had a teacher like her now the other things I liked is getting in line to go eat lunch or going outside to play those were my favorite and in the winter I loved the snow when there was no school I loved the springtime to as well as the fall summer was to hot for me but sometimes I get out and play at home during the late afternoons to where it cools down a bit finally the most important thing I liked about Cavert was making good friends and getting to know them !!!!!

There are a lot of people moving here from out of state that will end up working in the area that…read morethis school is in, so this review is for you. Every teacher and staff member in this place, including the principal, are rock stars. I have a kid that needs additional interventions to catch up, and another that is moving well beyond his grade level, and they are both supported educationally with care and professionalism. School counseling support is excellent. It is insanely diverse in every way shape and form, and no matter who you are or where you come from, you will be welcomed into the community here. It is a public school, so it lends itself to the general struggles of public schools everywhere, but I wouldn't want my kids anywhere else. It is a lottery school, so you can lottery in from the outskirts.

SBA is a K-8 Catholic-light school where you'll find lots of Hillsboro/Vandy folks planting their…read morekids as Eakin elementary plummets to new depths. In the last year, some of the most involved parents at Eakin pulled up stakes in public education and opted to shell out 10K to escape the increasing physical tensions and gaps as Nashville fails to invest in public education. I digress....so, you'll be paying more for education than you thought you would!! And SBA is a good balance between the crazy expensive USN (20K) and your kid joining either the Bloods or the Crips in 4th grade (I jest....sort of). The school is Catholic, but truly more accepting of other religions than Catholic schools use to be. They have mass on Holy Days and religion class, but often religion class is writing notes to sick school mates or families. The high points of the school are location, curriculum and and administration. The math program is particularly strong and they have opportunities for kids to do advanced work in smaller classes. The school is small and mostly clean. The small footprint makes it hard to have too many large group meetings. Areas that could use attention IMO are gym/health, getting rid of some of the old school teachers and the aftercare program needs an overhaul with some actual activities. Parents are generally pretty involved and the school does a really good job of having a unique identity in spite of the fact that kids come in with Vandy parents from many neighborhoods. They offer buses for a fee and a summer program as well. All in all this is a great school for a fraction of the cost of many other local private schools. The teachers and administration have a real 'can do' attitude and the kids seem to flourish is almost all arenas.

St. Bernard Academy is an amazing school and has been a life-saver for our family. We have a 7th…read moreand 3rd grader who were not reaching their potential in our zoned public schools so they transferred to SBA this year. We visited many, many schools before deciding on SBA and we have never regretted our decision to enroll our children. They have many wonderful extra-curricular activities such as art, lego club, boy and girl scouts, cross country, volleyball, swim team and the list goes on. The staff,teachers and curriculum are absolutely stellar. Our children are excited about learning again! Plus, every grade level gets TWO outdoor recesses during the day which my kids love! They have had great transitions to a new school and have made many friends. The parents and staff are welcoming and there is a general sense that they are glad we are there and want our children to excel. If you are in the market for a K-8 school in Nashville, it just doesn't get any better than SBA.