This school used to live up to it's claims of meeting the child where they are, educating the whole…read morechild, fostering their individuality, etc. In the past few years I have experienced a tremendous decline in their ability to hold true to this, sadly. I give it an average star rating because these days is just a costly version of any typical, yet capable public school with the addition of arrogance in their approach.

All three of our children attended The Orchard School. We are very pleased with the education they…read morereceived and so are they. I've often tried to sift through all our years and determine what they most learned/received at Orchard and if I had to pick one attribute (and there are many), I'd pick confidence. They are all confident public speakers. For example, when my daughter was a junior in high school, she won an award that required her to speak at a dinner with over 400 people present. I tried several times to get her to practice and review her speech in advance, knowing that the previous recipient had a professional speech writer. In frustration, one evening she said, "Mom, I went to Orchard. Don't worry." She delivered a flawless speech without notes. They are all confident about their ability to learn. Orchard likes to say they help create lifelong learners and they do. Each of our children knows how to learn and they like to learn. They are all confident expressing themselves to anyone. In high school, their teachers observed that unlike many shy teens they were not afraid to ask questions and advocate for themselves or for others. And, this has continued throughout their college and post-graduate years. Orchard invites and teaches children how to respectfully approach adults. At Orchard, education is not just about science, English, history, etc. While these are important, it's also about helping develop good people and preparing them for the future.

My daughter started John Strange this year after spending her first three years in a Charter…read moreSchool. Her transition has been outstanding. This was a Grade A school when my sixteen year old went beginning her second grade year of school. The technology is top of the line. My youngest has only 22 students in her class, allowing individual interaction with each child. The teachers are incredible and love their job. Ms. Arduini, the Art teacher, is still there and recognized my oldest when we went to register her younger sister. The principal knows my daughter by name. There is diversity throughout the school and differences in culture are recognized. I just attended the awards ceremony to watch my daughter accept her award for Honor Roll and Citizenship (5 of out 5 for behavior). It was easy to get in, organized exclusively for the grade you were seeing and we were able to spend time and take pictures. As she got out of the car this morning for school, the principal said hello to her by name. Washington Township at its finest!

Can't say enough about how happy we have been with John Strange Elementary. My daughter has been…read morethere for 5 years now and this is my son's second year. We have had the most dedicated and wonderful teachers each year. The kids have been given the gift of passion to learn by this staff. They have a wonderful music teacher who puts her heart and soul into their arts programs. They put on some wonderful plays. The only complaints I have are across the board for all schools- lunch and recess are not long enough. I think it's important to focus on health a little more and i think encouraging kids to gobble down food and limiting exercise is part of the nationwide obesity problem. I think this school does the most with all the resources they have. I would love to see all schools and teachers have more money and tools to fix many of the problems that are faced in all of our schools.

Ok its voting time and college park elementary is fulll. Nice school, great in and out voting …read more Nice job college park.

My first kid go to Pike high school and say they have dirty restroom and also they used gunshot to…read morekill people My second one go to College Park Elementary school! Some teacher very nice to her but Mrs. Riley is not ! She say Hannah Pham was talking but Mrs. Riley was blame on her that she talking ! She say Mrs. Riley alway do that because she knew Hannah Pham is the only one who never talk and Hannah was have higher score on the test! Mrs. Riley can't control her classmate ! Mrs. Riley never fair ! But sometime she love her students

Would like to take this as an opportunity to thank that staff at this school for all their efforts…read morein passing out the school lunches. And trying to lift the spirits of the neighborhood.

Geeze Louise, I wish something could be done about this overly obscene amount of traffic letting…read moreout of the lot. It's CRAZY!! And a lot of people are just drivers driving by, but they are in the mix with the cars pulling out of the school. It's absolutely insane, I tell you!! Lol I was sitting at the front waiting to pull out for 20+ minutes, because the traffic is hellacious. Don't get me wrong, we love our Garden City and this doesn't have anything to do with the school per say. It just isn't a great intersection. I hope one day, maybe one day, we can get with the program and take turns! Lol Who am I kidding?

Everytime I attend this awesome campus I'm hosted in one of the many spaces they have available for…read morerent. I was not aware that was a possibility. If you need event space, give them a call and see what they are able to do for you, you wont be disappointed.

Please fix the lunch here. We are at a private school paying 25,000 and a separate fee for lunch…read moreand I can make better than this shit. Fix the goddamn lunch.

¡Gran escuela! ¡Mi sobrina va aquí y le encanta! Recomiendo enviar a tus hijos aquí.read more

We are in year 13 as a St Richard's family. Our two kids are different in terms of their needs and…read morestrengths, but both have found the support, education, and peer relationships they need to thrive, and both are caring, curious humans I am proud to send into the world - which to me is one of my foremost goals as a parent. Perhaps never did I feel as positively toward St Richard's as I did once our family embarked on high school. Our child has proven to be incredibly well prepared to excel in high school and has more competency in terms of discerning healthy peer relationships than I ever could've hoped for. I have had teachers and extracurricular coaches compliment my kids on their ability to advocate for themselves in a respectful manner, and also for the ways that they include and respect their peers. All of these are things that we foster in our own family, but I know they are also fostered at St. Richard's - and this is why we chose it. I have learned in my parenting journey that no school is perfect - but the great parts of St Richard's far outweigh the handful of areas that could be improved. We recommend St. Richard's wholeheartedly.

We are so thankful for St. Richard's Episcopal School and the experience it has provided our…read morefamily. The sense of community is exceptional, the education is thoughtful and rigorous, and the extracurricular opportunities are enriching and well-rounded. Above all, our children are happy, engaged, and excited to learn. It is a true joy to send them to a place that nurtures both their hearts and minds.