The campus is beautiful. The nursing program in 2016 was pretty good. I was an older student and…read moreunfortunately, one of the instructors, Mrs. Stager, decided she wanted to bully me in the classroom, especially about my weight and age. Others noticed and she was reported. Because of that, she deliberately pronounced my name wrong during our pinning ceremony.

Ive been to Salve many times to see graduations and for a wedding. Such a unique campus with…read moremultiple buildings, some with sweeping views of the ocean. Came today to see the Elephant Migration exhibit. Parking was clearly marked and there were plenty of places to park. Access to the Cliff Walk just down a few stairs from the Orche Street parking area. Such a beautiful place.

Very friendly students and amazing staff. Very efficient and well trained billing department,…read morefinancial aid & staff in general. That alone is hard to come by in any business. The classes aren't to big and the campus is clean. Lots of class options due to busy schedules that work well with my life and fitting it all in. Thank you CCRI!

This campus is small with very friendly faculty, a good size bookstore and library. Seemed to be…read moreplenty of student parking for the campus size.

Easy to navigate campus. Lots of parking. Great food options. Went for my undergrad here and it was…read morea great experience. Have been back since for guest speakers, conferences and sporting events.

This is maybe my fifth or sixth visit to the campus. My nephew is about to enter his sophomore year…read moreand is currently conducting on campus tours for the summer. The campus is beautiful and the programs offered are equally challenging and amazing. If given the opportunity I recommend checking the school out. One of the better college tours offered. It is Not just because my nephew is now a member of the tour Dept. All the student tour guides were simply wonderful.

My kids are developing into the kind of little people I had always worked and hoped they would…read morebecome. SMCDS is a major reason. The top flight staff, location and community are evident the moment you land on campus. As for a high level academic oriented-challenging environment, SMCDS is all that. As a major part of our lives for many years, starting in Pre-K, I am proud to be a part of the SMCDS community and grateful for each member of the team at SMCDS that have helped develop each of my children into competent, curios and independent thinkers. Recommended without reservation.

We started our child at St. Michael's for 5th grade. Wish we would have made the move sooner. After…read moretouring the school by myself, I left knowing this was going to be a great fit for our child. Their two day visit was their favorite of all of the schools they checked out because 'They actually teach you things and the kids want to learn.' The campus is beautiful, but beyond that, a few things stood out. 1. The head of middle school was great. She was engaging and immediately handed me two business cards. She asked me to please pass one on to my child and let them know that they could contact her with any questions they may have. My child felt like the head of middle school genuinely cared about them and proceeded to send an email asking a few questions/concerns they had. This was huge for my child. 2. All of the students played together. We watched a huge divide occur in 2nd grade at our previous school. Boys played football and soccer, and girls stood around. At St. Michael's the main playground equipment is built to accommodate all ages. Kids all played together and had fun. There was no division between boys and girls. I really liked how the middle schoolers came together so much. 3. The depth of learning going on, the number of options for a smaller school, and the responsibility placed, taught and expected from the middle school students was something that I knew my child would appreciate and could learn from. My child loves learning and wants to be challenged. I knew they would be challenged on many different levels. Things that we have loved since attending: * I love the Harry Potter'esque' houses that each student gets placed in at the beginning of their school year. This is a good way to bring together the 3 year olds up to 8th graders to cheer on their houses at different events. * I love the fact that field trips still happen through 8th grade. * I love the after school sports programs and how students are introduced to different sports even if they aren't overly sporty. * I love the fact that my child can stay after school for extra homework help and I can pick them up at the end of my work day. * I love how the school is a STEAM based school with amazing opportunities to explore including using the maker space to create solutions to problems and as a creative outlet to design things. * I love how there is lots of project based learning allowing students to have a deeper understanding of what they are learning about. The choices of how they will present and share their learning have been equally impressive and have forced my child to try new skills like sewing, stop motion and green screen technology. * I love the diversity of students that comes from the numerous military families attending from all over the globe. My child has learned about different cultures and languages because of this. * I love how the Choose Love program isn't just a bunch of sayings slapped on a wall as it sometimes is in other schools. The curriculum is used along with mindfulness, meditation, and self reflection and the students really practice what they learn. * I love how mistakes are encouraged as part of the process of learning and improving. * I love how the school has great community activities such as back to school picnics, ice skating days, parent get togethers, and opportunities to help support the community at large through volunteer projects. The parent's association is active and inclusive. * I love that foreign language is 4 hours a week starting in 5th grade with exposure in elementary school. * I love the science lab, PE and Heath classes and the focus on arts. So many schools are cutting arts and music programs. At St. Michael's you are exposed to chorus, band, studio arts, stage craft, cos-play and actor's studio. * I love how the teachers are engaging and so wonderful in their enthusiasm. They have a great pulse on their students and are really working hard to make students become better students and better contributors to society. * I love the administrative team and how they communicate with families and really get to know the students. * I love how encouraging the student body as a whole is. They genuinely care about other students. This was the best jump we ever made and so grateful to have found such a wonderful place to land, grow and learn.

I have never visited Newport before so I had no idea what to expect. What I found was a profound…read moreamount of kindness in this city. The most polite people I have ever met this side of Ireland. Random acts of kindness to me. I need that perfect shot of an old house. I was in the middle of the street lining up my Pulitzer winning shot when a car came around the corner. Honk? Nope. stopped and let me take the picture then waved at me. Second random act of kindness was another car saw me wanting to cross another street as I had one foot on the sidewalk and one on the curb. The car stopped and let me cross. Wow.

My friend has a great interest in yachting and restored boats, therefore while we were on a weekend…read moregetaway to Newport, we decided to visit the Yacht restoration school which also has a museum. Luckily, we got there right before they closed for the winter. We saw the Coronet which is a yacht that was built in 1800's, an absolutely gorgeous boat which was restored beautifully. There were quite a few interesting exhibits here and we enjoyed conversing with a few sailors who teach at the IYRS. They have a class where you can learn to build your own sailing dinghy. If we manage to rummage up the cost of the kit and tuition (it is quite expensive), then we will definitely be back here. Until then, we will have to be content to view the exhibits here and seeing all the beautiful restoration's in progress.

We come to Newport on our own sailboat and love to stop by and check the on the progress of the…read moreCoronet! They are working on the inside of the boat, put the walls up. This yacht has so much history. .....if your ever in Newport make it a point to stop by and read about this beautiful yacht!

I took the "Rogues and Scoundrels" tour, our guide was Pat. She clearly was excited about her…read moretour, very well knowledged. Only had laminated cards for us to see pictures and a single monologue to read word for word. Not so much walking, as talking which was fine, so many details! Definitely enjoyed myself. As someone that does have a decent idea about the area they were able to inform those that may have no clue, while not boring a local! I would totally take other tours! Especially with that guide! For those curious - at least for this tour, you never actually go inside a building! But it's easy to choose shade or sun depending on the weather!

I recently took the Holiday Lantern Walking Tour with my sister and brother-in-law. The website…read moredescribes the tour as follows: "Stroll Newport's streets and hear stories detailing the diverse ways that colonial residents celebrated--or didn't celebrate--the holiday season." This tour was a disappointment, to put it mildly. You would expect that a historical society would use tour guides that are actual historians, or at least enthusiasts with a minumum amount of basic knowledge of the area's history and the stated topic of the tour. I was very disappointed that our tour guide was a college-aged girl reading from a stack of index cards. It was clear as she bumbled through her tour that she really didn't have any knowledge that extended much past her notes. If someone would have told me that she'd never read a single book on Newport history, it wouldn't have surprised me. Her ignorance was made quite clear when she was asked some basic questions on the tour and couldn't answer a single one beyond pure conjecture: "Well, that's a really good question; I don't know the answer but I would guess..." Sorry lady, but this is a history tour. I'm not interested in your guesses. I can do that myself. Come on, Newport Historical Society, I know funding for your organization is probably low, especially in this fiscal environment, but you can do better than this. Charge more for your tours if you have to, but hire some tour guides that will make it worth my time.

The best school I've attended in the Navy. I'm thankful for the opportunity to attend and cannot…read moresay anything negative about my experience. The location is excellent, the staff members are fantastic, and I actually got something out of this class!