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.

The Haverford School is one of the premier educational organizations anywhere, providing its…read morestudents with a top notch education and emphasizing the importance of being a strong writer.

Class of '95 here…read more What can I say about this place? A decade plus removed from it, I don't keep in touch with many of the people, though not for their own fault or mine. I value the education I got here tremendously - from Mr Duffany's excruciating but valuable sentence diagram the the late Señor Laserna's Spanish, which lasts with me still. I loved rowing crew and Doc Kinney's art class/introspective therapy sessions, could have done without some of the cookie-cutter jackasses and senses of entitlement. But all in all it was a good school for the area, one I think of with mostly fond memories, and I wish only the best for this place.

Absolutely love being a part of the Coopertown community. The entire staff from principal, to…read moreoffice workers, to janitors, bus drivers and teachers, everyone has been super supportive and goal oriented while solving problems. Thanks to the care and attention of everyone there my young daughter absolutely loves school and learning and that is a big deal when starting our educational journey through the Haverford school system. 5 stars isn't enough, everyone working there deserves the greatest gratitude. For goodness sakes, pay these people a fair wage!

when I was a 5th grader. the teacher wasn't in class so I had to awnser the phone. I picked it up…read moreand it was the principal saying she wanted to talk to my teacher. There was a teacher in the hall and she told me to hang up or put her on hold I don't specifically remember. But I hanged up the phone. I wasn't a joking type kid since I was quiet. So I wouldn't do this type thing on purpose. The next part is the part is about this principal with curly blond hair. She stormed down to the classroom very angry. And asked the class who picked up the phone. I can't remember if my classmates said me or I said me. By this time the teacher in the hall was gone. So she took me outside or in the classroom and humiliated me and yelled at me. Told me I had lunch detention and I was crying cuz I felt bad but I really didn't do anything wrong. This was this ladies issue she decided to vent on a little kid. I was a really good kid I made a small mistake but the princepal with blonde curly hair and an ego decided to take it to a whole other level and ruin my day. Made me take a slip home to get signed by my parents. Anyways shoutout to the really cool teachers that use to work there in the early 2010's ive never really had a problem with any of the teachers all are quite nice when I went there. Shoutout ms Bennet, ms Kennedy ik there was other cool teachers there but those were the kindest souls and I hope there doing well.

The girls r mean and cheaters. They have no sense of humor and they are really rude. They are also…read morerude to the teachers.

Baldwin is a school where the faculty consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty for their…read morestudents. Students here are more than classmates, they are sisters. This school changed my mind about private education, these students continuously impress, push boundaries, and excel in every facet of life. Long live Baldwin.

It was great when I went in the early 90's. I went onto to get a PhD from Harvard. Thank you…read moreGateway! I still remember hammering nails into pieces of wood.

This is a great school with loving caring teachers. Exciting curriculum for children ages 2.7…read morethrough kindergarten. Love all the after school activities and programs they offer, huge help for working parents!

Out of all of the excellent area schools, both private and public, we chose Friends School…read moreHaverford (FSH). Initially, we were drawn to the play-centered learning approach for the younger children, however, there was so much more from which to benefit. The teachers and staff consider the whole child, their social, emotional, and intellectual development. Guided by Quaker principles, the community is at the heart of its mission. The children are taught to discover and appreciate the uniqueness of themselves and others. I always feel informed with weekly updates, class newsletters, and monthly breakfast meetings with the principal. Lower student-teacher ratios increase children's engagement and allow for individual needs to be more easily met at FSH. Hearing my child say he loves school is the way it should be for all kids!

We have been apart of the Friends School Haverford Community since 2018. Our son joined FSH in the…read more2nd grade. Over the last four years we have witnessed his growth both academically and socially. The relationships that he has developed with the teachers, staff and his classmates has help to mold him into a kind, intelligent funny kid. As parents we too have developed long standing friendships with the parents of FSH. FSH not only poured into our sons life but ours as well. The Griers

Better off going to Merion - constant switching of head of school and seem to only care about money.read more

I went to school there a year and immediately left. The kids were not nice at all, the classes…read moreweren't academically challenging, and the environment was not healthy.