My daughter goes to this high school and is currently a senior. It's in a safe area and although it…read moreis over crowded with student enrollment the staff and teachers do their best to teach and guide the students. They have a nice field and tennis court and it's right next to Norwood Park and pool. The streets around the school get VERY crowded when school is in session especially in the mornings and after school. They just need to do something about the over crowding issue and enforce the metal detectors for anyone entering the school.

My husband and I moved into the neighborhood 9 years ago. I remember walking through the…read moreneighborhood and seeing how happy and well behaved the SMOW kids were playing outside. I knew I wanted to send my children there one day. Fast forward a few years, I have one child enrolled and the second who will be starting next year. The school far exceeded my expectations from all aspects! It's a great community, amazing staff, lots of fun enrichment options, strong academic support, and most importantly my child loves attending SMOW. Such a great school choice!

As a parent who has had four children go through St. Mary of the Woods School, I can confidently…read moresay this community has been one of the greatest blessings of our family's life. Over nearly two decades, we've experienced every grade level, every teacher, and every stage of childhood. Through it all, SMOW has provided not only an excellent education, but a foundation of faith, leadership, and character that will stay with our kids forever. The teachers truly know their students, not just by name, but by heart. They meet each child where they are, encourage their individual strengths, and help them grow into confident, capable, and kind young people. The sense of community is unmatched, families support one another, teachers and staff go above and beyond, and the parish connection makes it feel like an extension of home. There's something special about walking into St. Mary of the Woods, you feel it immediately. It's faith, it's pride, it's joy. We couldn't have asked for a better place for our children to grow up.

My son went here last year, transferred him out within a year. This school was so bad. People kept…read moresteeling his things and the principal did not help out with this problem. Would not recommend sending your child here.

I've been hiding this for a long time and I hope the school will shut down. I went to that school…read morewhen I was young and left at 2017 because I graduate there. The teachers were so awful and their teaching was awful even Ms Piña, I will never forget how the principal hired a women named Ms roach who was a music teacher back in 2014 to 2015 and that women made me cry and she didn't even say sorry to me for what she said to including the social workers never called CPS for helping me escaping my toxic family from my fathers side and getting out of the abuse I had with the father of my two younger brothers. I try to give them a sign for them to called them and get involved they did called Chicago Police but they didn't do nothing to help me or my mother to escaped from my family with my father and my brothers father even the food is so disgusting I would never forget I almost ate a rotten orange and they never changed the lunch menu even I got sick from it once, After all those years of being quiet about it I how they treated me and how they ignored my safety and never teach anyone from easy way to the hard way and to this day I wished they changed the dress code back then even that one time one of the teachers took my magazine when it was just women clothing when in their words were "inappropriate" when it's just a women clothing magazine not a s#xual women clothing magazine. I hope they'll realized what they did was awful and really shitty for not helping me and I wished them nothing but the worst, For everyone who was a victim of abuse don't go to Farnsworth Elementary because they'll ignored the signs and not helping you.

I used to go to this school, and I hated it. grade 1-4 it's not bad but when I start heading to…read more5,6, 7, and 8th grade I was bullied for following my culture, and what I wear. I used to cover up my body and hair because of my culture and because of that I was called a bomber, Terriots, and long nose. most of the guys in the school act very gay, around me knowing that in my culture i can't support LGBTQ2+ and was not allowed to talk or sit next to a boy. they made me feel very uncomfortable, and insecure about my face and nose, which made me hide it with makeup. they would always follow me while screaming and saying I'm gay, which people have spread rumors about me and how I was a pick me girl. because of that I didn't have any friends and would eat in the bathroom while crying. Teachers are horriable. I tried telling the teacher about this multiple times, and the same words she said was "boys will be boys, I mean you do look gay" after she said that those words haunted me throughout graduation. i now do online high school because I'm scared something like this would happen again.

Great school. My daughter is graduating this year and she was well prepared to face the challenges…read moreahead. Because of the great teachers and administrators she made it to one of the most sought after selective enrollment high schools in Chicago. Thanks Beaubien.

Our family had the opportunity to visit the Niles West High School Auditorium on a Sunday for…read moreViking Dance Studio's Recital 2023. These are the sort of community based events that a public school's facilities should be used for, bringing the general public in to show what the tax dollars are being used for, and giving prospective students/parents an idea of what's ahead next. It is a large auditorium, with comfortable seating and good acoustics. It can host a large production, with a lot of available seating. It also has dedicated auditorium parking very close to the main auditorium entrance, but it's limited. The studio had 6 shows in all this Sunday, and between show 3 and 4, it was definitely busy in the parking area, but everyone was dealing with it happily: a beautiful day outside and a show that makes you feel young.

Chief Justice Merrick Garland is probably the most famous Niles West grad at this time. Nominated…read moreby both Presidents Obama and Biden, I think he'll be Attorney General any day now. Other alums who've made the news are Rick Singer (think Lori Laughlin/Full House college admissions advisor) and George Papadopolous (foreign policy advisor for President Trump). Of course there are sports stars - Rashard Mendenhall (Steelers) and Jewel Lloyd (WNBA), Bart Conner (Gold medalist), etc. But what I really like about Niles West is that it's probably the most diverse high school in the country - by race, national origin and socio- economic status. See - a lotta people talk about supporting diversity but don't exactly want to live in it. Niles West embraces the over 100 different languages and makes it happen. And you don't have to be an elitist to attend this school, however, with hard work and good grades - you'll find yourself in elite company, in the very near future.

I have found the teachers and the administration to be very responsive and all-around just…read morewonderful. I am hoping that the current principal stays with the school at least until my daughter graduates. ;) Because of the pandemic, I was very concerned about my daughter's progress. With the extra help that she has been receiving, she is doing extremely well and is almost completely caught up with the rest of her class. I can't say enough positive things.

I have extensive experience with both private and public schools at the elementary school level as…read morea student, parent and teacher. That being said my opinion about Edison Park Elementary is that it is slightly better than average. My opinion is based not only on academics, but safety, teachers, front office staff and extra curricular activities. Academics are very good. The safety, in my opinion, is terrible. Anyone can get into the building at anytime quite easily. I was in law enforcement for 10 years so I believe I'm qualified to assess the building's security. Teachers and extra curricular activities are very good as well. This brings me to the front office. Horrible. I have dealt with this individual on several occasions over the past four years and observed this person's interactions with others so I could rule out whether it was just a personality conflict between the two of us. It is not. The person at the front desk is rude and often ignores people who are standing right in front of her! She always makes you feel like a bother. She emanates negative energy and rarely smiles or says things like please or thank you. Overall the school is in my opinion slightly better than average and will hopefully improve on the negatives mentioned above. I give Edison Park Elementary 7 tassels out of 10.

My son goes here. He is different, he is mainly in special education classes. When he is using the…read morebathroom, he is harassed by multiple other male students. They do drugs, sell them, and force him to do them. They even make comments towards his facial structure. The school never does anything about this. I have asked to speak to the principal but they never allow me to do so. Various of other times, his food gets stolen. Or jokes about him are made. When he's speaking in classes where he is filled with students that aren't like him, the teacher completely ignored his answer. This school does not care ABOUT YOUR KIDS!! They only care for themselves. Check your kids!

I was a student here for three out of four of my high school years and was glad to have left. The…read moreschool was the bane of my existence, they allowed other students to bully me, mock me and treat me like an animal just because of my religion every time I spoke up I was told that I was overreacting and that there was nothing they could do I was threatened by kids to be jumped to be killed and then was told because it's verbal it didn't matter. Please don't send your child to this school.