I have decided to truly get in touch with my St. Louis roots and yelp my high school. I mean,…read moreisn't that what being a St. Louisan is all about? The Catholic School joke in my day went something like this. How many _____ girls/boys does it take to tap a keg. For Nerinx: One, she's an empowered woman, the rest are all out T.P.ing. Yep. that sums up my high school experience. I loved every second I spent at Nerinx Hall. I loved being at an all girls school, I loved the teachers, I loved the atmosphere and I loved the array of options I had for classes. Although Nerinx is Catholic, they never pushed a Catholic agenda on us, and in fact, they challenged us to think through rhetoric. I think that may be how I ended up the way I am today. The teachers were (for the most part at least) amazing. I always felt like I could confide in them if I needed to, they were challenging but not to an unmanageable extent, and to this day, some remain the best teachers I have ever had. I loved the array of classes I had to choose from at Nerinx as well. There clearly was core stuff I had to take, but my senior year, I took an amazing class called Innocence and Evil in Literature, I took an entire religion class in Death and Suffering (it sounds morbid, but I swear it was a great class), I took Astronomy, I took Anthropology, I took bowling as a gym class. Nerinx really offers a ton of different courses for being a small private school. It's really very impressive. Also, they have a ton of different things to get involved in. They have nearly every sport (everything from Softball to Racketball to Lacrosse), dozens of clubs (Model UN, Yearbook, a literary magazine, school newspaper), there's great drama, great music (everything from choir to jazz band), and at least 3 service trips every spring break. Seriously, so much stuff to do it's impossible not to be involved. Nerinx is known for empowering women. I am not sure how much of this is serious, but the characters that come out of that school surely prove that they are doing something right. Minus one star because even in my day the tuition was heinous, it has only gone up, and seriously, they ask me to donate money (and have been since I was a freshman in college) at least twice a year. Come on!

I am 74 years old and love high school football. For first time attended CBC last week and they…read moreplayed horribly loud music for at least a half hour before the game and even during the game during change of possession. Is was truly an awful moment. Been to at least 100 high school games all over the state and never, not once, did any school play blasting music before and during the game. I could not even talk to my companion because of the extremely loud and obnoxious music. I know you will say, well, we asked the kids and they said they liked it No surprise, but how about asking them and they liked no music and the ability to at least talk to their fellow students? Awful experience to say the least and, again, attended about 100 games in my life and never ever seen or heard such distracting atmosphere at a game. Please no music in the future.

This may be a biased approach to a review since I did attend CBC for High School. It was founded in…read more1850 with this location being the fourth home for the campus. There is a strong emphasis on education for all and not just those well-off or only the best and brightest. That's a major reason I decided to initially go here. The current campus was donated by the Novelly Family with their old residence now used as offices and a residence for some of the current Brothers. From start to finish, the campus was built in under 2 years. It now boasts a state-of-the-art track and field, a world-class theater, and sizable classrooms with wireless internet available throughout the complex. Technology was a centerpiece in the new building. Each room features a SmartBoard and computers are issued to each and every student to use for their studies.

Coming from a private school - very different. I transferred to Sumner my sophomore year and I'll…read morebe honest - it was VERY DIFFERENT However I learned so much about the teenage girl I was growing into a woman... I learned to be proud of my struggle, use my voice, never dull my shine. Plus, my favorite singer graduated from there / TINA TURNER so I knew I was destined for greatness.

My kids have been attending St. John's for about 4 years now and we have had nothing but wonderful…read moreexperiences. I love that my kids receive a great education and feel loved by God all at the same time. The teachers are so creative and have great communication with parents. I can't express how wonderful it is to have teachers who truly cares about my kids and pray for them.

Westminster Christian Academy is one of the greatest schools of all time. Coming from a current…read morestudent there, I say that it has one of the most beautiful communities of any school I' ve been to (and I've been to 7 different schools in my life). Not only do the teachers actually know what they're teaching, but they care about you. If they notice that something is up, they'll come talk to you to see if you're okay. In addition to those 2 points, WCA has fantastic sports options and coaches. These coaches bring out the best in people, they know what they're coaching and they don't just do it for a paycheck. The students and staff here and just out-of-this-world fantastic. I would absolutely recommend WCA to any family, not just christians, because I came to westminster not having really any faith, and now I am a lot more confident in my faith with Jesus Christ. If you're still reading, know that God loves you and has a plan for you.

Nope! No way would I ever recommend this school to anyone who cares about their kids. My son only…read moreattended for one year. During that year he had a horrific experience. One boy held him down, as another boy pinched and twisted the skin on the inside of his upper arms leaving several bruises. These two boys were supposed to be his friends.. It was reported to the counselor, who did nothing. As it should have been escalated. The Christian values and morals we paid were lacking.

My wife and I graduated from this school in 1995. Her father graduated from the school as well…read more I loved my education and the teachers were excellent. Not sure which of my teachers are left, but look for Larry Hays and Shiela McCarthy. Both are outstanding. I must say that the last time I went back to see the school I got lost due to all of the renovations. When I started at this school, they still had some of the original buildings. I am definitely considering sending my children to this school.

I attended Whitfield School from 7th grade until I graduated high school and I must say that as…read moremuch as I love to hate it, I did get a damn good education while attending. The faculty was young and innovative in their teaching methods, which pushed me to think critically and be an individual regardless of peer disapproval. The facilities were unlike any other high school I have seen, clean, up to date, and just top-notch all around! The administration was a bit troublesome at times because I felt that the school was more of a corporation rather than a educating establishment. While attending I had many mixed feelings regarding the entire school but now that I am in college I feel that I was blessed and lucky to have been able to attend such a fine school. The people, however, were all the same. And when I say the same I mean the same upper-middle class kids who sport designer labels and conservative ideologies of their parents. Being the free-spirit I am, I found it extremely difficult to "fit in" one single group because of my liberal values. I felt that there was not enough diversity and many of the students tended to be extremely close minded because of that. All in all, the school is great (the parties were on par as well, Ha) and if you are able to take a tour of the buildings you will know exactly why I think so highly of the place.

I've attended classes before with no problem, I just logged into my student account and everything…read morechanged from grade to my owning money, they also lied and said they couldn't send mail to my address to inform me, my address never changed. Every single person I spoke with was rude and disrespectful, except one very professional lady that was in the president office I believe, student accounts, financial aid, and enrollment services, I believe the man in student enrollment, said he is the supervisor is racist because he refused to help or transfer to the president office telling me he doesn't take calls like this, so I had my coworker to call on speaker and they transferred her with no problem. I don't understand how people still get jobs with bias.

This place prepared me to transfer to U of I after graduating from West. The classes were a little…read moretoo easy (it was a little overwhelming after I transferred) and the counselors didn't know what high school AP credit was, but in the end they got the job done. All of my credits from here transferred to UIUC except for my CPR class. I'll take it!

St Ann's Catholic School K-8 (aka "The Rock of Normandy") has the best teachers, facilities, mix of…read morekids, after school activities, especially sports teams and cheer, great events like Father & Daughter Dance, a fee schedule with heavy discounts for large families (e.g 4th kid is free) , in St Louis area