My twins just started their 2nd year there and we love it. They have the best staff and teachers…read more We are so blessed to have found a loving preschool for our kiddos.

Literally the best elementary school in the area. I went there when I was little up to 5th grade…read more All the teachers were sweet as can be and truly cared about us kids. PTO was on top of their game and always was getting stuff done. I couldn't recommend Oak Forest Elementary any more.

"I put my daughter in Ms. Laura's class when she turned 4. My husband and I felt she wasn't getting…read morethe right education and care at her old school. I heard about this school through a friend at work who sends her older son to Ms. Laura's class also. I was very impressed with the educational curriculum here at this school. I get weekly updates in her personal folder with her school work and homework. They also using the kindergarten level books for the older kids in the class. I could see a big difference in my child's ability to spell and read; her math skill also improved. The curriculum is excellent here and each child gets individualized care at the same time. The teachers here are great at building students' self esteem and introducing manners in a loving environment. Ms. Laura treats each child and parent with utmost respect. In addition, she is very flexible with each child's individual needs. I bring bottle water and organic milk for my daughter each day and Ms. Laura would make sure she finishes her milk and water. I'm also very impressed with the natural environment around the school. It's surrounded by farm houses and nature reserves. I love the fact that she's playing in the shade with lots of fresh air and she has the chance to see some farm animals from time to time. Ms. Laura also has started a organic garden for the children behind the school and often cooks lunches with fresh vegetables for the to learn about gardening .My daughter loves Ms. Laura and I'm planning to send my second child here also. I know she will miss her teacher and friends here a lot when she starts Kindergarten this fall. If you are looking for a positive, educational, nurturing and loving environment for your child, this is definitely the place for you. Parents of Jennifer

WOW! This school is amazing! My son got bad grades at Aldine, Johnson Elementary. He explained that…read morehis school didn't do the requirements, so we moved here. Turns out, great idea. His grades turned into 60% to a 100%! Full on F to A. I recommend moving your kids here.

Great safe school accompanying a beautiful language. Exceptionally great education. The environment…read moreis always clean

Amazing little school! They always have the coolest events and seem to have lots of involved…read moreparents/community. More importantly, the kids seem to love their school & teachers. This is the kind of elementary school you probably have envisioned for your kids to be in. Hopefully, they will be able to keep their "specialness" and autonomy in these trying unprecedented HISD times. Bravo to this school, its teachers, admin & staff. Great job!

This is the closest elementary school to me. They have 6 basketball goals. Two 10 feet goals that…read moreyou can play full court. There are also 4 smaller goals around 8 and a half feet. The goals are covered so it helps with the hot summer sun. There is full playground equipment for the kids, soccer goals, and a mini running trail. I come here pretty often just to shoot around. On Sundays, there's a group of adults that play here after church. The competition isn't great but a nice bunch and always welcoming.

This review is a little long because I have a lot to say about this school. TL;DR -- lots of…read moreschools have great academics but not so great social environments. Saint Nicholas has top-ranking academics, sure, but, what my children learned about themselves and their peers, and how deeply their teachers cared about and fostered that, is what really made this school the very place for my 5 preschool through elementary children. To put this review in perspective: when I was a child, my family moved to Houston and surveyed top local private elementary schools to enroll me in. I attended one, then another top local private school. Both were academically quite excellent, completely in keeping with their reputations. Unfortunately they were also very cliquish, and because I was the new kid, it took quite a lot of time and effort to fit in, despite having experienced a very loving, inclusive, and thoroughly enjoyable social life at my previous schools. Looking back now, I can understand that the social environment was simply unhealthy at both these Houston private schools. In fact, though I loved learning, my ability to learn and thrive academically was severely compromised by the social situations at these schools. So here's my review of Saint Nicholas: when it came time for my own children to find a private preschool, kindergarten and elementary school to attend, I wasn't going to assume the social environment at a private school would be healthy, inclusive, loving, or provide a positive social foundation. And, though of course I wanted my children to have the very best educational foundation possible, to provide them with the greatest optionality for later educational and career choices, I also knew that the social and emotional environment at a school is equally important -- possibly even more important, because of the foundational nature of what a young child comes to learn about their own innate value as a human being by how others relate to them. I, and more importantly my children, found Saint Nicholas to be the same kind of positive, inclusive, encouraging environment that I had experienced myself at the private schools where I had thrived as a child. Classmates were friends. Positive and respectful interactions with classmates were expected, encouraged, and fostered. It's all about the teachers! The teachers at Saint Nicholas are actually aware of how the students interact, they actually care about this just as much as excellent teaching and excellent curriculum, and, they are very gifted at not only helping the students learn greater social skills, but inspiring them to want to. And these teachers have been at Saint Nicholas school for a long time. Saint Nicholas will probably show you their top-ranking academic test scores and student accomplishments, or maybe you'll hear anecdotal stories from other parents about how their child went from being behind academically, to being ahead academically in just one year. But that's not what mattered to me, and I don't think it happens just because of academic excellence. I certainly don't think high national test scores tell the whole or even the most important part of the story. I think what matters most about a school is what the child learns about themselves, and the value of every human being. At Saint Nicholas, my children learned that they were smart, capable, and valuable. They learned that they could thrive in both inter-dependent and independent endeavors. They learned that they were worthy of both respect for who they were, and being called into the greater self they were growing into. Again - it's all about the teachers. The school administration is capable enough, but I don't believe a school can administrate this. Saint Nicholas has somehow gathered and kept some truly phenomenal and caring teachers.

I just wanted to share that my daughter, thanks to the excellent instruction and personalized…read moreattention that she received at SNS, had absolutely no problem acing HISD's G&T testing this year in Kindergarten. She consistently gets top grades in her class, and we thank SNS for preparing her so well, academically and socially, in their pre-K programs. SNS transformed my shy little girl - who had spent the first years of her life at home during the pandemic - into a confident, smart little social butterfly. My son, attending SNS for summer camps, has also benefitted from SNS academically and socially. Being with slightly older classmates over the summers pushed him ahead of the curve, and he was popular among the younger kid crowd, as the older brother to my daughter. P.S. I believe first responders and BCM employees receive a discount on registration, and the school offers a sibling discount on tuition, as well. Cannot recommend this school enough!

HECDA is amazing. Some of the original teachers are still there and makes it even more amazing. My…read moreson loves Ms.Lisa like his 2nd mother. I'm sadden to know that soon he will start real school and won't be at HECDA anymore. .He has been attending HECDA since he was 2years old and loved Ms Robyn Ms Tye and Ms Lisa. We originally got grandfather in and loved the pricing sadly they have gone up on us, cheaper than other child cares but out of the way for us.

This is one of the best elementary schools in the Alief district. There was a point in time when I…read moremoved and had to put the kids in another school. The other school was horrible and it was nowhere up to speed with electronics or the science program. I had to sacrifice and find a way to move back to this area. The teachers are a pleasure. The principal and vice principle are so easy to schedule with and are generally concerned about the kids. My daughters grades are wonderful. Some of the best teachers are here. Sad this is our last year here.