After 2.5 years at this school, I am ultimately relieved that my family is no longer part of this community. Prior to our family being asked to leave on January 28, 2025, my children had already completed shadow days at neighboring schools in early December. While the academics at this school are rigorous and they pride themselves on being a year ahead, the workload had become increasingly stressful for my oldest child. I began to feel that the expectations were no longer a healthy fit for her, and paying for outside academic support on top of tuition was not something our family could continue long-term. I would like to sincerely thank the families who reached out to us with genuine concern during this time. Several people contacted Mrs. Ossa and Fr. Richard to express their concern regarding how our situation was handled, and that support meant so much. Unfortunately, the reason our family was asked to leave, was due to a rumor created by two mothers . According to Mrs. Ossa, it was claimed that I had spread this rumor to other families. When I challenged the accusation on the Band app, (not mentioning what the rumor was) many parents surprised and said they had not heard of any rumor. What is especially concerning is that before this rumor was ever brought to administration, I had already informed Mrs. Ossa that I had heard two individuals were attempting to start a rumor involving me. Despite that conversation, no action was taken at the time. For clarity, I never accused nor implied that any individual was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a married man. In fact, weeks before the accusation surfaced, one of the mothers involved had asked me to support her in a custody matter regarding her child. I was initially under the impression that she was asking for a character reference letter. However, the request later changed to providing a statement against her ex-husband in court. I declined to participate in that. Shortly after, the allegation against me was reported to the school. When administration contacted me about the accusation, I firmly denied it and reminded them that I had previously brought concerns about this rumor to their attention. Despite this, my family was given three business days to remove our children from the school. This situation was extremely stressful and unfair to my children. They are kind, caring students who had no behavioral issues. While the experience was painful, I had already begun to recognize that this academic environment was not the right fit for my children. What made the transition even more stressful was that when other schools contacted the administration for recommendations in the middle of the school year, the feedback provided created additional challenges for our family. My goal has always been to provide my children with the same Christ-centered education that I experienced growing up. Unfortunately, this experience with the administration deeply shook that trust. As for those mothers, you know who you are, and you are despicable. Though time has passed, I am still appalled that my family was asked to leave on a lie you created. It is terrible that refusing to do something, resulted in your vengeance. You made this rumor up knowing it could have had damaging consequences for the mentioned family. I am sharing this now because I always intended to speak openly about what happened so other families can make informed decisions about the environment they are placing their children in. Despite everything that happened, I remain hopeful that schools rooted in faith can lead with fairness, compassion, and integrity. read more

We are blessed to have our son in a great school with awesome teachers and staff....children receive individual help if needed

All of our boys came here, our last little one is in first grade... we truly love the 1st grade and 2nd grade teachers.... they are phenomenal! I love when my vacation is extended because I get to see my kids in school and in church! This year is our first year with the new principal Mrs. Ossa and she is so approachable, respectful, and most importantly always smiling... not like he last principal the school had which had a lot of favoritism. We are happy to be part of the St. Louise de marillac school family again. read more

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First timer a few weeks ago for their annual carnival and we had a super fun time! Live music was the Reflexx, a cover band with the familiar Duran Duran vibe and wow it gave me huge KROQ rock of the 80s flashbacks! Carnival foods included American classics like burgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, fries and soft drinks and there was also Italian, Filipino, and Mexican foods. The music and beer garden areas were set up with long tables all facing the dance floor. There were a lot of carnival rides and we will of course be back!!! read more

I've been so disappointed in this school. My niece goes to St. Louise and is so tired of always having to have her camera on during zoom. Many of her peers have also expressed their thoughts on teachers making them turn on their camera or else they will "kick them off of the zoom". many kids have anxiety of turning their cameras on and students should not need to have their cameras on for zoom, and teachers currently cannot force them. My niece and her friends have said they don't even learn anything from zoom because one teacher only talks about covid for half the class and the other only gives them questions to answer without even teaching them the lesson. overall i would not consider you sending your kids here unless you don't care about your kid's learning environment or mental health. read more

This school used to be a great place for students to get prepared and grow but recently they have been going through changes and I understand that it is not getting students prepared and straying from being "catholic" I pray that it may be great once again read more

This is my daughters 2nd year and last year here because she's in 8th grade now. We wish we would have enrolled her here years ago. If I ever have another child, this is where they will go from TK -8th. The teachers, staff, students, church and parents are all wonderful! We are very happy with the school. It really is a great school! read more

St. Louise is truly a family - the way I remember Catholic school being for me when I was young! Everyone is always concerned for others and willing to help whenever and wherever needed! All schools try to do their best for their students and I think St. Louise faculty & staff truly strive to follow this ideal - educationally and spiritually! read more

It is very disappointing to know that this school does nothing to teach their students and the parents about bullying. They do not follow the parent handbook. read more

After my previous yelp review and going to interview a different Catholic school locally I am adding this follow up review. I was called and yelled at and frankly yelled back at a priest for the first time in my life on both accounts. I am changing my 3 stars to 1 star in light of this. My son and daughter will no longer be continuing in the Catholic flavor or Christianity or be educated at a Catholic School. The screaming match between me and a priest resulted in my pulling my son from kindergarten before his Kindergrad Ceremony. Thank you St Louise staff and Priest for effectively ending hi dress of years of my families involvement with the Church. Ostensibly I was yelled at for other reasons than my Yelp Review however the timing is massively coincidental. My and my families truthfulness called in to question and was threatened with a defamation lawsuit. I have a voicemail to prove it. I am unclear on the true reasons for what happened but someome somewhere along the line has lied to my family about the reasons why or has lied to a priest as to instigate a priest yelling at a parishoner and parent of a catholic child who attended their parish and school. Thanks for the memories. read more

Such a great school. I always have such a family feeling here. They do a great job of teaching catholic identity. Keep up the hard work!

We have been at the school for 5 years and are very pleased. The teachers are challenging and caring, dedicated to their work as Catholic educators. There are many extracurricular activities, including all the major sports (and even minor ones like cross country), speech and debate, drill team, children's choir, and scouts. Our daughter is very happy with her classmates, and they all get along well. Parents must work some service hours (such as Bingo, Carnival, lunch duty, or other things), but the hours are flexible and reasonable, and this keeps the tuition down. The principal is very professional and organized, along with the rest of the staff. We highly recommend St. Louise de Marillac School. read more

Daughter goes to this school, unhappy with school not following rules and guidelines from st Louise handbook.

This is an AH-MA-ZING School! Myself and my siblings were raised as a conservative catholic and went to an all girls school run by Benedictine sisters back in the days...I see how family oriented the school is..the school always sends you a daily update about the activities in campus and its upcoming events....thumbs up to the principal and to all the teachers and staff ..My son just graduated from kindergarten..he was kind of sad as he will miss his kindergarten teachers (he said)....told him you can still visit them as your classroom (grade 1) will just be 15 steps away from your old classroom...i will surely recommend St Louise to my families and friends!!! God bless St Louise de Marillac and to Fr. Robert and Fr. Joseph. read more

This my second year with this school and I am very pleased. I transferred my son here in 2nd grade and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. They are very organized and seem to really care about the students and their families as well. Now that my daughter just started Kinder, it only reconfirms my feelings and will not leave until my last one graduates 8th grade, if God's willing read more