Everything you need to know about the school: the school has ongoing difficulties hiring qualified…read moreteachers, which is a critical concern. The math teacher and the IB coordinator resigned last March, and as of December, no permanent replacements have been appointed. The teacher currently covering these responsibilities reportedly has no prior IB experience. Assigning teachers without confirmed IB background to senior-level classes raises serious concerns about the quality and continuity of instruction. The chemistry teacher taught online for half a year because the school was unable to secure a visa. Another teacher was hired in the middle of the year; however, the school has not provided any information regarding her IB experience or certification. This lack of transparency makes it difficult for parents to assess whether IB standards are being met. The school's salary and benefits package appears to be uncompetitive within the local market, which may explain the hiring challenges. At the same time, the school continues to allocate funds to cosmetic updates such as repainting facilities and redesigning the website through third-party contractors. This raises reasonable questions about budget priorities. Overall, student academic outcomes do not appear to be the school's primary focus. Additionally, it is publicly known that the director's wife works in UX design; beyond this, the rationale for the recent urgency to redesign the school's website remains unclear.

Imagine, just for a second, that you live in a different world…read more In this world, when you are traveling in France or Canadá, your child can have a conversation with adults or other kids in French with such a pure Parisian accent that no local would ever suspect that he/she did not grew up in France. Imagine a world where in highschool the honors class is the entire highschool, 9th graders present the College Board "AP French" exam and every single 9th grader gets a solid 5 (max AP grade). Imagine a place where AP courses and IB (International Baccalaureate) or FB (French Baccalaureate) diplomas are not mutually exclusive and, 1370 SAT and 30 ACT scores are the average. Sounds like a familiar place? If it does not then you should consider DIS for your kids.

I'm about to go to 5th grade at Hockaday. Although I'm new, I'm excited and know that It'll be…read moregood. I love the uniform and campus. Virtue through knowledge!

As a parent, I will be as honest as I can. We were deciding between Hockaday, Ursuline and a coed…read moreschool. Our daughter got into all three. We ultimately decided on Hockaday because of what we were told by the administration. They left out very important pieces. First, they are again looking for another Head of school. They have a leadership problem for sure. Secondly, the upper school parents are given actual grades only twice a year. Mid year (when it is too late to do anything about 25% of their grades) and the final grade at the end of the year. There is not computer access to test scores or even scheduled parent teacher conferences. You are expected to have your child do all of this with the help of their advisor. Their advisor is a teacher at the school who has to work with all the teachers that the girls do not like. The advisors tell the girls things like "whatever your teacher says, is the final decision." This is in regards to things like what class your child can take next year. If your child has amazing test scores from other schools and on all her standardized tests but this one teacher who has only known your child for months says your kid can't do the work, your child will be demoted. This is true for all Math classes, Science classes and Foreign language classes. The biggest kicker is we are paying over $35,000.00 a year for this school - not our daughter and not the teachers. Hockaday does not see to understand that we are the clients. The teacher shortage also means that the administration supports the teachers who should not be working at a top tier private school. Ask any girl and they will list 5 teachers who everyone dislikes. The administration doesn't care. In fact, they specifically say that the girls can ask for schedule changes for any reason except they don't want the teacher they are assigned. Seems odd they would ever have to put that if all the teachers were as good as they claim. The parents pay more tuition than state colleges but the girls are not allowed to pick their classes or teachers. Think about that for a minute. So how about that epic education? Nope, they have so many days off for holidays and random stuff that the classes are rushed and the girls are stressed more than the boys at their brother school St. Mark's. In fact, St.Marks continues to be in the top 5 for schools nationwide and Hockaday is about 150. I personally think it is because my child was an A student at her other schools but Hockaday is a completely different story. For the first time, my child gets c's. This is in classes like English, History and Spanish. The teachers first will give special privileges to lifer hockaday students because those girls "already know how we do things here at hockaday". Interesting because those are the girls who never score as high as the new students who have to actually have the scores and intelligence to get into Hockaday at High School. Everyone is accepted in Kindergarten - as long as you can pay. The English teachers feel you can only get an A if you see them every day and are their little pet. That is not possible if your child has extra curricular activities for the 3 hours required by coaches every single day. The kids make appointments during their breaks and rarely eat because they use lunch time as a conference time. Yes, all the teachers want you to be in their class constantly. A good teacher, teaches the complete lesson in the time allotted. It's called time management and consideration for other people. Spanish is ridiculously hard. Take Latin or French if you want an A. My best advice is don't be stupid like us and pay $35,000 a year (plus all of the fundraising requests) to a school that will cause your child to not get into an Ivy League or top tier school. Luckily, the college counselors who have never been accepted to an Ivy will give you suggestions like Gettysburg college. Also, they spend a huge portion of their money towards sports. We have all kinds of sports fields going in and not a single reason why we should not take our daughter out of school. Luckily, they have some random woman who requires the girls to spend hours doing things like pretending they are poor, talking about being privileged, and forced community service to whatever is the most humiliating. They have spoken to the girls for hours this month about being stressed. THEY ARE THE ONES STRESSING everyone out. The girls NEED their Y hours to visit teachers and do the 7 pages of homework on the internal organs in Spanish 2 not discussing how the counselors made really bad decisions they regret. Also, we buy the lap tops and everything else. Books are not included in tuition. So add another $600 a year. At this point, I think I will be in AA soon if my kid stays at this school.

Here today! I had to…read moreuse the restroom (wink,wink) and was ushered in by campus security. I was first ushered in from the time my motorcoach arrived on campus which was great. That campus was on top of it! I didn't have to call my Point of Contact to him for him/them I've arrived, my escort told me it's what he does. Iiiii liiiiike, very impressive. As I mentioned I needed to use the restroom before our trip to Houston and was escorted to their NEW SPORTS FACILITY! Wowza, it was a beaut! My visitor nosey self bushy tail all wide eyed looking in amazement. My pictures tell a thousand word max of my review, so I'm gonna stop here! Here today. Yelp tomorrow!

Pretty much the best education you could ever buy for your 1-12th grade boys in Dallas. And for…read morethat I am supremely grateful to my parents. SUPREMELY. Seriously, this place prepares you in ways you don't recognize until years later, and then you're all the more appreciative when you're old enough and mature enough to appreciate such things. And as Scott said, I've made some great lifetime friends at the school, no doubt the contacts come in handy for a variety of things... One thing that this place didn't prepare me for was proper interaction with females. I was so socially awkward around girls until I learned in college how booze helps. Oh wait, I'm still socially awkward around girls. Thank you, all boys school!

This school is amazing it has nice teachers and my daghter went to this school her hole life and…read morehad to go and she still missed it

the kids summer camp is run by scammers. 380 for a week of summer camp. I attempted to cancel 10…read moreweeks advance and they claim I can only get half of my money back and can not get my refund until august. 3 months from now. I don't care if t was disclosed when registering. having insane cancellation policies is not ok whether it was disclosed or not. Some of us have two jobs are single parents and can not afford the 2-3 thousand dollars it costs to send our kids to camps all summer. Much less pay for a camp we canceled 10 weeks ahead of time and not get refunded for 4 months.

From the owner: The Episcopal School of Dallas prepares young men and women for lives of intellectual discovery,…read moreintegrity, and purpose. The School develops the unique talent and potential in each student and embraces sound learning, discipline, and faith as essential elements of an educated conscience. Statement of Educational Philosophy: Students learn best through the active pursuit of knowledge and the relevant application of that knowledge. We believe this is best achieved in a community that fosters critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, personal responsibility, and intellectual risk-taking in a safe and open environment. ESD educators endeavor to guide students through inquiry-based, real-world learning experiences that yield enduring understanding and encourage students to become life-long learners in an ever-changing global society. ESD admits qualified students without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin. We are an inclusive community.

Amazing school, amazing teachers, I love Lakewood Elementary. They have a great playground for kids…read moreand perfectly safe, they have the lunch line (chicken nuggets on Tuesday, and Pizza on Friday) with amazing staff and great cooks. They have counselors where kids could talk to them and the counselors give them lessons about bullying, drugs, etc. They also have a TAG (Talented And Gifted) program, to get in kids take a test and when your in you do lots of projects and get to hang out with friends.

This school is truly amazing! It has the most community spirit and level of parental involvement of…read moreany school I've ever seen. The classrooms are inviting and well-planned. The depth of resources sets the opportunity for our kids to thrive to their potential. A huge percentage of the students qualify for talented/gifted programs. Our child is in a life-changing Total Communication classroom for children on the autism spectrum or those with other language processing challenges. The teacher is lovingly invested and amazingly effective. Lakewood has excellent communication with the parents and frequent activities for family such as the Dad & Kids campout and the recent Fall Festival. The PTA is unparalleled and dynamic. It has been a blessing and privilege to be part of this wonderful school.