School For Gifted

This is my first Unilocal review ever. I am so frustrated that I decided to write this review. We have tried so hard to contact the school to get receipts for the after school program. The school doesn’t reply to emails nor do they pick the phone. The administration of the school is very poor. It’s totally unprofessional. We had the same issue when we moved our child out of Champion school and the new school could not get the records from Champion school. Not the way to run a school.
— A very frustrated parent.

My son has been attending this school for over a year now. I was sceptical about the school when we started, but I have to admit that this school actually helped my child develop a love for learning by reading. He reads, books whenever he can find a few minutes in his daily routine. His spelling and vocabulary too have improved as a result and his ability to think and communicate complex ideas has increased many folds.

Please think twice about putting your kids in this school. My kid went to this school for 4 months in the summer preschool program and she got so stressed out and her confidence was all gone… we immediately changed her school and now a year later we feel that finally she is gaining her confidence again
The principal only cares about the API scores doesn’t care about a child’s overall well being
Also they are so secretive about the whole place… you are not allowed to go inside the school to even pick up your kid.

Our child went to this school for several years. I used to recommend it but the last year they pretty much went off the rails and from what I hear they have gotten worse. The school is run by a married couple. They have good intentions but their execution can be very poor.
One issue is that they hire very low-​end, generally foreign teachers. The quality and cultural differences can be extreme and this causes a lot of issues. The biggest issue, however, is the honesty and integrity of the owners… especially the husband. I’ll refrain from giving details but if you find alumni you’ll get an ear full. From what we’ve seen of other students from the various private schools (child is at a very competitive area middle school) the best prepared are the Stratford kids. They were much better prepared than the Champion school kids. But then the public school kids are ‘deer in the head lights’ when they get there so Champions is better than public school at least.

Wish there was a way to have this school closed ASAP. I echo on the sentiments of parents on this forum and must say that this school seems to be operating in a fly by night mode and can shut down any time.
Infrastructure: Borrowed /​leased buildings from EDS; so expansion can be done to provide kids with labs/​library/​Green rooms/​Sports infra. The room occupied by the Principal is always in a state of mess and one gets a feeling that person of that stature is so untidy and unkept; how are they going to encourage kids to be clean!
Staff/​Teachers: Parents do not have access to either and the only way one can reach is to meet the Principal. The Principal seems to know every thing about every kid and make parents feel in every meeting that they don’t know how to raise their kid and kids are not normal. The staff is challenged with facts when questioned on the status of your kid and studies in school. There is a big language barrier among teachers who seem to lack credentials (not mandatory in private schools) of any kind!
Principal/​Founder/​Co-​Founder: The most horrible part of running this school is the Principal who ends up telling parents that they must teach kids with the action/​consequence manner which is a wrong philosophy. Seems to know every thing about every kid which makes one wonder what is the role of teacher in this school. Professionalism is in pits and manners are demeaning and condescending. One must pause and think hard that whether the founder and co-​founder (ivy school educated & seems to be a respected member of professional world!) of this school are really interested in education or they are busy making money.
Philosophy: Their promises are false based on which they attract parents for open houses like One on One and later make a big deal when kids end up needing them. All this school does is complain and complain about kids but never ever encourage kids to boost their morale.
Administration: There is no administration! No accountability! One can not track the fees being paid and checks are deposited 3 months late, no finalisation of account statements or receipts. No way to get in touch with the school, emails go answered! Parents are drawn to the carrot of no home work policy which basically is meant to keep parents at bay and not know where are gaps in a child’s development. There is no diversity in this school whether its students or teachers. I echo on the sentiments of parents on this forum and must say that this school seems to be operating in a fly by night mode and can shut down any time.

I can give 0 star if Unilocal allow. this is the worst school I have ever seen. Administration is pathetic. They don’t keep track of check payments and ask parents to provide proof from Bank that they made payments to the school.
Administrator and his wife so called principal doesn’t allow parents to interact with Teachers. you have to talk them before talking to Teachers or any Staff.
They is no parent involvement and yes they force feed kids. No play time if kids doesn’t finish their food that is pathetic.
Hygiene is a big concern for me. My son cried for all the days when he was there. and twice is complaint about teacher heating and poking on his hand. DONT GO THERE

My child goes to this school and I have never seen any school which so secretive about its day today things. Parents are not allowed to enter classrooms to pick up or drop off, not even to take a look at what their child is doing at any time. I dont even know if they actually have the child to teacher ratio that they claim of. I talked to other parents and they had similar complaints that they have absolutely no idea how children are ding inside those closed doors. I think its a parents right to have accessibility to classrooms at any time. They say you need to take appointment and u can only peek from the glass door (a tiny glass). Where else have u heard that?
I am paying fees and have full right to walk into his classroom at any time (like they allow in other schools).
When I pick up my kids, no one has even wiped his face the whole day. His food is all over his clothes, and running nose (no wiping by anyone). Once he even had potty on his pants inside the clothes.
May be other needs to post the reviews and echo what I have experienced.