St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Grade School - Chicago, Illinois

Anthony

This school doesn't care for the mental state of the kids attending everyday, the teachers do not care about the students hardships. For example, if your loved one just passed away on a field trip and your kid doesn't complete a packet completely then the teacher will say something along the lines of, "You should have completed the packet, your loved one died yesterday not a week ago when the packet was handed out." Another example of the staff flat out neglecting students is when a teacher doesn't give extra help to those with learning disabilities and ignores them. Do not let your kids set foot in this mental prison.

Sarah Hamel-Spight

STA does a fantastic job of educating the whole child. In addition to having solid academics, the teachers and administration are just as focused on developing good citizens. The administration is thoughtful when it comes to any parent suggestions and planning for the future of the school. We are very happy at STA!

Heya Illi

Middle School is horrible. They recently added hall passes and I think it’s ridiculous. This is middle school, not highschool. Sure they may be teaching kids what highschool is like but they should still be enjoying middle school and not have to worry about that all the time. The 8th grade/math teacher, Mrs. Melachrinidis should not be a middle school teacher and she isn’t fit for it. She’s more fit to be a highschool teacher.

The after school program shouldn’t have been split into two groups where one is miserable doing homework and the other is having fun playing games.

The few positive factors of this school is that is memorable and people make good friends there.

Chudney Williams

Being that this school is primarily occupied by African American children and in predominantly African American community, the staff are extremely racist. All the staff members…. Including the teachers, assistant principal and principal are all Caucasian. There’s no diversity with the staff members, so the students are not being treated fairly and not receiving quality education.

mehalla

I mean, it's not the best. I was once a student there. The children are no good and the majority of teachers are inconsiderate.

Diane Dallis

The teachers and families were the absolute best. Drop off was our favorite part of the day.

Milan

I used to go there the school is horrible don't go there the teachers don't teach if the students are talking and make you sit with your head down until the end of class the principal there is Mr Gallo he is scared to speak up and barley does educational things the school is cheap there is lots of bullying when it comes to middle school and the "Snitch" is commonly used if someone tells the teacher if you are being harmed or bullied I guess the meaning is so you can shut up and keep getting bullied

Camille Wilson

Great school. I love this school when I was attending and I'm pretty sure my sons will also love it