Private Schools

Very good ,peace of mind ,religious ,tolerance ,it's the best places for my children I love it .

I'm writing this review as of one of the only three on here written by actual students, rather than parents. The school will come off as an honest catholic school but it has many problems. The school is entirely focused on sports to the point punishments will be more severe for those who don't have an important position on a team. Many students would also have grades swept under so they could continue to play. The coach here is racist, I know this first hand. There is a deep underlying drug problem at the school as well. If you do not have money it will make fitting in difficult. The education was mediocre here at best. After transferring to a public school I was a year behind in courses while at Spa Catholic I was in grade level courses or above. I also completed three Suny level courses at the public school I switched to that were not offered at Spa Catholic. I was suspended for two weeks for something I never did. They made a decision based on accusations with no proof what so ever. During this time they would no contact my parents or me back with updates or how long my suspension would be. They also would not give me my work when requested. The one who accused me later came to admit his guilt but had a much shorter suspension than me, however played on the varsity basketball team. At the end of it they did not add my suspension to my record because they knew they made a mistake. This will be a 8,000 dollar a year mistake. I'll be attending Suny Binghamton next year. If I had stayed at this school I would have not gotten into Binghamton.

We joined this school last year. We were a welcomed part of the mcds family since day one. Great atmosphere & structure. It's wonderful to be a part of a school where everyone from faculty, students & parents are on the same page. My son loves the school! It has been nothing short of a blessing to our whole family.

I could not be happier. My daughter is so happy and calm. Zero interest in mainstream materialistic things.

My children have both thrived and became confident, creative, respectful teens!

very nice teachers my kids learned a lot