I am a member of the class of 2025 and I want to share what four years here have felt like from the…read moreinside. The biggest problem is consistency. Rules exist in the handbook but they rarely get enforced in daily life. Students notice this quickly. When deadlines get ignored and consequences rarely follow, effort drops. Many classmates stopped studying because they know they will still pass. Instead of learning material, a lot of students copy work from each other or rely on AI tools to finish assignments and even quizzes. The environment slowly trains people to aim for completion instead of understanding. Teaching quality also varies a lot. Some teachers explain clearly and care about whether students understand. Others rush through slides, assign work without context, and move on whether anyone gets it or not. When students feel lost and no one checks in, they stop asking questions. Over time classes turn into grade management instead of education. Students memorize short term facts, submit work, and forget it immediately after. Lunch is another daily frustration. Prices are high compared to portion size and quality. Meals often feel closer to convenience food than something prepared fresh. I got sick after eating there once and several friends have said the same. The cafeteria also only has two microwaves. Because many students bring food from home, lines stack up fast. Waiting ten minutes is normal and arguments happen over who was first. I have seen people push in front of others and threaten them over a place in line. Staff rarely step in unless it becomes loud. Substance use happens more often than people expect from a private school. Students leave class claiming they need the restroom and go vape or smoke. It is common knowledge which bathrooms people use for this. Yet students almost never get caught. When problems do surface, they tend to disappear quietly. Discipline does not always feel equal either. Some students face harsh punishment while others seem protected. There are also situations where administration response feels more focused on avoiding attention than addressing behavior. Incidents get handled internally and rarely discussed openly with the student body. Because of this, rumors spread and trust drops. Students start believing rules depend on who you are instead of what you did. Tuition is another major concern. The yearly cost is close to college level unless families meet certain religious qualifications for a lower rate. At the same time, resources inside the school do not always match the price. The campus added a new building recently and money feels tight in other areas. Programs shrink, teachers leave, and students notice classes getting larger or combined. From the outside the school looks structured and high achieving. Tours highlight facilities, uniforms, and college acceptance banners. Daily life feels different. Many students focus on getting by instead of improving. Cheating is common, discipline feels uneven, and basic services like lunch and supervision struggle to keep up. After four years here, my honest view is simple. The school has potential and some great teachers, but the overall experience does not match the cost or reputation. Families looking at it should talk to current students and not rely only on appearances.

Let me preface this by saying that I am a senior at PVI in the class of '25. I am not writing this…read moreout of hate, but of experience. Most of the teachers here never enforce rules, nor do they teach in a way that students can easily understand. This latency leads to many students developing (if not already developed) an entitlement ideology, which leads to them using things like chatgpt in order to cheat on assignments and tests because they don't feel like they need to complete them. The cafeteria food is overpriced, not safe for regular consumption, and not that good. I got food poisoning one day because I had something from the cafeteria. They also only have 2 microwaves in the cafeteria for those who wish to reheat food, leading people to either over-pack microwaves or wait upwards of 10 minutes at a time to get their food. I was even threated by another student that he would "slime me" because I wouldn't give him my spot in the microwave line. They have a large drug problem, kids often get out of classes to smoke or vape or huff in the bathrooms, and are not usually caught. The only way this doesn't get out to the public is because they are scarily good at covering up the bad stuff here. During my freshman year one of the male juniors had sex with a female freshman in one of the confessionals and when the school administration found out, only the freshman was expelled and the situation was covered up. The charge what is worth of a college (More than $22k per year), unless you are both baptized and confirmed (I believe it is around $12k per year). They are in a great state of debt due to their latest purchase of a new building and will do anything (including firing a teacher) in order to avoid getting sued. All in all, do not go to this school. Its education prowess is at the same level as a regular, public high school. Most of its students cheat on tests and do not care about having sex or doing drugs at school. It costs outrageous amounts of money and will cover up any discourse in its property. It is all empty looks with nothing going on behind the scenes