Had my Shahada here. Also, went there for a Halaqa. Love it so much. This place and Sister Manal is…read morealways gonna hold a special place in my heart. Also the Sheikh the day I had my Shahada.

They are a terrible school they don't know how to treat my child, they kicked him out just because…read morehe wanted to wear his islamic clothing‍ they don't have good school lunches the teachers are horrible i don't recommend you sending you're child here. They also have terrible principal she was so rude to my son like she was out to get him or something always gave him extra homework or if he would get one anwser wrong on the test he has lunch detention my , I wish i could give this school 0 stars but Mashallah

The Hebrew School at Congregation Kesher Israel is a good option for young families. While you are…read morein services, your children can be learning hebrew, enhancing their religious knowledge, and preparing for their Bar or Bat MItzva. A nice group of kids, from good families. At the end of services on shabbat, the chidren come upstairs to the services & join in. A friendlly, welcoming community .

School has bed bugs, parents not notified nor advised of what is being done. Teachers refusing to…read morecome to school until situation taken care of.

What a sad representation of stewards of Christ. A family friend suffered a terrible loss. At the…read morememorial, a daughter of the deceased wished to say a few words on behalf of her loved one. The Priest, in a perfect representation of the attitude that has been driving people away from the church for decades, rolled his eyes, and said basically "Make it quick". Just like Jesus would have done. What a callous dismissive belittling of someone in deep grief. Then this representative of Christ on earth, sat behind her rudely talking to that mincing marionette while she was paying tribute to her loved one. Terrible people, yet a perfect representation of what the church has always truly been. I wish I had been there. I wonder what they will do when trump (who I'm sure they voted for in order to keep women subjugated) deports all of the people that are propping up this preposterous charade of a church. All that will be left are the luckily ever dwindling, doddering ancients. I suppose they'll sell the place and put the funds in the buggery account. Good. And good riddance.

Pastor Lupton, the congregation and clergy staff have struck gold at Beloved St. John. Obviously I…read morewouldn't give them a 5 star rating if this fellowship wasn't spiritually and theologically sound, but in addition to those components they also focus on community involvement, education, marital, single, youth and worship ministry. They have a 20 year track record of good sound ministry.

Advantages: * A foreign language and the great French…read moreteachers * Declamation * The small class sizes * The backup care as a flat fee (takes it off the mind about getting care for most needed days) * The school spirit activities Disadvantages: * The horrible, unorganized administration * The small class sizes Don't expect any Einsteins to come from here -- due to Einstein not speaking until he was 4, this school would have filtered him out as an inappropriate student. The fact that they post a poster that says "Everyone is welcome and accepted here" is misleading. The administration are only concerned with low maintenance children, so don't go to this school unless you are sure that your child is cookie-cutter. There is tons of busy work, which I'm not sure results in learning, as my child got 80-100% on everything, but the administration told us that our child was underperforming. The administration of the school didn't even congratulate us when our child got an external award, which left us with a cold feeling. I know that this review will not make a difference since the Philly school system is so messed up, that you're desperate to get your child ahead and will send your kid here no matter what. So, let me be honest here -- St. Peters is good until it's not (meaning that if you have a child that's out of the norm). So in most cases, you're probably OK and will have a pleasant experience. Given that most parents reading this are sending their kid to pre-k/kindergarten and have no idea what their child will be like in their academics, let me give some advice. If this school asks you to get a psycho-educational evaluation, DO NOT DO IT (or do it eventually on a long wait list at a more affordable college but refuse to give it to them). We did it, spent a fortune, and St. Peters hardly tried to accommodate the child given the evaluation. We thought that they would truly take it to heart and that the "personalized attention" that they try to imply through the small class sizes, would materialize. NOTHING. They just used it to get rid of the child. It was quite disappointing because the teachers seemed really lazy about trying new things... they would occasionally try something that worked with my child and then would stop and complain later about the child and I would have to ask "why aren't you doing X incentive that worked"? Beyond this, if they do go after your child, do not feel alone. I have heard countless stories about them getting rid of perfectly normal and especially gifted children who just cause them extra work. I feel like they create an atmosphere that parents are constantly in fear and panic because they put pressure on parents to do their heavy lifting. For me, "homey don't play that" with their large tuition. But they don't care and kick kids out all the time. Apparently, they don't need the money because of Philly's lacking schools that create desperate parents. Moral of the story: Elect officials who will build Philly's public schools, give to your public schools (even if you don't go there). Because without good competition, private schools don't have to care about every child and surely don't care that children are unique, fragile blooms. Extra negative notes: There is so much evidence of lack of organization -- some major announcements are not until the last minute, I got the initial advice to read the newsletter like a bible because there are things buried in there, and their graduation took 3 hours, with kids as young as 7 having to wait without dinner until 8:30 to get out. Extra positive note: At least they organized an afterschool program with a flat fee.

We LOVE St. Peter's. Our children started in kindergarten and are now in the Upper School. The…read morecurriculum is challenging but engaging, the faculty is top-notch and so positive, the administration is responsive and not only willing to have conversations about problems with the school, but proactive in finding solutions. The families are now really so many of our best friends and our kids are being prepared for an ever changing world. It's definitely a small school, but we feel that gives our kids such confidence as they get in the upper grades - they are the big kids, looked up to by the younger ones, sort of avoiding all the unnecessary pressures of a typical "middle school" at a time when they are so vulnerable emotionally. If we could go back in time we would send them here all over again!