Reviews of St. Margaret's School (School)

Karen Berry

Sending our daughter to St. Margaret’s School was the best decision and has helped our daughter grow into a very strong young woman. She was a mostly A/some B student throughout public elementary and middle school. The issue is that our daughter was not challenged and became very bored at school year over year. She began missing time yet still made A’s and B’s and spent very little time actually studying. We saw our oldest struggle her freshman year of college and knew that our youngest was being set up for the same fate. Despite conversations with teachers and administration there were very few options made available for us to challenge our daughter at school and set her up for success in the future. We made several visits to SMS and our daughter decided she wanted to make the change beginning her freshman year. Her placement tests for SMS cemented the fact that we had made the right decision. She did struggle her first year but there was and is a very strong support system at SMS. Study skills are taught, teacher assistance is available every day and many people throughout the school reached out to her to help her through. Fast forward to her junior year and college visits, she realized that everything a college is looking for is what she has and is accomplishing at St. Margaret’s. She is a senior this year and is holding several leadership positions, has volunteered in the community in many different ways, has taken increasingly more difficult classes (including dual enrollment classes), has made friends with a very diverse group (local, domestic as well as international), played a varsity sport for 4 years and has had the opportunity to try other sports that she may not have been able to in public school. Yes it is small and yes it is an older school but they are continually improving rules, classes, staff, events and technology based upon feedback and students needs (this year the library was upgraded with technology and more useable study space). I would recommend that anyone who is looking at private schools to put this on your list. If you aren’t looking at private schools but any of the things I described pertain to your daughter, set up a tour and you might just find that this is something worth considering.

Karen Berry

Sending our daughter to St. Margaret’s School was the best decision and has helped our daughter grow into a very strong young woman. She was a mostly A/some B student throughout public elementary and middle school. The issue is that our daughter was not challenged and became very bored at school year over year. She began missing time yet still made A’s and B’s and spent very little time actually studying. We saw our oldest struggle her freshman year of college and knew that our youngest was being set up for the same fate. Despite conversations with teachers and administration there were very few options made available for us to challenge our daughter at school and set her up for success in the future. We made several visits to SMS and our daughter decided she wanted to make the change beginning her freshman year. Her placement tests for SMS cemented the fact that we had made the right decision. She did struggle her first year but there was and is a very strong support system at SMS. Study skills are taught, teacher assistance is available every day and many people throughout the school reached out to her to help her through. Fast forward to her junior year and college visits, she realized that everything a college is looking for is what she has and is accomplishing at St. Margaret’s. She is a senior this year and is holding several leadership positions, has volunteered in the community in many different ways, has taken increasingly more difficult classes (including dual enrollment classes), has made friends with a very diverse group (local, domestic as well as international), played a varsity sport for 4 years and has had the opportunity to try other sports that she may not have been able to in public school. Yes it is small and yes it is an older school but they are continually improving rules, classes, staff, events and technology based upon feedback and students needs (this year the library was upgraded with technology and more useable study space). I would recommend that anyone who is looking at private schools to put this on your list. If you aren’t looking at private schools but any of the things I described pertain to your daughter, set up a tour and you might just find that this is something worth considering.

이상규

(Translated by Google) If you are an international student, please do not send it at all! It's a very racist school! A teacher who discriminated very badly in the south There is, but there is no action at school level! Never send to a school like this for your daughter. (Original) 유학생의경우 절대로 보내지마새요! 인종차별이 아주 심한 학교 입니다! 남부의 근성 인지 아주심하게 차별하는 교사가 존재하지만 학교차원에서는 아무런 조치를 취하지 않습니다! 당신의 딸을 위해서라면 이런디역의 학교에는 절대 보내지 마세요

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Before you consider send your daughters here, consider a few things first. Do you want your daughters to be academically competitive, well-rounded, exposed to good amount of technology learning? If so, don’t send your daughters here. It is a tinny boarding school in the middle of nowhere. The school doesn’t have strong academic resources. If you know, many high schools’ seniors take several AP classes, whereas this school does not prepare your daughters to this level. Also, lack of technology learning such as even basic Excel, programming, or web-building. If you are an international student, I STRONGLY encourage you not to come here. You will pay a lot of money, which you could well-spent at another high school in a metropolitan area, where you are exposed to much more of the city, learn the culture, and adapt many useful skills. These can only be learned if you are living in a big city where you can experience much more. In a rural area like St. Margaret’s, you can’t get around anywhere without driving for at least 2 hours. You don’t want to waste your youth on a bus or car when you can use these time on more meaningful activities. Because of the school’s small size, you don’t expect you to find a club or activity that your daughter really likes; instead, to fill out the space on your resume, you join something existed. “Racism is in the deep south”. REMEMBER, the Civil War kicks off in Richmond VA. This place is filled with conventional ideas, which do not place this school in the top rank, but gives it such a pride because they are considered “traditions”. There are many other things to consider as well. The people. The teachers here not only do not prepare you to be academically competitive, but also can be quite mean to you. It’s a boarding school, so you have so-called dorm parents, who can be teaching you in the classroom or coaching you in a sport. Therefore, if you don’t get along with them in these places, your nightmare does not end just yet. If you don’t act like an ass-kisser and become the teacher’s favorite, it is likely that you will not be well-received in your class. There are so many other things I want to talk about, but my time is tight, and should be spent on things which are more meaningful. But I think I should take this time to write this review for anyone who potentially considers going here.

Aisha Kenney

I can not express enough how much of a wonderful school and community this is. My daughter has been challenged in her first trimester here and I can not be more proud. She has joined the basketball team and been enriched with opportunities for culture, values and extra-curricular activities. Thank you St. Margarets for being an amazing school for my freshman, I could not have picked a better community!

이상규

(Translated by Google) If you are an international student, please do not send it at all! It's a very racist school! A teacher who discriminated very badly in the south There is, but there is no action at school level! Never send to a school like this for your daughter. (Original) 유학생의경우 절대로 보내지마새요! 인종차별이 아주 심한 학교 입니다! 남부의 근성 인지 아주심하게 차별하는 교사가 존재하지만 학교차원에서는 아무런 조치를 취하지 않습니다! 당신의 딸을 위해서라면 이런디역의 학교에는 절대 보내지 마세요

a p

Before you consider send your daughters here, consider a few things first. Do you want your daughters to be academically competitive, well-rounded, exposed to good amount of technology learning? If so, don’t send your daughters here. It is a tinny boarding school in the middle of nowhere. The school doesn’t have strong academic resources. If you know, many high schools’ seniors take several AP classes, whereas this school does not prepare your daughters to this level. Also, lack of technology learning such as even basic Excel, programming, or web-building. If you are an international student, I STRONGLY encourage you not to come here. You will pay a lot of money, which you could well-spent at another high school in a metropolitan area, where you are exposed to much more of the city, learn the culture, and adapt many useful skills. These can only be learned if you are living in a big city where you can experience much more. In a rural area like St. Margaret’s, you can’t get around anywhere without driving for at least 2 hours. You don’t want to waste your youth on a bus or car when you can use these time on more meaningful activities. Because of the school’s small size, you don’t expect you to find a club or activity that your daughter really likes; instead, to fill out the space on your resume, you join something existed. “Racism is in the deep south”. REMEMBER, the Civil War kicks off in Richmond VA. This place is filled with conventional ideas, which do not place this school in the top rank, but gives it such a pride because they are considered “traditions”. There are many other things to consider as well. The people. The teachers here not only do not prepare you to be academically competitive, but also can be quite mean to you. It’s a boarding school, so you have so-called dorm parents, who can be teaching you in the classroom or coaching you in a sport. Therefore, if you don’t get along with them in these places, your nightmare does not end just yet. If you don’t act like an ass-kisser and become the teacher’s favorite, it is likely that you will not be well-received in your class. There are so many other things I want to talk about, but my time is tight, and should be spent on things which are more meaningful. But I think I should take this time to write this review for anyone who potentially considers going here.

Aisha Kenney

I can not express enough how much of a wonderful school and community this is. My daughter has been challenged in her first trimester here and I can not be more proud. She has joined the basketball team and been enriched with opportunities for culture, values and extra-curricular activities. Thank you St. Margarets for being an amazing school for my freshman, I could not have picked a better community!

DUY DO

Great school nearby river

DUY DO

Great school nearby river