Research St. Catherine of Siena private Schools in Scottsdale, Arizona

“Upon graduation, I noticed immediately at my son's new school just how behind he was. I did some research & found St Catherine School's actual curriculum & teaching styles to be very outdated & monotonous. If you are looking for quality education; a diverse environment and not or a wholesome Catholic upbringing, I feel unfortunate to have to say this, but. St Catherine's is not the place for your child.”

“My name is Paul, I graduated from St. Catherine's not to long ago. I chose to go to public school after to pursue a career in aviation. Upon entering public school,I quickly realized just how far behind I was in conjunction to my peers I was. I was very upset and actually confronted my parents my sophomore year, but what could they say or do, you can't take back the past & they thought they were giving me the best and heck i was naive and didn't care, it was just school... One year is what it took me to catch up to my peers in technology, science, math & not to mention my self esteem, and that was a long & hard freshman year... I'm not advocating public school is better than private, I'm saying it is better than St. Catherine's school.”

“I have monitored this school and discovered there are several issues that arise. First, the school is in mediocre state. The classrooms appear to be over capacity. Second, the curriculum is not commensurate with challenging the children to achieve greater success. Third, the tuition is above what is translated into educational resources. Fourth, the staff appears to be disconnected with the goals and objectives of producing high quality gradutes expected from a parochial institution. The children are not more advantageous over public instructed peers in learning skills, social development, and behavior. Mediocre students should not be acceptable in any educational environment, especially from a private institution as this. I challenge the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix to take an active approach to rectify the aforementioned concerns.”

“Great teachers, staff, and principal. Really do care about the kids. Easy to communicate with and were always their for help”

“Horrible...Bad teachers, principal and staff......Its all about the money and volunteer time they can get from you......”