St. Lucy's Priory High School

655 Sierra Madre Avenue

Glendora, CA 91741

4 Reviews

School District
Grade

9-12
Type

private

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Submitted by parent on March 14, 2019

Schools are tough. This school ranks high because it draws the college bound and has long standing traditions. They buy into all of it and succeed. Maybe God's protection is over this place on the hill.
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2015

Had we known what this school is truly like, we would never have wasted our daughter's time and energy. We are both professors, and college prep this school is not. We paid good money for a sub-par education, teachers that were rigid, lazy and incompetent. It was our daughter's dream to go to St. Lucy's since she was a child. She started out so excited, but by the end of the year she was disillusioned. She was tested on her ability to memorize, but there's no critical thinking; actually, she was told not to overthink things. There is an administrative barrier that makes it difficult to have access to teachers. Some teachers refused to answer emails. There were 28 days where the students got out at 12:30 or earlier. Go to their website and count them for yourself, and add 6 days of 10:30 a.m. dismissal times during fall and spring finals for a grand total of 28 half days! Our daughter regularly was up until midnight doing mountains of mindless rote homework that was, essentially, meaningless busy work. But no one is really learning much, especially in terms of critical thinking, and girls are often having emotional breakdowns from the stress. Despite the ridiculous amount of homework, in some classes it's acceptable for the girls to put on makeup, paint their nails, and text on their phones! Our daughter was in Honors English and didn't write one essay all year. How can you be in an English class and not write? There were nothing but Scantron exams in all of her classes. In some classes she was asked to read/study several chapters of a book, and then have all of that information reduced to a 3 question, multiple choice assessment where, if you get one answer wrong, you earn a D. This is not college prep. In college you need to write and to think critically. St. Lucy's focuses on memorization, not thoughtful thinking. Rather than meeting strong girls that are empowered to do good in the world, our daughter encountered many mean, petty girls caught up in their social dramas. Overall, a huge disappointment and a waste of money.
Submitted by parent on October 08, 2014

there was teacher Sinclaire and Belinger who humiliate and disgrace student in the class, putting the student in the hot spot ,giving her time out front of her peers,shaming her, to this sensitive teenage adolescent stage student who is looking for her identity from her surrounding in this development stage. And ignorant counselor Velorie who think this is nothing and speak nonsenely and vice principal, nun who believe these are good teachers and staffs who side with them ,speak up for them. They believe who slander about other. This school was truly a messy. I took my daughter out. I do not recommend this school to anyone. They are same as none believer or worse. They need to pray to St. Lucy to help open their spiritual eyes.
Submitted by parent on August 15, 2014

The teachers and staff are phenomenal at their job and are extremely helpful. Unfortunately, there are so many rude and catty girls that it makes it almost impossible for my daughter to go to school with an optimistic attitude. I know my daughter would have loved the school and would have wanted to stay if not for the cliques and drama that comes with attending this school. It was heart breaking to see my daughter not only be bullied at school but also on social media when she came home. I've now moved to Glendora High School and she has a better attitude and it's much happier.