St Michael Catholic School

1833 Sage Road

Houston, TX 77056

9 Reviews

School District
Grade

PK, K-8
Type

private

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Submitted by other on June 05, 2024

Before I entered St. Micheal’s in the 3rd grade, I loved school, I felt confident in myself, I felt generally capable and intelligent and I did not struggle with my social skills. I was heavily bullied nearly immediately by both students and staff, and when I tried to seek help by telling my parents the issues I was threatened by my 3rd grade teacher that if I ever told on anyone again I would be in trouble. I was terrified of teachers who belittled everything about me and never empathized with struggles I was facing at home (new school, new town, new sibling). The community isolated my family as a whole for being different (we were catholic but my parents were divorced). By the time I left this school I was incredibly shy and didn’t believe I was capable of anything. My parents were devastated when I finally told them my experience years later because despite every teacher there knowing my struggles they were never addressed to my parents, they were only told that I wasn’t very bright and to not expect that I would go far in life. It took me years of work to get to where I am today both psychologically and academically. I am now very successful achieving a bachelors and masters at the top percent of my class, I am a scientist working with the largest companies in the world, and I have many friends and a successful marriage. But I truly believe how I see myself internally would be completely different if I didn’t go to this school, and that many bright and wonderful children I went to school with have not made it very far because of their similar experiences. I got lucky, don’t risk it for your children, it’s not worth it.
Submitted by parent on February 27, 2024

Our experience with SMCS has left us deeply disillusioned by its lack of guidance and willingness to support our youngest child during times of difficulty. Despite our pleas for assistance and patience, the school's rigid policies only served to exacerbate the challenges our child faced during a particularly tumultuous period.In late November of 2022, our four-year-old, amidst coping with numerous significant life changes, including a new school/teachers/friends, a new baby sister, and a new home, began exhibiting signs of emotional distress. We met in person a total of three times. The school had nothing to offer by way of recommendations/strategies/resources. Completely on our own, my husband and I sought outside help. However, the administration adamantly refused to allow any external support, insisting that their methods were sufficient.As the situation continued to deteriorate, the school's response became increasingly alarming. Their final plan of action was shockingly heartless: to dismiss my four-year-old child from the school. This decision was delivered on Valentine's Day, adding insult to injury. The principal handed us a check and wished us well.What makes this ordeal even more distressing is that my older daughter had been attending SMCS for two years, and our family had been part of the community. Despite our longstanding relationship with the school, they showed no hesitation in casting aside a vulnerable four-year-old child who needed support the most.As a parent who had placed my trust in the school, I was appalled by their lack of empathy and their failure to provide an emotionally supportive environment for all children. Effective leadership sets the tone for a school's culture, and unfortunately, the leadership at St. Michael’s failed to inspire confidence or create a sense of trust. Their impersonal approach left us feeling disconnected, isolated, and unsupported during a very challenging period in our child’s life.
Submitted by parent on April 20, 2023

mid mid mid mid mid mid at best
Submitted by student on May 09, 2022

My years at SMCS were miserable. The school alone is already terrible. The teachers have no motivation for their jobs and yell, get upset, and ruin kids confidence over the smallest incidents. But whenever there is bullying, sexual harassment, or any other big issue they do nothing. There's nothing fun at the school either. The faculty and staff make sure there are strict rules enforced on any fun activities. Another important issue thats not talked about much is allowing kids to be kids. You get no creativity or freedom with this school at all, and if you’re seen as little bit "different" they shove you in a "special needs program" while other kids bully you. It's so important to let kids be kids, my childhood was ruined because I didn't get to do things normal kids at normal schools go to do. The kids are so unprepared leaving the school, including me as well. My last year, they made sure in knowing it was gonna be hard in high school and we could never be successful. I go to high school, and i've never done better in school. My grades, friends, sports, and social life were a million times better. Speaking on grades, the grading system 1. Doesn't prepare you for high school 2. Makes no sense and ruins your confidence of your own intelligence. I've never felt stupider at that school and hated myself for the longest time. If you’re gonna put your kids in there for sports, don't. The ONE P.E. teacher teaches all the sports and they never win. Recently they got back their football team and its still not good. Overall, my biggest regret in life right now, is having no friends from middle school, no fun memories, and no happiness of being a child. Please I'm begging don't put your kid in this school.
Submitted by student on March 22, 2022

As a person that has gone to this school, I think it is awful. The school does not do a good job of welcoming new students because of the social hierarchy and enclosed friend groups that don't seem to have changed since kindergarten. The school does not do well with diversity or bullying. As a kid going to school kids have said racist, offensive, and inappropriate things, in the hallway and classroom without dealing with an ounce of consequences. The kids at the school have been taking Spanish for seven years and some still don't know how to say hi in Spanish. Through the years a lot of the arts programs have been cut and knocked off. What was once Art, Speech, Music and Art History, is now art and speech. Also many of the good teachers have been cut off due to budget cuts, then replaced with last-minute 22-year-old substitute teachers. Back to the bullying topic, I've seen many kids straight up push kids down the stairs right in front of a teach and not get in trouble. The only 5 star reviews are from the popular kids white moms
Submitted by other on April 05, 2016

Nurturing and wonderful environment to have your children in for their academic needs. We could not ask for a better place for our children. Very sweet, faith based school.
Submitted by parent on March 22, 2015

My son went to this school from Kindergarten to 2nd grade. In Kindergarten his teacher self-diagnosed my child as ADD and wouldn't change her attitude about it even after I had a doctor verify that he wasn't ADD. I requested to sit in the back of the classroom to show her that he would act properly if I was present, but they wouldn't allow me. In 1st grade I was never contacted, yet found out half way through the year that the teacher was allowing my son to run in circles around the class for the first 10 minutes to burn off his energy while the rest of the class was being read to (needless to say I was outraged). In 2nd grade my wife went to the school and found out that there were 5 desks in the very front of the classroom facing backwards, these students had their backs to the chalkboard and were facing the rest of the students, these were the problem children and my son was one of them. I moved my son to a public school for 3rd grade where his attitude was quickly put in check by the staff, he was also struggling at first because in academics he was so far behind, by mid-year he was excelling both academically and in behavior. His new school agreed that he wasn't ADD.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2013

I'm very disappointed in the education my daughter received at SMCS. Overall the school is horrible...There is no consistency in the classroom & the curriculum is taught very scattered. These are children's primary foundation years for their education & you would think they would want to make sure the core curriculum is taught & mastered before moving on to the next task. They use Edline for keeping parents up to date on class assignments, but it's never updated nor does it contain anything specific. They do not communicate well with parents. They also do not provide lesson plans or anything to parents to help you stay informed of what's being taught in the classroom.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2013

Great improvements in this school the last few years. This school is well on its way to becoming one of the best middle schools in the Houston area.