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Testimonials |
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Here are some
testimonials from current and past students' families. Hopefully
they will provide for you a better understanding of the experience
of having your child enrolled with us. |
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"The Principled Academy is such
a terrific school- fun, morals, academics, small class
sizes, great staff, hard to find anything better, eh? All
the parents kept saying that. Thank you (Dr. Durst and
Krsitina Seher) for running and investing in this school for
so many years. Surely you've helped shape the lives of
hundreds of kids, myself included."
- Joletta H., Alumni, 1999
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"I'd like to take this
opportunity to thank you for nurturing such a supportive
environment in the preschool. (My child) has been very
comfortable there, and I feel that she has grown
tremendously in her time with you and the other preschool
staff. I know that you and your colleagues will be the
main thing she misses about California. You've all
done a fantastic job."
- Jeff S., preschool parent |
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"I'm very happy and very pleased
with how the school is organized and how close-knit of a
family it is. Children can start from a young age and go all
the way through Eighth Grade. They are around the same
friends, day in and day out, throughout their whole time at
the school. Thus they develop a real good bonding not only
with their peers, but with their teachers also. That is the
advantage they have over the public schools.
My son loves it. It's funny
because kids from Seventh and Eighth Grades will say 'Hi how
are you' and I'll ask do you know who that is and he'll say
'No.' I like the environment in which older kids look out
for the younger kids; it teaches them to be responsible and
caring. Compared with the public school systems, the
students here are not exposed to a lot of negative things. I
don't think there is anything negative about this school. I
really enjoy it. "
- Mr. James
H., Parent
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"I wanted to thank you for all
your help with Kai these past two years. He did so much
growing while he attended the Principled Academy. You
provided him with a safe haven to be himself. He is now
attending Moreau Catholic (High) School. ...His history
teacher assigns homework in the same way as Dr.
Durst...students are required to think about their answers
and write complete sentences...even paragraphs...to answer
questions that the teacher is asking. ...A lot of kids in
his history class are having difficulty with this kind of
assignment. I so much appreciate Dr. Durst's teaching style
in preparing Kai for these types of assignments."
- Mrs. Anne C.,
parent of alumni, Kai, 2004
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"My daughter is comfortable at
the Principled Academy...She can experience goodness around
her. There is no other school setting that can provide that
"beautiful garden" where a child can blossom. The teachers
are like an extension of the parents, a validation of
parents ideals. It is such a precious place. ...she is
happy."
- Mrs. Audrey D., parent of
alumni, Jina (2002) and Anna (2003)
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"As my son was ready for 5th
grade, I decided to enroll him at The Principled Academy.
Right away, there were changes for the better. Every morning
there was Morning Service where they learned about such
values as honesty, courtesy, respect and sincerity. Each
month I would receive an informational sheet with
information about what was being talked about in Morning
Service that month. It was inspiring to see that the kids
were receiving information that would help them to become
better people. Such things as wearing uniforms meant that
there weren't a lot of decisions to make each morning and
kids didn't have to be distracted by the latest "Dinosaur"
or "Star Wars" fashion characters. Also, they didn't have to
worry about whether their shoes were better than the next
guys. Also, the atmosphere is stricter. Students are
expected to respect their teachers and each other. Students
are expected to stand and walk in line without poking each
other and talking wildly with each other. One aspect of the
school that I really like is that the class sizes are small
and no child can slide without the teacher noticing and the
parent being notified. This has really helped me on a number
of occasions help my son to improve his study skills and
grades. There is really something special about being at a
school where many of the teachers know most of the students.
It is a warm family feeling. I have always felt that the
teachers are always encouraging and genuinely want the
students to succeed. ...My son can learn to be a good
citizen at the same time as he learns his reading, writing
and arithmetic! I highly recommend The Principled Academy."
- Ms. Nancy A., parent of
alumni, Ian (2003)
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"...for those of you who have
kids in grades 1-7, you have a decision to make every year
about where you will send your child. I will say this - the
best money you’ll ever spend, is on giving your child a
foundation from which they can be anything. Good values and
excellence in teaching is the key. The Principled Academy is
the framework to accomplish this. As a Catholic, I had
friends and some family members wonder about our decision to
send our child to a school that was non-Catholic yet
parochial. I just chuckled as they were worried that she
would be brained-washed. I was so excited about the school I
told everybody about it. However, I was saddened when a dear
friend decided not to send her child here some six years
ago, she felt an education at an "Oakland Hill school"
offered a more. Literally, last month she told me the
biggest regret she has in her life was not sending her
daughter to the Principled Academy. She said she was afraid
of her kid being brained-washed by "Jesus Rhetoric," not
realizing that at the ages of 10-14 there were more
formidable adversaries, with names like "50 cent, the Ying
Yang Twins, MTV, the Internet, etc."; and to date the latter
was winning, as well as the latest AirJordan’s and
provocative attire. We know it’s easy not to yield to these
temptation – there is no money because we’re paying for
tuition; a much wiser investment....
...Between excellences in
education, a school based in Judeo-Christian values, family
support and great kids your child is not only safe, but will
do well, as represented by the graduates today. And here is
what you need to know – something that money cannot buy: The
staff at this school loves our children and has been here
for our children when we couldn’t be. ...the best thing we
ever did...was to send Amanda (J.) to the Principled
Academy."
- Mrs. Chana
J., parent of alumni, Amanda (2005)
(from a speech given at graduation, June 14, 2005) |
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