If you want to speak to a person, that's not the school for you, as the receptionist will immediately direct you to their website. They must be really proud of this website because for each and every question I asked, the answer was "You'll find the answers on our website" or "the registration officer is very, very busy"... Now, having read the other reviews, I can finally understand why... Go figure how they can survive, what with their special brand of rudeness, bad manners and complete uselessness, in the competitive Montreal environment of well-established private schools that are going well beyond their job requirements to be super-nice and super-helpful...
There so many wonderful things about this school that make me want to give 5 stars - fantastic and amazing teachers, wonderful support staff, and fun activities with a great physical education program including dance. Children seem very happy. This part is very very good.I can not give it 5 stars it deserves. This is because administration is terrible and rude and disrespect parents. There is very poor communication with parents (communications translated using Goggle Translate with no care to correct at all!), information comes last minute (10pm night before), very confused, often only in French (I thought billingual school?). Very very disorganized. Less respect on parent concerns. There are decisions made by administration to use far much on technology to solve problems (example even TV at lunch is said to be good and smart decision after parents worry!) . When parents bring worries they told no problems, excuses made. Some parents even had threats. Even I have to protect who I am to write this because of fear of administration. So SAD!
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For one of the most expensive French private schools (around $11,200, including transport and other additional fees), they must have picked the rudest receptionist I've ever come across in my entire life! Instead of directing us to the person in charge of admissions or someone who is more knowledgeable, she simply stated that the admissions officer is very, very busy (aren't we all? but somehow, I found the time to browse over your website and, needing more information, reach out to you, in order to find out more information about your high-brow school!), that I should be consulting the website, since all the information I require is there! She repeated this thing about the website about 3 more times and when I was completely exasperated and told her that I simply couldn't find my answers on their website, she sullenly offered to guide me through the website with the questions I needed answered.
It's a disaster! I'm glad I had a chance to attend a mini open house and see how kids being taught. I spent almost an hour there and all this time I saw kids with ipods and laptops everywhere! Teachers sit in their corners and kids work with some apps. Kids do not talk to each other, I did not see teachers walking and explaining something like i saw in the other schools. And this is starting the age 5. I asked if kids were actually learning how to communicate, how to write and how much time they spend attached to the screen. I was told it's 50:50. Parents, your kids will spend up to 4 hours a day with ipods, will come home and do the same. And then we ask why do they have headaches, blurred vision, they don"t want to talk or share. Why? They have an ipod! When I visited another very expensive private school and asked how much time they spend working with apps, the principle was surprised - not more than 1 hour per day at this early age!!! They have to develop social skills, spend time outside, draw, imagine, etc. At the end it does not matter how well your kid knows art or history if by the time he graduates he has tons of health issues and his best friend is ipod.
Academy Sainte-Anne is a Canadian School based in Dorval, Quebec. Academy Sainte-Anne is located at 100 Boulevard Bouchard, Dorval, QC H9S 1A7, Canada.
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