Cathedral Academy 3790 Ashley Phosphate Road, Charleston, SC 29418

"At first, I really liked cathedral and my daughter did as well. After a few months I noticed a decline in my daughters behavior and attitude. She would shut down when it was time to go to school and when I’d pick her up she’d be in tears. Not long after she had an “accident” in which she had a cut on the side of her eye. I was told that she was running and slipped. Know that kids will be kids I reassured my daughter the importance of safety and took her back a day later. Long and behold she gets into another “accident”. I was then advised that she fell off of a swing but when I spoke with a teacher who had just resigned she informed me that they were low staffed and the children were not being properly attended to. I was extremely hurt because NOT ONE teacher or supervisor reached out to apologize or show any sort of concern. I removed her from the program and their was no empathy or inquiry as to why we left. To me we were not wanted at the school. Which really hurts because it’s suppose to be a safe haven and a god loving establishment. Side note: my daughter is doing exceptional in her new school but still wears the scar on her face."

"Our daughter completed K4 and summer camp through Cathedral Academy and I do not have enough great things to say about this community (as it is much more than "just" a school). We absolutely loved not only her teacher and counselors but also the administration (particularly the lower school principal). The community here is welcoming and the education is way beyond anything we could expect from the nearby public schools. Our family feels blessed to have our daughter attend CA and cannot wait to see how she learns and grows in this upcoming school year."

"My son just finished his first year in school at Cathedral Academy! We have been beyond happy! His teacher Mrs Kathryn was so kind and patient! She has awesome communication and always made us feel included even though we couldn’t actually come into the school due to Covid protocols. We were very happy with the way the school handled masks and Covid exposures. They were level headed open and honest. My son loved chapel on Fridays where he learned about the Bible and worshipped. I can’t wait for my daughter to join him next year!!!!"

"I can not say enough good things about Cathedral Academy! The curriculum, loving teachers and staff, the beautiful campus, and Kingdom education are beyond amazing. We feel so “at home” here. Our children are not just numbers and we honestly feel like the teachers get to know truly who our kids are. What a blessing this school is for our family!"

"As a preachers kid, nephew, cousin, grandson, and every other conceivable family connection you could think of; I know “church”. Grew up “doing” church. Learned the rules and tried my best to follow them until I just could ignore the feeling in my gut that there had to be something more to religion than just doing “church”. Or if it wasn’t....I was done. Served in every role conceivable.....preached on Easter Sunday and left empty. Taught Bible study and it felt like just “checking off the boxes”. So by the time life moved me from Michigan to Charleston via a 4 year stay in Atlanta, I was pretty done with church. Loved God but done with church.......then someone brought me one Sunday to Cathedral. This wasn’t church as usual. Not drenched in pious religiosity (totally made up word). These were regular everyday people that were genuinely glad to see your face and wanted to know how your life was going. Not the typical “how’s it going?” Then don’t wait for an answer. There was genuine love and concern for others. Then I saw it. On the wall in HUGE letters... “WE DO LIFE TOGETHER....” The phrase brought tears to my eyes. Because this is what my heart yearned for. To belong. I knew I wasn’t crazy all these years. Here’s a building full of people who also thought Christianity is more than doing stuff. But it’s really about doing life....by Christ and with others. We laugh. We love. We cry. We heal. We hurt. We win and sometimes lose.....but we do it together. Real life. Real love. Real talk. Real people. It took years to actually let my guard down...but they just kept on loving me. And all the while, unbeknownst to me....it was Christ’s love through them that was healing my hurts the whole time. I encourage you...l urge you.....if you do nothing else......come sit in the building during Sunday morning service and let the undeniable waterfall of Gods presence, peace and people......just love on you. I stopped by one Sunday and haven’t left...... (By the way, years later....those words on the wall still make me choke up a bit every time I see them......primarily because it’s so true)"