St. Mary Cathedral Elementary School 1200 South Street, Lafayette, IN 47901

"This school traumatized me several times over. One teacher twisted my arm after I picked up someone else’s crayon off of the floor and kept it. She would yell at me in front of the class for drawing on my already-competed test. I was a good student, straight A’s, but she intentionally tried to bring my grades down by giving me “pop quizzes”. She would call me up to the board and have me spell a word like “circumference” or “intellectual”. Nobody else, just me. She would send me to the principal, who yelled at me about what Jesus thought of me until I was sobbing. The principal was just fine with how that teacher treated me. My parents didn’t have the money to bring up a legal case, because they spent it all on the school. Years of therapy, and I’m still not over how I was treated. This was second and third grade, though. First grade was uneventful, I have no problems with it. Kindergarten was great. My favorite teacher was definitely Mrs. Thonnes, who was actually substituting for a teacher on maternity leave. She worked with every student, and she helped the struggling ones instead of ripping up their tests and yelling at them. Bare minimum, but I’m thankful for her. Preschool was also just fine. The teachers were sweet and were very helpful in preparing us for kindergarten. My advice- your kids will love Preschool and Pre-K at St. Mary’s. But don’t waste your money having your children taught by teachers who lost their love of teaching 3 years in. Kindergarten and up, find a different school."

"My grandsons went and going to this school, the teachers are caring, loving and always there for their students to guide them to excel in both Spiritually and Academically. The principal Mrs. Delaney is wonderful and the priests are making sure spend time with the student even with their busy schedule. I can't say enough nice thing about this school accept that this school is a True Represent what Christ Love about."