Charter School of Educational Excellence

I have been at this school from K-8, and it's a great school. Send your children here. There's never been a single moment for me to consider changing schools. Every teacher does just what they are expected, many of them do even more. All of them are dedicated and never show up to school without even more energy than the students. Throughout my years staying at this school, I've seen fights, one student expelled immediately after bringing items illegal for them to have at their age, bed bug incident (which wasn't a problem to deal with), and some substitute teacher nonsense. But the majority of inconveniences are not the fault of the school. And everything possible is done so that the school can return to its usual industrial environment. I agree though, that CoC enforcement is rather weak in this school. I've always been told that if I landed myself in detention any 3 times in the year, I would receive in-school suspension. I can admit that I have gotten detention more than 3 times, but every extra time I got a second chance. "another, and you're gonna be suspended". To this day I've never been suspended. The point is, the school is perfect once they figure out how to enforce every rule and not be afraid to punish a broken rule. Thank you for reading this review, hopefully you take my word and send your children here.

My son has been attending this school since Kindergarten. It is no longer as good as it used to be. Parents are no longer allowed transparency.

A hidden gem for sure. This was the best thing to happen to Yonkers and its children in years. Because of them parents have a choice. A choice to offer their children a competitive education over the non-competitive public school options. Outside of CSEE and Pearls Hawthorne, no other elementary school environment in Yonkers is worthwhile. CSEE continue the hard work and commitment. Parents don't let your personal hang-ups get in the way of offering your child a bright future. No environment is perfect, but if a child is excelling at such a rapid pace, obviously they are doing something right. An exceptional bunch of committed teachers...love them all.

I don't feel that this school is a fit and positive enviornment for children. Especially after the last minute Principal change they made without alerting parents. The principal they have now is not fit to run a school as she displays arrogance and is very loud and seems a bit sarcastic. There is no order in this school what so ever, you walk in a never know who is in charge. The chain of command you have to go through to deal with any situation that may arise is very unorganized, no one knows answers to anything and no one there seems to be on the same page at all. The bed bug situation was a concern for me too as this has been an issue for the school since last May of 2013, sad that it became public in February of 2014. Almost 1 year later and parents were never informed of this situation. Key thing here is that parents are kept in the dark about a lot of issues going on in this school. I's much rather keep my children in a public school where there is more organization. Parents were never informed that a child walked out of the school through an exit door and was found almost 1 hour later at the laundromat next door, so security is a BIG issue as well.
Education wise, it maybe good for children, but the adults running the school run it as a circus. Such an unorganized school. Their school board needs to be more involved and hire a Principal who will be more beneficial to parents and students as far as listening to concerns and taking them into consideration. I would never recommend this school to a parent, there is just too much up and down going on here and answers to questions and concerns are too often VERY HARD to find. Not a well run school at all.

This school has great education but please strive for a stronger disciplinary conduct like fighting in bathrooms and such. Although I had a wonderful time at your school good bye and good luck
I will come back to vist l hope the school will have changed for the better when I return as graduate of your school and Ms. Salmon I will be coming to eee you the most bye =^)