St Helen’s School

I think St. Helens Roman Catholic school is wonderful.
The principal Dr. Cristine Zirillo is extremely knowledgeable, kind, patient and very Religious.
The tutor who supplies extra help and support to the students who need it is the best I have ever had the privilege of my child working with!
And I use her in the summer for extra tutoring.
My child is an honer student and I owe it all to her attending St. Helen’s!
The faculty do a great job teaching these children and many make the honer roll or principals list. The teachers don’t make enough money for the great job they do!
The school is very clean and there are no foreseen problems with Bullies.
If there is a problem with students it is addressed right away.
I wish I had put my children here when they first started school in kindergarten l think it would have avoided much heartache my family went through because we chose the other Catholic school in Howard Beach first.
I attend there church across the street and I really feel we are a family in St. Helens.
All children are never neglected of extra help they need.
I wish St. Helens went to 12^th grade! My children would happily be attending.

I attended St. Helen’s from 1999 – 2002, from 5^th to 8^th grades. Maybe they’ve gotten better teachers since my time there, I certainly hope so. From an educational standpoint, definitely send your kids somewhere else. If, for whatever reason, you want to send them here, think about getting some sort of supplemental math and science help. Reading and language arts are pretty good. They teach grammar which is essential and not taught in public schools, however, they seriously need to beef up math and science. The math and science is a joke here. After this school I attended a specialized public high school for science, and was at a serious disadvantage compared to my peers. Most kids are into Math A before getting to high school, whereas at St. Helen’s, by the end of 8^th grade they have barely taught the concept of negative numbers. The science is also seriously lacking. There were also no sports when I was there, it would be nice to form some real teams or have some extra curricular activities for kids to put on their resumes and occupy their time.