NORWOOD FONTBONNE ACADEMY Go back
8891 GERMANTOWN AVE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19118
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Phone: 215-242-1611
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating:
  • Educational Climate: High
  • Technology Measure: Low
  • Type: Private
  • Grades: Pre-kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District:
  • Students/Teacher: NOT REPORTED
  • Students/Grade: 42
  • Number Students: 420
  • Number Teachers: NOT REPORTED
  • Number Classrooms: 25
  • Expense/Pupil:
  • Poverty Level: NOT REPORTED
  • Number Computers: 127
  • Number PCs: 010
  • Number Macs: 117
  • Principal: Ms Mary Beirne
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
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  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
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  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (23 ratings)
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    School Reviews (18 Reviews)
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    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-05-18
    "NFA is an outstanding school which prepares its students to go onto the next level of educational opportunities. They have an incredible array of co-curricular groups/sports for our children to join in. Especially wonderful in this day and age considering the cost cutting measures most schools are having to deal with."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-04-18
    "Norwood Fontbonne is a great school with an amazing Montessori program. The students stay in the same class for the pre-school years (3-5) and then move up to the Junior level for 1-3rd grade, which creates a unique mentoring environment for the children. The students work at their own pace and the teachers are a wonderful balance of nurturing and fostering of the students' independence. The teachers are dedicated and you can see through their teaching that they have a true calling. The classrooms are spacious and open and the students have beautiful materials to work with. When we visited Norwood, we were blown away by the learning environment and the mutual respect of the teachers and students. I highly recommend visiting the school to see the classes in action. It's a very illuminating experience. We have been more than pleased with the teachers, curriculum and the community. Norwood has a very active parent association which raises a considerable amount of money for the school and for charity. Community service is also a focus which provides a great example for the students. The group is very inclusive and friendly."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-10-08
    "NFA is a fine school, with dedicated teachers who uphold high academic standards as well as a broad and challenging curriculum. The relationship between the recently replaced Principal and parents varied significantly. Favoratism sometimes prevailed. In contrast, Mrs., Wood the new Head of the Upper School has an very good relationship with most parents and is not prone to favoritism. All of the issues regarding the past Principal hopefully in aqua pasada. Any attempt to portray the negative influence she had on the school environment and on enrollment is patently false. Just last week I encountered a parent of a student who transferred out because of the Principal. He will not be attending a Catholic High School because of his experience with said Principal. Thankfully, the SIsters of St. Joseph, with the Lord's guidance, have now set the school back on a the correct path. Parent involvement is excellent."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-08-31
    "I would second the previous rater's description of the school's educational offerings and emphasis on Christian values and service. The animus indicated toward the departing principal is troubling however and leaves a misleading impression of the atmosphere of the school. No school is exempt from parental disgruntlement. To suggest, in a time of economic distress and shrinking family size, that the decline in enrollment is a direct result of the alleged personal failings of one person is to betray a strong personal bias that has more than a touch of vindictiveness itself."
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-08-07
    "NFA has a strong curriculum, caring teachers, and nice families. Hopefully it can start to heal now that a new principal is in office."
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