Parents sharing the process of searching for a school in Greater Philadelphia. What kind of school are you looking for? Charter, public, private, city, suburban?
Frankford Friends is to our family the perfect school. 
The kids are kind to each other and the teachers are nice too. 
Save yourself from the thoughts of uprooting your family and moving to the suburbs, putting yourself on tons of charter school wait lists, and filling out the financial aid forms every year. Check out your public school! 
I was genuinely impressed by the school's desire to pursue cutting edge research in teaching philosophies combined with the traditional values that the school instills in it's students. 
One parent’s opinion on why they chose St. Peter’s School.
At St. Peter's School, the children learn to be good individuals: tolerant, respectful, honest, cooperative, kind and engaged in their community through service. The curriculum and school are a structured environments: students wear uniforms and civility is expected. The St. Peter's School experience will prepare my child to enter the professional world successfully. 
The high caliber of the students and the diversity are what make Masterman special. Masterman has a reputation with some of being the "public school that is more like a private school" but that is so incorrect. We have kids from every neighborhood in the city and every income level. 
I looked around at middle and upper school students and asked myself, “Is this what I want my kids to be like when they get older?” At GFS, the answer to that question was an unequivocal “Yes!” 
Len Lipkin
PSS Community