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Pittsburgh Urban Christian School (PUCS)
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November 28, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
We have four children at PUCS and have been amazed at how a small faith-based school has addressed so competently each of their different learning styles, and embraced them as individuals. The love of learning, community building, and character formation that takes place at PUCS rivals some of the more expensive private schools in the Pittsburgh area. We are so blessed to have found this school community.
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Life-changing
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Definitely
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Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
1 person found this review helpful
November 28, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
I knew before I had kids that they would attend PUCS. When you walk through the doors of the school, immediately you feel empowered and loved. Our son is in first grade and often comes home saying that it was the best day because of what he learned at school. Each unit that he has studied, he has been excited about. We also love that amidst his learning that his relationship with Jesus is being cultivated. When you send your children away for the ENTIRE day it is an amazing feeling to know that the people that you have entrusted him with are like minded. They are teaching him biblical principles to prepare him for a Christ centered life. What a joy that is!
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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November 27, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
We have one daughter who attended PUCS K-8th, now in 10th grade attending a highly competitive private school, and another daughter currently in 6th grade at PUCS. Both our children are the recipients of an outstanding education provided by a faculty who care enough to nurture individual learning styles, but also create an atmosphere of team building, peer leadership, and healthy character formation. Our PUCS graduate to this day is so appreciative of her academic preparation in writing skills, and learning a second language. She now looks forward to volunteer her time and talents to PUCS, as she did during her Spring break from high school. The opportunities PUCS afforded her to "come out of her shell" now serve her well as as a Community Builder at her high school. Our 6th grader has enjoyed learning in an environment rich with an ethnically diverse and international student body that integrates faith with learning. We shudder to contemplate where we would be without the PUCS community.
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Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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November 15, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
We have 4 children attending PUCS. Each of them can tell all the different things they enjoy so much about being apart of PUCS. Each of their teachers strives to challenge each one of them academically according to their own learning style. All their teachers support them and encourage them to learn all they can. We are thankful for how the teachers and all staff help our children incorporate their faith into all areas of learning and life. At PUCS, our children are not just learning how to be great students, but they are being challenged how to be good, faithful followers of God in all of life.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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November 14, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
My family has four children currently receiving an amazing PUCS education. They are thriving! I cried out in the hall after I visited PUCS kindergarten class the year that I decided to switch my oldest daughter out of the public school that she attended at that time. I cried with joy. I knew she would receive an excellent, engaging, challenging education in a nurturing diverse environment committed to community. I cried with sadness. I knew she would be leaving a classroom where twenty other students would continue to endure a stressful, tense daily environment filled with yelling and a developmentally ill-fitted teaching style. My husband and I wrestled with the idea that we would be abandoning the public school system. But, we have seen how well our children are taken care of there and how much they are learning, at every level! I wish that all schools would take on the serious task of loving kids and of teaching them to be life long learners! PUCS is that kind of school!
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Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
1 person found this review helpful
November 14, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
My children attend PUCS, and are receiving an education I didn't think was still available. The kindness and respect from the staff and the students,the commitment to the school as a community and extended family, and the first rate education - its all just amazing. I consider my family very lucky to have found PUCS.
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Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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November 14, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
PUCS is one of Pittsburgh's greatest assets and best kept secrets. PUCS has dedicated and excellent teachers who create an exceptional educational experience for students on a regular basis for over 35 years. All four of my children have attended PUCS and if you have never seen a group of middle school students cry because they don't want middle school to ever end, then you haven't seen what is possible with fabulous teachers, rigorous curriculum, and loads of parental involvement! I cannot recommend PUCSmore highly
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Life-changing
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Definitely
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Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
1 person found this review helpful
November 14, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
My daughter attended PUCS from kindergarten through 5th grade, and my son is currently a student, having started in kindergarten, as well. I have come to realize that one of the most important functions of this early schooling experience is establishing what my children view as "normal" in the classroom. They learn to treat each other with kindness and respect, and their teachers are very caring and approachable. Now that my daughter is in a public school, with a much larger class size, she knows which behaviors are not conducive to learning, and she acts as a leader and a model of more appropriate behavior. I enjoy the easy communication with the teachers. The integrated and creative curriculum is exciting for the children. The academics are excellent--my daughter found herself ahead of most of her classmates, when she moved to her new school.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
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Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
1 person found this review helpful
September 28, 2011
1 person found this review helpful
My son started attending here when we moved to Pittsburgh. He was a very reluctant student who many days said he did not want to go to school. This is his 5th year at PUCS, and these days he is a voracious reader, loves his teachers, and is performing well above grade level. He is also much more self-confident and compassionate, is comfortable in all kinds of situations, and is a positive leader in our neighborhood with younger children. I am so glad we found PUCS!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the wonderful, caring education my son has received in a multicultural community.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
raise teacher salaries to help retain excellent faculty.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
How did you find this group?
A web search when we were moving to the city.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
1 person found this review helpful
September 27, 2011
1 person found this review helpful
I have two daughters that attend the school. One day in early June the classroom got very hot from the sun, and my daughter said, "It was the worst day ever at school--actually it was the only bad day ever at school!"
My children have grown not only academically, but socially, spiritually, and creatively as well. They have fun at school in a way that is still rigorous and gets them very involved and interested in learning!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My children have been challenged to grow and give their best. They are loved and nurtured--their teachers communicate regularly with me. They help my daughters see themselves as amazing, loved children of God. I believe this helps them embrace other children from different backgrounds and to learn to love other people.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would have them invest in more fund development and marketing staff.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
How did you find this group?
I heard about PUCS long before I moved to Pittsburgh! Once I moved to Pittsburgh, I knew this would be the school for my children--10 years before they were born!
What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?
Realizing that a diverse group of students can really love each other and work together as teams to grow academically.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
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