Northlake Christian School

Thank you Northlake Staff! We now have three grandchildren at the school, and hopefully 4 more to add to the list! Our daughters all went to NCS at it’s formative years, and we were active in working with the school at that time. It has come a long way, and today, it is in a beautiful place, we love the administration and the teachers, the academics are excellent, and the sports are very competitive, football field, baseball and softball. Additional and lovely buildings… They have a lot of extra-​curricular activities as well. Our grandchildren are not only getting a great education, but they are growing up with peers whose families are raising them with the same moral standards that ours are being raised. We just attended the high school graduation, and saw many seniors with college scholarships, including one with a full tuition to Pepperdine… Hope ours get as good a scholarship one day!
Yay NCS!

My 9-​yr old twin grandsons have been part of the NCS family since they were infants, and their 5-​yr old sister joined them a few years later.
NCS has been a remarkable experience, not just for the students, but for our entire family. It is refreshing to be a part of an organization that re-​enforces the values these children learn at home and in their church.
When I use the term «NCS family,» I mean it in the truest sense of the word. The staff, faculty, and students come together, not only to learn, but in a joyful and spiritual sense.
We’ve been blessed to have this opportunity.
Corinna H

I would highly recommend Northlake Christian School to any family looking for a Christ-​centered atmosphere where their children receive excellent education! Having graduated from NCS myself, I have experienced many years in the school family. My children have all attended since preschool and have grown up in the school. We absolutely love the environment and the fact that the teachers are dedicated and love the students placed in their care. The school has grown and changed over the years, but one thing remains the same: Jesus Christ is the center. Because of this, the school is dedicated to excellence in education, competitive athletics, and most importantly, the Word of God! I’m sad to read the negative reviews on this site and feel bad that they have not had the same experience that we have. Northlake is not perfect because no school is. However, it’s home to us and we love it!

Let me first start by saying if ZERO stars where an option– that is what I would give this school.
I would not recommend sending your child to this school, I am still in shock with the way the staff handles themselves. I have never seen school staff feel the need to gossip about children and treat kids so unfair. If a family donates financially or with gifts to the school their child is allowed to have many offenses with minimal punishment. But if you are a regular family paying your tuition and do not play into the political games be prepared for unjust punishment. I have stories for days of the terrible things I have witnessed this school put children through.
Dear Robert, Agresta, and Fontenot I hope you take a hard look in the mirror and realize you are purposely attempting to destroy the self esteem of young kids, all three of you should genuinely be ashamed of yourself and in no way should consider yourself Christians. I hope you all read this and maybe find it in your heart to STOP treating people this way and learn to treat people with respect. Yes you are managing children, but children should be treated with respect.
I would never give your school another penny and I hope this review helps to save future parents and children from having to deal with the heartache and disarray you have tried to cause our family, yes you read correctly you tried but did not succeed. I have pity on you for being such miserable people that you feel the need to attempt to pass along your misery. May god bless you.

This school is the worst on the Northshore. They play favorites and do not judge children equally or fairly. They are very mean spirited and do not care about the outcome of the child. They do not follow their own guidelines and kick some children out because they don’t like them and keep others although they have serious offenses but play sports or their parents donate things and/​or money. Parents who have money and give the disciplinarian or principal things get to stay while others are removed. How they call themselves a Christian School is beyond me.

NCS: you either love it or hate it. There’s no much in-​between. Attending with multigenerational family members, I spent 8 years (K-​7^th) there during the earlier years of 88 – 95. I am still FB friends with a few of my classmates & have family members who are NCS freaks (HS & Coll dropouts, on welfare. Go figure.). I’m in a different boat. NCS claims to be non-​denomination but, truly, they are Southern Evangelicals & Bible Beaters. With that said, my memories of NCS are a double-​edged sword. They’re filled with pain, shame, confusion, and anger yet with superb Reading/​Writing/​Math and visual art skills. My experiences there helped make me who I am today: a skeptic who has been pursuing education & travel ever since 1995. Much of this is due in large part to the great elementary education I got at NCS, but the non-​scoreable education such as The Classics, history from the perspective of non-​Evangelicals, logic/​debate/​bias, western or eastern philosophy, world religions, etc, is hugely lacking at NCS. Plus, what is taught is often laughable. For example, 10% was marked off of my American History test in Ms. Barker’s 7^th grade class b/​c I failed to write that the British gained a foothold in America (over the Spanish & French) because God favored Protestants. Are you serious? That was a legit talking point? In 7^th grade Bible Class, preceded by Ethics Class BTW, I was taught I had to «make myself available to my husband» in order to fulfill «my wifely duty.» (I’m withholding commentary to be civil.) Many of our teachers were nothing short of inappropriate and emotionally abusive in & out of the classroom, singling out students and «preaching» their personal opinions about adult subjects that would have gotten them fired from, dare I say!!!, public schools!!! One teacher told me that most kids at CHS were not virgins. Inappropriate and NOT true BTW. Many of our guest speakers were nothing short of mentally ill. One guest speaker rambled on and on about how backwards our society was becoming & that with the advent of Virtual Reality, we would be able to have sex with anyone in the world (using Virtual Reality). That’s not even possible! During this specific Chapel service, he singled out a kid in my class and said, and I quote, «Satan is using you to disrupt this Holy message.» Upon our return to class, our 6^th grade teacher raved about his «powerful message.» Another guest speaker, gave a kid-​volunteer $ 5 during a service. Who teaches children to accept money/​gifts from grown adults? Perverts? Even some of our classmates were inappropriate in the classroom, the playground, and in the bathrooms, but the favorites never got kicked out of school, whereas, in pub sch, they would have been immediately suspended AND even arrested. Rules and policy were not enforced on «favorites» or the children of staff. On another note, Google-​search Prescott v. NCS. Are these examples of Christian maturity? Moreover, I invited Jesus into my heart every day of 3^rd grade after being taught that I’d burn in hell for all eternity if I loved anything more than God. I loved my mother more than anything in the world, so I thought I was going to burn in Hell. My mother found me crying in my BR, and had to explain to me that God knew I was only a child and that I had nothing to worry about. I’m not making this up. At age 9, I thought I was bound for Hell. I invited him into my heart every day in case it hadn’t worked before. That’s how scared I was. During my time at NCS, I was taught that Protestants resulted from the Reformation, but by 7^th grade, I was never taught where Christianity came from. I dare you to ask any of their Bible teachers who the major founders/​players of Christianity are. I learned about them in… BAM…a public school’s World History class of all places! And don’t forget to ask about Nordic or Egyptian mythology! Why are those myths omitted at this school? Relatively recently, I ran into a retired leader from NCS who came up to me in Café du Monde and said hello. He also said, «You know, we hurt a lot of kids back in the beginning.» The reason I write this review now is because some of the inappropriate teachers I’m thinking of as I write this review are NOW in significant LEADERSHIP positions. That scares me because they are NOT who they pretend to be. They are not who they pretend to be. They are not who they pretend to be. The «in» crowd is cult-​like and, often times, just plain weird. NCS may not overtly hurt most of the students, but the ones who do get hurt get burnt. The drama is their sports programs goes back to the 80’s. Baseball. I swear, some of those parents & staff like hurting kids. Many moms A me inappropriate, personal Q’s about MY mom! In short, if I had kids in school in St. Tammany they would NOT be at NC$. I’d get them into the Gifted & Talented programs at public schools, secular private schools, or even a Catholic school before I’d send them to NCS. They’re nuts!