Lingelbach Anna L School

Excellent. It has been a joy to be at Lingelbach. My kids love it there! All summer they've been looking forward to starting school again.

I'm giving Lingelbach four stars based on the caliber of the philadelphia public schools. My son came to Lingelbach after spending 3 years and $21,000 for private school. I was very apprehensive about sending my son to lingelbach, however, he is finally getting the support that my $21,000 couldn't buy him in private school. The school is older and definitely could use more resources but the teachers are commited and go above and beyond. The PE teacher is great and there is dragon boat racing and basketball, just to mention a few. They have a nurse and a counselor. Last year they got a new computer lab and hopefully new technology is on its way. The principle is new and is helping to turn this failing school into an achieving school. He is green and is not approachable but hopefully that will improve. My son has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two years but I probably will not keep him at lingelbach, past next year. The lack of resources is a problem, the lack of parent involvement is disheartening and frankly some of the kids are behavior problems and can be a distraction from learning. On a positive note. HSA is small but mighty. Wish neighborhood families would return.

Linglebach is great my son's kindergarten class is past other local kindergarten classes at different schools. I love that his school has something called the 100 book challenge. My kindegardner has already read over 140 books at his reading level. Also this school participates in the Fast program.Fast stands for Families and Schools Together. It's a great after school program that promotes strong family involvement with education.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PHILADELPHIA. MY TWO GIRLS GRADES 2 AND 5 GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND THEY ARE CHALLENGED IN LEARNING BUT THE LUNCH PROGRAM AND STUDENT AIDE IS VERY UNACCOMMODATING. THE STUDENTS CAN NOT ENTER THE BUILDING UNTIL 815 EVEN IF ITS FREEZING OUT. THE SCHOOL BUS DROPS OFF CHILDREN AT 730 OR 8 AND THEY HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE. THE SCHOOL ALSO HAS RUN OUT OF LUNCH FOR THE CHILDREN MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL. IF YOU DON'T DROP UR CHILDREN BEFORE 830 AND PROVIDE THEM LUNCH. THEY WILL BE FINE.