Whitmore School Reviews

Whitmore School has been the worst experience of my entire life. When I went to a brick and mortar school I did fine, passing all of my classes and maintaining average, or slightly above average grades. Whitmore School's lack of deadlines makes it grueling for a student like myself who works better with set deadlines and thoroughly explained lessons. During the two and a half years of which I attended Whitmore I went through 5 teachers in my Algebra 2 class. To me this speaks to the validity and quality of the education I received.

My daughter is in a pre-professional ballet program and her hours are a little crazy with dance. So, we were interested in Whitmore. The enrollment process was very simple and my daughter’s interactions with Whitmore were primarily via the learning tool app. It was similar to posting the lesson and communicating almost like in email. And if I had any questions for the guidance counselor, it was also through the app or ask for a call. My daughter took primary freshman-year classes, although she didn't pick the normal ones for some of them. She took Anatomy and Physiology as a freshman versus Biology 101. She also took the English language, Science, Math, History and an elective as well in Performing Arts. It was a great cost in relation to the quality of learning.

Whitmore was recommended for my daughter and her situation. They said that it would be a good fit and the best choice for her. I looked them up and felt that that was true. I called them up, asked the questions that I had to ask, and asked them what to do next, and the enrolment was easy. Even the principal called me up to make sure that we were putting my daughter in the correct classes, from her previous high school to them, to make sure she got what she needed. The guidance counselor has been great with communication.

My daughter has done her senior year and she's had a very good experience so far. Starting it so late was tough to get going -- scheduling her own time and stuff like that, but she's had a very good experience. I talked to her guidance counselor once right at the start. She reached out and she's very friendly. She sends a monthly report and they make themselves available. Also, they have a payment plan that you can do, so it's pretty simple and the cost is not as bad as what I thought it was gonna be initially when I thought about for her doing home schooling.

I recommend the Whitmore School every opportunity I have. I could not be happier with the quality of education my daughter has received at Whitmore. Chloe has been a student at Whitmore all 4 years of high school and has excelled. We have had experience with both public and private schools in NYC. I can say with all certainty that Whitmore School is superior in every aspect. The quality of teachers, course structure and content, the mastery system, the software system and set-up, the level of professionalism and respect, the responsiveness from teachers and staff, interaction with parents, it all has been excellent. Choosing Whitmore School has been the best decision I have made for my daughter. Thank you very much for your high standards and excellency! We will both miss Whitmore School.

My daughter loved Whitmore. She loved being able to study whenever she wanted. She ended up getting a scholarship into a very competitive college in Massachusetts and that was after doing all of her high school education online at Whitmore. She went in prepared and now she’s applying to medical schools. My last son is now in ninth grade at Whitmore and he's also very academically strong. He loves Whitmore as well. He did an online school before Whitmore which he liked but was not challenging.

Whitmore's strategy and their curriculum checked off all the boxes and they're one of the originals and know what they're doing. I felt pretty comfortable enrolling with them. The paperwork and the application process were very easy, straightforward, and quick. The courses are far more challenging than the public school classes and I like the fact that the assignments aren't just turned in for a grade. They are turned in, critiqued, and then returned for them to think about, make adjustments, and turn it back in again. They really stress the assignment to be mastered rather than just turned in for a simple grade.

Everything was a very smooth transition. Whitmore did an amazing job looking at my daughter's transcripts from where we were, with the class recommendations going forward with a couple of different enrollment options as well. The only class transition she struggled with was going from Spanish 2 class in public school to Spanish 2 at Whitmore. The second semester of online was much further ahead than where she was leaving public school. She didn't have to have that second semester as she's already had a full year and a half of foreign language. With us going into the second semester of Spanish and realizing it was much more advanced than where we left it at, it was a simple message to the guidance counselor, and it was handled the next day. It's 100% great customer service. The teachers are moving at the pace of my daughter.

I spoke to someone from Whitmore and we talked about what kind of program we wanted to get my daughter into and we just went with regular school. The reps were able to answer any questions I had. It was great. The cost was decent and the quality was okay for the most part. I would prefer a different format for the Math classes though. I was trying to help my daughter and the questions were very confusing. We went with Whitmore because we're able to do it on our own and at our own pace. But we have a timeline of when we wanted my daughter to have her stuff done so, we had everything specifically a certain way. She's getting out on time but it’s frustrating for her when she has questions. She likes regular school where she can ask the question and get a response. But it's just specifically for Math. It has been the only headache.

We love Whitmore School. The public school was not the appropriate place for my daughter and Whitmore is a better fit. The enrollment was all done online where I filled some stuff out, then I talked to their admissions. They've been awesome. My daughter is taking history, geometry, psychology, English, and performing arts with them. Then she did a PE. Also, she's a figure skater and at Whitmore, you have your own performing art that you are involved in. You log your hours, you send videos, and you get credit. She got credit for that in public school by doing off-campus athletics and this is the same thing. So far, she's making straight A’s and she loves it there. The cost is also very reasonable for a private online school.

I searched online for online schools, came across Whitmore, and decided that their difference in educational approach would be the best for my children. They were willing to work with me on getting our situation sorted out, and it was a very positive experience. My son is currently enrolled in his freshman year in high school, so he has taken US government honors, geometry, computers, English 9, and Spanish. His teachers have been very helpful. They've been very responsive to any questions he has. Getting feedback from them has been amazing. It has exceeded my expectations.

We looked into Whitmore School with their website. It wasn't too expensive and it seemed like the right fit for us. The enrollment process was very easy and their personnel was very friendly. I have two daughters with them. My first one has been through honors level, 9th, 10th, and 11th English. She's been going there two and a half years and my other daughter has been going for half a year.

This is our first experience with homeschooling/online schooling and it's been wonderful. My daughter was on home instruction prior to it, and Whitmore made the transition very easy for us. I have her counselor's personal number. They're easy to reach. My daughter also has great communication with her guidance counselor as well as her teachers. The teachers respond very quickly to her concerns, and she is excelling in all her classes, like straight As. Whitmore is a great fit for my daughter. The quality of education is higher than what she would get in-person, and the cost is very reasonable. I'm a public school teacher, and they're doing the work for me. That's a plus.

Whitmore works for some kids, but it doesn't for others. For somebody who's very quick and tests really well, it's gonna be amazing. It just isn't that for a kid who already struggles in school. The process has been incredibly slow, including getting feedback from the teachers, and there's no predetermined lesson. There's a syllabus, but there's no video of, "This is what we're gonna cover today." It went like, "You can go source these things to learn more about this."

Whitmore was easily accessible, user-friendly, and accredited to all public schools. The enrollment process was very simple. Everything was done online. Once you get enrolled into the school, a counselor speaks to your child and makes sure that the plan that they're going to do is what they're wanting to do. It's also very inexpensive for what I am paying for. I feel like I'm getting a whole lot for how much it costs.

Our child is struggling with social anxiety and we took her out of high school and looked around online. We liked Whitmore the most out of the things that we saw. We like the parental feature set to be able to monitor our child's progress. Their staff and orientation were very welcoming. Our child liked the most the courses and things that they had as electives. The price was a good fit as well so we went with it.

I would like to take a moment to share my family's experience with the Whitmore School. To be clear, this is school done online from home, not necessarily a "home school program". My wife and I never taught them any subject. From the very beginning, we knew we made the right decision with our kids. Our kids did not care about a traditional high school experience. They wanted to be able to trade that for an experience that allowed them to pursue a parallel path in Performing Arts. The curriculum and flexibility around the schedule allowed them to do just that. However, we were also allowed to grow as a family unit by taking trips throughout the year more frequently and spend more time with each other.

I attended Whitmore for all four years of high school, and I loved every minute of it! Though this school is completely remote, I feel like I really got to know my teachers and guidance counselor personally; everyone is super friendly and helpful! As a self-motivated student, the structure of Whitmore's classes really worked well for me. The flexibility of the classes gave me the freedom to make my own schedule every day and have a life beyond high school.

I was very fortunate to find Whitmore School for my son. While attending boarding school out of state my son suddenly lost his Father at the end of his Junior year. Following his Father's death, my son decided that he wanted to be close to home but did not want to attend the very large public school that he left in favor of a small academically-oriented boarding school. Whitmore School provided a distance learning solution that offered academic rigor, personal instruction and involvement in a self-paced environment that allowed my son to succeed with geographic independence.

Whitmore was the perfect fit for our motivated daughter. All of her teachers were dedicated to providing personal guidance and support that is not always found in a traditional high school. Her guidance counselor was with her throughout the duration helping our daughter navigate her way through High school and prepare her for the collage road ahead. Our daughter is leaving Whitmore with the confidence and pride that will launch her on her way to a very bright future!

The enrollment process was pretty straightforward and the communication was very good. Everyone was quick to respond and the teachers have been nice. I've spoken with the guidance counselors and administrators there as well and it's all been positive.

Whitmore High school was the perfect choice for my daughter, Kathleen, her advisor went above and beyond to make this journey work! Thank you so much to all of you! We recommend Whitmore High by choosing a wonderful education, hardworking staff & excellent teachers! Extremely Grateful to fulfill her high school education from this establishment.

We did online schooling for student safety. We did some virtual open houses with some schools and we liked what Whitmore was offering and it was a legitimate program. We liked the way that they had everything set up. There was a parent dashboard as well as a student dashboard and our student has access to the tools that he needs to succeed. We really liked the asynchronous portion of it as well. My child can do school whenever he wants to do it and it doesn't have to be between certain set hours. He can go right in the middle of the night if he wants to. We love that. His credits are going to be transferred in from his other school and will get him that diploma at the end of his high school year. We liked the cost too as it wasn't that bad.

Enrolling with Whitmore was very easy. Everybody's been very friendly. My son doesn't really love it though. He likes in-person school, but he's doing it to get through. One thing that I like about it is that they're allowed to make corrections on their work. He ended up getting all A's in his classes because they allow him to make corrections.

We contacted Whitmore and did everything online. The reps talked to us about the payment plans, because it's not a free online school, and talked us through why it's different. It was very straightforward and easy. I'm not one of those people who like to get all bogged down. If it's getting confusing, I'll bounce. The counselors have a lot of suggestions when you run into a problem like staying up to date on things the way we think my daughter should. At one point, we were gonna disenroll her, based nothing on Whitmore, but because she wasn't keeping up and we were gonna put her in public school. But the principal called and we talked about how my daughter could help her change her mindset and how to keep up with things. So we ended up keeping her in Whitmore and she's been doing a lot better.

Whitmore has been a great place for our kids to complete their high school. The curriculum has been challenging and the teachers have been helpful and responsive. I highly recommend Whitmore to anyone. Also, they teach classic studies and no woke agenda.

As a student at Whitmore, I have nothing but gratitude in my heart. I love the quick responses that the staff bring to the table. Thanks to the amazing classes and overall program that is provided by Whitmore, I am able to graduate early!

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The quality of the education with Whitmore seemed higher than a lot of the others. They were paying attention, organized, and accredited. They offered what we needed, which was asynchronous work-at-your-own-pace type of schooling. Not some place where my daughter would have to log in at a certain time every day and interact with other kids and the teacher. She just needed to be able to do it at her own pace. The enrollment process was good. We filled out some information which generated emails, and those emails contained links that allowed us to get on the website and set up a student account and a parent account. Whitmore has fair price and they are certainly more affordable than a lot of the schools that are out there. But there's no loss of the expectation just because we're paying less. We're still receiving a high-end experience.

I was looking for an entirely self-paced virtual high school. We signed up with Whitmore School and had quick responses from the administration and staff. Interactions were positive. My child is a freshman and she's taking performance studies, Algebra 1, US Government, and their freshman seminar class. She can do most of it on her own but she does require a tutor. Whitmore is inexpensive compared to private schools. They have teachers and things are all done by video. It's mastery-based learning instead of being taught to pass. This is another reason I chose it for my child. But Whitmore is not quite right or a good fit for our child and we won't be going back next year.