Valley Academy Charter School

Not affiliated, and not a parent or student, merely a neighbor. And my review is more centered on the parents and carpoolers and what have you that block two lanes of travel for the entirety of the morning with no regard for those of us who don’t have children in school here. There is no way to get where I need to go in the morning, but if there were I would take it. They let each other in and out, and everything flows nicely, if you’re in their circle I guess I just need a fake bumper sticker extolling «my child is on the honor roll at Valley Academy!» Inconsiderate.

My son was bullied for over a year at another school Which ended up with my son having emotional behavior problems and hating school. We tried everything and that school just gave up on my son without addressing the base problem. Since we have started at this school my son is starting to like school again.
The only thing I did not like is the incredibly high amount of fun raisers they push on the families. They have several a month every month! The children get upset if they can’t participate in all of them. It is a little extreme to be pushing so many all year long through emails and letters home. Their volunteer requirements are unpractical if you are a single parent or if both parents have to work to support the family.

My daughter is in her final year, praise God, for the MOST part we have been satisfied. HOWEVER the Spanish teacher is HORREDOUS! … my daughter has been in her class for 4 years and cannot even understand the basics! The bathrooms are cleaned once a day and they smell like a stadium bathroom! The commodes on the first floor are set up for the real young kids and the older ones are forced to use them during recess because they aren’t allowed to go upstairs! You would do yourself a favor into looking into Adams traditional if you are looking at charter schools such as this.

Best school in Arizona. Staff of the schools is very friendly and think out of the box to teach kids. We love this school.

About 4 years ago we enrolled our daughter in this school very apprehensively because all the buildings were manufactured housing at the time, but we’d heard good things and the school she was at was soooo bad. Well, 4 years later with 3 kids now making their way through, I must say I’m impressed. It is not easy and there is a TON of homework, but compared to the traditional schools in the area, it’s not even close. The quality of education is excellent and with the exception of one 3^rd grade teacher (which unfortunately we’ve had twice now) the educators are amazing.