Love this school made great friends and had some memorable times with teachers I highly recommend…read moregoing to this school.

I love to do science and this school has science in the bag (lots of science classes and big…read morescience wing) so thanks Mountain View. I do wish the teachers would be a little less like teachers and more like friends because I don't have any and would really like to have some.

I am genuinely heartbroken that I have to write a review like this, but families deserve to know…read moreour experience. We were excited about The Ambrose School. During our tour, they expressed how much they loved our child, how well she would fit, and even told us there was an open spot. All we needed to do was complete the application. We did exactly that. The application asked detailed questions about our specific Christian faith and the church we attend. Within a week of submitting it, we received a cold, impersonal email informing us that our application was being terminated and our fee refunded. No explanation. No conversation. No willingness to clarify anything. Just a closed door. When I reached out and respectfully asked for the reason behind their sudden reversal, we received complete silence. Not even the courtesy of a reply. Based on the timing and the nature of the questions they focused on, it is hard to see this as anything other than religious discrimination. What makes this even more painful is that our child previously attended a nearly identical "Classical Christian" school in another state--with the same curriculum, same values, same books, same structure--and thrived as a straight-A student. She was everything they say they want in a student. Explaining to her why Ambrose had suddenly changed their mind was absolutely heartbreaking. Their academics appear strong, and I am sure many students receive an excellent education. But our experience revealed something far more concerning: a lack of transparency, compassion, and Christlike behavior. The way we were treated was dismissive, exclusionary, and completely out of line with the values they claim to uphold. Families deserve honesty and respect. Sadly, we experienced neither.

We've been attending for 2 years and love it! Definitely a school that desires parent involvement…read morewhich works great for our family!

My child graduated from Cole Valley this Spring. He has been attending since 3rd grade when he…read moretransferred from a very academically focused charter school. I have two other students who have attended since Kindergarten. We choose to shift schools because, not only is Cole Valley academically rigorous, but they also care about the whole person and focus on preparing them for a future where they deeply think about how to impact their world for Christ. The elementary campus integrates creativity and fun into their courses by having themed units that incorporate all subjects into creative learning from which my boys really benefited. My students always felt loved and encouraged as they were pushed to rise to the high expectations that the teachers set. The teachers would give extra attention to help my sons overcome any hindrance to their potential. I appreciated the extra care they gave to communicate with me and involve me in those solutions. They set a solid foundation for my boys' faith in their elementary years. At the secondary level, students have an advisory mentor assigned to them to walk through 7th - 12th grades to examine life and faith. My boys have deeply appreciated these relationships. My graduate had the vice principal as his mentor who he says really taught him how to love and serve others. Their friendships with their advisors are meaningful and help our students think deeply about their life decisions at this critical season in their lives. The guidance counselors are excellent at keeping students on track for their individual college goals. The teachers offer traditional and creatives methods to learn the material. The student experience is full of opportunities for healthy social fun at games and the school spirit is contagious. The opportunities for social justice through short term mission trips with peers or community service locally are abundant for a small school. My students' friendships are faithful and meaningful and I trust them in their social time...a gift to a parent who might otherwise worry about their peer groups. Overall, I couldn't be happier with my student's experience at Cole Valley Christian Schools. I would recommend CVCS to anyone who asked.

Cannot say enough about this school. The education is proving to be excellent, the facility is…read moretranquil and well maintained. The athletics are good, and the environment is conducive to a great learning environment!

I graduated from Rocky Mountain High School years ago, but my experience there still affects me…read moretoday. Throughout my time at the school I was subjected to severe bullying from other students. I was regularly insulted, called names, and told to kill myself. Physical assaults happened multiple times a month, and in my experience the students responsible often faced little or no consequences. One example that still stands out: a student sitting behind me stabbed me in the back with a pencil during class. I yelled because it hurt, and I ended up receiving in-school suspension for swearing while the student who stabbed me received no punishment. Situations like that happened repeatedly. When incidents were reported, I was often told my parents would be informed, but later I learned they were not. The most painful part was the feeling that many teachers and staff simply didn't care. In one case, a teacher told me I should drop out and that the most I would ever achieve was being a waiter. Comments like that from someone in a position of authority were incredibly damaging. School should be a place where students feel safe and supported. Instead, my experience was that bullying was ignored and sometimes the victims were punished. The environment had a serious negative impact on my physical, emotional, and mental health. I hope the school has improved since I attended, but based on my experience I cannot recommend it. No student should have to go through what I experienced there.

My family moved to Idaho pre COVID, and have been attending CVCS for 6 or 7 years. (Time flies.) We…read morecurrently have all our kids enrolled, and we love the education they are getting, both academically and spiritually. With many Christian schools, it seems that faith is put on top of curriculum, like frosting on a cake. I've seen at CVCS that faith is baked into the cake itself. For example, every parent/teacher conference is opened in prayer, each child is prayed over when considering classroom placement, and Christianity permeates every aspect of academics and social activities. If you live in the Treasure Valley and want a solid education for your kids, as well as having them surrounded by positive role models, I strongly recommend Cole Valley!

So blessed to be apart of this school. The teachers and leadership are so sweet! My 2 kids started…read morelast year and I couldn't be more pleased. They did such a great job with the kids during such a hard time! So glad to be staring back up! I highly recommend CVCS

I recommend Heroes Academy to anyone I meet! Why? Because Heroes Academy provides the type of…read moreenvironment and child-lead learning that I wanted for my kids, yet I didn't know it existed until a few years ago when our full-time traveling family decided to take some time off the road. Now we are settled into Idaho and at Heroes and I don't think our kids will let us ever leave (not that I want to). As an Acton Academy, Heroes encourages every child to think and behave like a hero, not a victim, while embarking on a self-growth journey. They encourage every family and child to be proactive, begin with the end in mind, to hold themselves and others accountable and to high standards. It's a place where children discover their own passions, gifts and begin to lead meaningful and purposeful lives. I have seen incredible growth in all 4 of our children over the last 2 years while attending Heroes Academy. They have developed real life skills such as how to have a meaningful conversation with an adult; how to fail and get back up again; how to speak in front of a large crowd; how to begin finding a passion or start a small business, all without our help. If you're worried that your child isn't actually learning much by completing so many assignments, doing homework each day, taking tests and getting 'good' grades in the assembly line of a traditional public education system, then Heroes Academy might be great for your family. I couldn't be happier with Heroes Academy and all that they have done for our entire family. You see, being a family at Heroes has encouraged my husband and I to continue on our own self-growth journey and to push ourselves each day, while our kids grow right alongside of us.

I'm a hero currently attending the Adventure studio and let me say this school has changed my life…read more I had a rough start for my first year but I came back being a different person after being given my second chance. This school made me discover my passions and really let me focus on what I am interested in. Coming to this school gives you the opportunities no other school would. you get to learn new things every session and it has challenges that teach you to learn, not to remember. i highly recommend this school especially if your child has adhd, add, autism, or anxiety because this place is very welcoming and helped me so much mentally.