Great Teachers. Very lacking principal though. So much potential with the expeditionary learning,…read morejust absolutely weak leadership.

Excellent school, great learning tools, tons of support from teachers and staff as for your lesson…read moreplans. Every one is very friendly and accepting of your age, culture, religion. The classes are a lot of fun for the kids and the do some really creative stuff. I am very impressed with all my friends older children that graduated from this school. I wouldn't consider any other school if you are thinking about home school this a the best choice.

I have a student at Ipakanni who has gone full force ahead on her schoolwork, thanks to one of her…read moreteachers, Mr.Free. My daughter had previously struggled academically at another local public school. We had the opportunity to speak with Mr.Free about her difficulties, in which he in turn explained the possibilities for her at Ipakanni. She started school at Ipakanni the very next week. Because of the school's model, my daughter has had the opportunity to complete two history books in just two months. She is on target to graduate next year, which is a year earlier than if she were in a typical public school. Now, I obviously owe a huge (loving) thumbs up! to my daughter who has taken responsibility for her education, but I'd also like to thank Ipakanni for being there and giving students an opportunity to excel and succeed. Ipakanni is positively changing the lives of many students, who elsewhere may not have the same encouragement and unique opportunities that only Ipakanni offers. Thank you, Ipakanni!

This is a great school, nestled in the beautiful Yuba sierra foothills. It is generally above the…read morefog, and below the snow. With a focus on the understanding through the process of the scientific learning method more about the world and the environment. They strive to keep contact with the world, while taking advantage of advances in Technology, that allow the students to collaborate with other around the world to learn more. It is through science we question, test, and verify the changes we see in the world. That is learning at it best, in my mind.

We have been blessed in having had Yes Charter Academy in our lives! My children had the best…read moreschool experience they could have here, they learnt to love and respect nature, to work in harmony with others, to be the best students they can be, proud of their work and happy to learn. The passion they experienced and work's ethics they developed will make the rest of their school career so much more productive and enjoyable. Every teacher is a rare jewel, The principal Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hoerner offer professional -and yet caring- support to the whole school, to every pupil and to the students' families.

Our experience this year has been wonderful! Mrs M. Foulkes , 3rd grade instructor is a God send…read more She's loving, yet uses tough love to the advantage of this class. We're ever so grateful for her sacrifice to be here every day.

I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with this school. They are organized, caring, and…read moreinvolved in the education of your children. The teachers are terrific- they work together to ensure that they provide each and every child with the best education possible. They keep up-to-date on new techniques of teaching and learning and aren't afraid to explore various ways of continued improvement.

Bathroom policy sucks Also bathroom is broken half the time…read moreyou telling me I have to walk halfway across the school just for the bathroom to be broken and I only have 5 minutes to go

The football field/track area was beautiful. I love how the bleachers are built into the hills. The…read morebiggest downfall is it is not handicap accessible at all. There is no way into the field without using stairs and no way up to the bleachers without stairs. We were on the visitor side so I cannot say if the home side is set up the same way but even if they have wheelchair accessibility on the home side, what do they expect the visitors to do? This is a huge issue.

Our son is at Lake Tahoe Prep. The class size, teachers and overall experience has been really…read morepositive. The staff has been really supportive. Beautiful campus and surroundings. Great so far.

I came across SVA (Squaw Valley Acady) while researching for a boarding High School for my nephew…read morein China. I also spent a day there. Students use lap tops during class with wifi access. A lot of emphases is placed on learning with a laptop. . (All wifi are turned off at 11pm at night.). Considering all standardize tests in the US are computerized (MCAT, LSAT) and most work environments in the US use electronic records exclusively, lap top in classroom is a good idea. Students come from all over the world with the goal of attending a college in the US. SVA has transformed itself in the past few years to focus on college prep for international students. Class sizes are small, usually less than 10 students per teacher. I noticed the students get alone with each other rather well. This is observed during lunch time. I see students from different countries sit next to each other. Dorm rooms are 1-4 students per room. Most of the ones I saw have 3 students in them. There is a microwave on each hall, fridge and safe in each room. Overall the rooms are larger than the one I used to live at UC Berkeley 20 years ago. (unit 1 Cheney) and much larger then the tiny rooms at Univ of Tennessee. Washers and dryers are free for students to use. At night, dorm exits have security alarms, hallways are video monitored SVA pride itself at offering a balance between academic and personal development. They encourage students to take advantage of it's location to learn many physical activities Tahoe has to offer - hiking, soccer, golfing, cycling, ski / snowboard. I think this makes SVA different from other college prep school. I have the opportunity to spoke to students there. Due to the many Saturday field trips student take, expect another $4000 or so in additional expenses. While the students like them, parents may be surprised at the bill.

My son has been going to NCSA for three years starting with TK. I couldn't be more impressed with…read morehow supported my son is and in the overall care of all their students. As a trans parent, I thoroughly enjoy the level of diversity, inclusion, and equity, the school provide to the students.

This is an okay school I guess but there are a few things that are not cool. They teach stuff in…read morethird grade that second graders should know and there is a lot of bad things I just want you to see for yourself

We've had a great experience. My children are enrolled as independent study students and the…read moreresources/support we receive makes our homeschooling experience rich and enjoyable.

Have had nothing but problems from the get-go. Seemingly rude and ignorant people have decided to…read morebuild a school platform that is exclusively for a select few families and their respective children that they wish to teach. A school centered around the teacher's needs rather than inclusivity for new families entering their school for the first time at high school level. My child's current teacher borders on verbal abuse, with her attitudes fueled by her own ignorance and judgements. The school counselor in 2020-2021 went out of her way to personally check on a highly sensitive family matter, above and beyond her duty to ethically report, breeching the ethics of her position and the confidence she attempted to build up with my child. Total trust violations since day one is my consensus. The school receptionist in 2020 did not make eye contact with me and only addressed my child directly when we came in together to get her enrolled. My child and I feel blacklisted for unknown reasons and the "we live in a small town," attitude is not digestible in this case. Taking my concerns to the school board for harassment/profiling and negligence. There are not adequate resources available for children with 504 plans, this aspect of my child's experience has been exploited by the administration and teachers who truly do not bother or appear willing to learn about their students and their families. Their parent/school communicator application is one-sided, parents can reply, however, their remarks can only be viewed by the administrators themselves. Believe you me, I fill out my annual parent survey as a bare minimum contribution but there isn't ever enough information provided in direct response (feedback). I feel too defeated by these obstacles mentioned, that now feel overwhelmingly harmful, despite my wanting to do more for my child and her school. I have commented several times about this from the start, which has fallen on deaf ears. My daughter's administrator and teacher have not considered the health and safety of my child on major intervention strategies implemented by me, her parent, in coordination with the school and county mental health programs. I am exhausted as a mom by the brokenness of our local education system, in particular, with poorly qualified or uninspired, ill-informed administrators. Consider this my white flag. I have been patient and diligent and we have not gotten the same respect in return.

Don't call them if you have any concerns at all about your child's safety, well being or education…read more They will be rude and condescending and try to make you feel stupid. 6 inches of snow on the ground at my house, still snowing and I tried to call my son's school to find out information. They finally answered when it was too late to get my son to the bus, so now I am expected to drive him in the snow all the way into town (I live about 9 miles from the school, past another district, in a weird part of the district in town). They told me that I should be prepared for the snow if I live up here. Really? My issue isn't about being prepared, it's about having severe snow driving anxiety that stemmed from a horrible car accident I was in years back. I don't believe anyone at the district office has any right to be addressing concerned parents. It looks like this is the last year my son is in this school district with these people who obviously want money for the district so bad they won't call a snow day to keep the children safe. I have never had an issue that they did help with, all I have ever gotten was an attitude about everything. I am happy with my son'a school, but this district and it's employees are bottom shelf. Not who you want to speak with when you want your concerns to be heard. Immature and completely useless.

This school is absolutely spectacular. We tried so many "special/magical" schools - charter,…read moreprivate, Waldorf - believing that the "regular" school wouldn't meet the unique needs of our kids. WOW, were we wrong! The Deer Creek staff is AMAZING. They are everything a school should be, even for high-needs neurodiverse kids. The teachers and principal and janitors all care so deeply for the children, they know them by name and each child feels special and valued. I wish we'd started here from the beginning!

I wanted to give this 2.5 Stars. The Superintendent seemed nice, and the preview was impressive…read more This school offers a lot of extra curricular activities after school, and I like the idea of incorporating robotics and computer programming at an early age. For "stuff", this school gets a perfect 2.5 of 2.5. The huge negative is communication and planning. In terms of staffing I'd give a 0.0 of 2.5. I'm not okay with my kid attending a school that doesn't communicate to parents and give snotty responses to inquiries over the summer. Their favorite answer "you'll know when we know." Great, except nobody knew until 3 days before school started. And there's no before school care program, which is needed for our living/work situation.