Rock is a safe atmosphere. However that is the very best thing I can say about it. unorganized, chaotic and barely getting through a day is best said. The Spanish teacher is phenomenal and because these people are Christian and their hearts are lead to teach I pray often for them to slow down, rethink their plan and finally execute a mission to educate. read more

My son attended The Rock the latter part of elementary and and all of middle school. I was actively involved in all the schoolyears he attended and would give a solid "A" to the curriculum and instruction (vs. what I would consider C- from most public schools in Austin). The teachers are REALLY what makes the school standout -- they truly care about their students. These past 5 years have been instrumental for child; and as a parent who stresses education and has a Masters degree, I wouldn't recommend something I did not believe was worthwhile for my child's future. read more

Such a great place for homeschool students. My daughter has made friends and loves her classes. Her favorite classes are art, guitar, theater, pe and science. I love that I don't have to stay like a co-op or pay tons of money driving around to a bunch of extra curricular activities. I am looking forward to the Christmas performance and the end of year art show. read more

Great concept and potential. The teachers really love their students! The director oversells offerings to families and often over promises what is possible. As a former parent of a student who attended, the disorganization, poor communication, bald-faced lies from the director, and lack of discipline within the student body was too much for us. We wanted our kids in a program that upheld high standards. Instead everything is covered in Christianese without actually reflecting Christ. Most of the problems stem from the director. She's dishonest and flattering. She pretends to listen but doesn't. She talks badly about her staff to other parents. She also lies and tells people she's a veteran and I found out after leaving the program that it isn't true! This program is neither Christian nor does it have high quality classes. Most are being taught by people without educational degrees or experience. The concept of the program is great. The execution is terrible. read more

Upperschool student here. If you don't get the botched method by which they refer to grades, don't worry. We didn't either. Upperschool means grades 6-12, which, for some reason, are all lumped together. This academy advertises itself as a, quote, "Christ-centered homeschool enrichment program". Now, this program is centered around many things, all of which are not Christ. The director, Angela Jay-Turner, appears, on first glance, to be a very pious woman, quoting Bible verses in every section of her Code of Conduct, and always referring to Jesus & the Bible in her emails. Keyword: on first glance. After interacting with her and witnessing the many immoral, definitely un-Christian things she did, you'll get the full picture. Firstly, we signed up for this program, hoping for a good, Christian environment where homeschoolers like us could interact with each other in a safe place. It was that... in the beginning. There were signs of things going wrong, like Angela covering up the actions of a pedophile pastor shamelessly in her newsletter to anxious parents, but nothing too apparent seemed to be happening. Yet. Around the beginning of January, our main teacher, who taught subjects such as Human Growth and Development, Philosophy, and Photography, was fired without a stated reason. Even worse, us kids never even got an official email or anything about it. We just went to school one day, and the teachers told us, "Oh, your favorite hardworking teacher? Yeah, she's fired." If that couldn't be bad enough, Human Growth and Development & Philosophy, two credit classes, were dropped, replaced by Acting & Improv and a study on the Gospel of John, both of which were not credit classes in the slightest. Credits our parents paid for with their own money were wiped clean off the board. Angela said that we would get "half-credits", which are pretty much useless. Photography retained its status as a class, but our professional teacher was replaced by two utterly incompetent teachers. One of them was a very kind woman, and an amazing person, but she was a kindergarten teacher, and had no idea how to teach us Upperschoolers. The other teacher was a completely different story - she slacked off on things she promised us she would do and she recorded us without permission, explanation, or notification, holding a recording phone in her hand as she talked to us. Later on in the school year, once we had enough, Angela said that we were told it was for a school slideshow. She was lying through her teeth. No such notification occurred whatsoever. In addition, we were taught nothing new in the second semester, nothing new whatsoever. Two of my classmates, teenagers, had to step up and teach us all, guiding us through the process of making a yearbook that our teachers were apparently too lazy or incompetent to help make or teach. That yearbook still isn't finished, as we were all locked out of our accounts without explanation before its completion, and now, the rest of the pages look utterly unprofessional and downright ugly. Speaking of being locked out of our accounts, students thought to have connections with our fired teacher were inexplicably locked out of their Google accounts, unable to log in. This happened to certain students & teachers more than once, and no explanation was ever given by Angela, the woman who had complete access to all of our accounts. Our digital trouble didn't stop there, however. We had flourishing communities in our Google Chats, but when our teacher was fired, our Google Chat was inexplicably shut down. When pressed in a board meeting, Angela said that she had no idea this happened, and that she would try her very best to fix it. Oh, yeah, the board meeting? That was laughable. The 'board members' were a teacher, a mother and daughter, and a lawyer who didn't even arrive. This board was created around the time Angela fired the teacher when frictions between the fired teacher and Angela became more and more apparent. Coincidence? I think not. When our teacher was fired, we immediately got given a Code of Conduct. Again, coincidence? I really don't think so. This Code of Conduct had some utterly ridiculous principles, and taught doctrine that was a bent, amalgamated version of the teachings of the Bible. Such as the Matthew 18 principle, about keeping matters silent if possible and only going to administrators as a last resort. Following this principle is how many children in many different situations have been molested (thankfully not in this academy as far as I know). Or the bit about obeying the authorities God placed over you. That's right and good, but there's always a limit. For example, would the Lord really want us to follow the orders of the dictators of Eastern Europe if they had conquered our country? Please, if you love your children or your sanity, do not send them to this dumpster fire of an academy. Enrichment? All it enriches is a plague of immorality, sin, and hypocrisy. read more

This review comes courtesy of a previous upperschool student. For a moment, Imagine you're the great poet Dante. The moment you set foot on a TREA campus; you enter the 7 levels of hell. The 2022-23 schoolyear was a horrific amalgamation of everything you can imagine going wrong at a school of this size, and yet probably even more. Where do I even begin... Perhaps the firing of one of the most phenomenal teachers I've ever had due to an unwillingness to enforce a terribly twisted code of conduct? A set of rules that while claiming to be deeply rooted in Biblical principles somehow managed to blatantly fly in the face of teachings you would expect from a "Christ-centered" school. A set of rules that many teachers only signed out of fear of losing their jobs? That's a perfect first point. A teacher who was teaching three classes (Not counting any classes taught to lowerschool, and/or at other campuses) was fired without warning one week after Christmas break. In a mad scramble to replace the missing class periods; other teachers were shoved into those slots and made a mockery of what we had come to understand as normal. But who could blame them? A decision being made so quickly wasn't fair to anybody. Within a week, Human Growth and Development (A high-school credited class) was replaced with Acting/Improv. And Philosophy (Also credited) was replaced with a study of the Book of John. Nothing against these classes, but when parents are using their money to send their child to a school expecting them to receive real credits for their work; a change of classes mid-year is absolutely unacceptable. And finally, Photography/Yearbook. While the class remained, the soul didn't. After having had a teacher who was both a photographer and had experience making yearbooks; we were given a kindergarten teacher; who was hopelessly trying to re-teach us everything we had already learned during the first semester. And bless her heart, she was one of the sweetest people on that campus at all times. But what a horrific misuse of her teaching abilities. We were then given another teacher; one who we were told had experience making yearbooks. And if that's true, I am dearly sorry for whoever she had worked with in the past. We were treated as if we were stupid, she did barely any work, and whatever work she did do could have been performed better by one of the lowerschoolers. It was a horrible experience the whole way through. That's not even mentioning how we were being recorded without our (or our parents) permission. This teacher would walk around with her phone blatantly on record, and yet it seemed she was trying to hide it? Keeping it behind her back when walking up to students and trying to keep it away from anyone. When brought up to the school, we were met with the response that we were "told this was going to happen". This was apparently for some end-of-year project. Lies. In every meaning of the word. No parents were ever told to expect this, nor were the other teachers. But I suppose that's something you get used to at TREA. The class from then on was basically taught by two of the students. With next to no help from the teachers other than with things that students don't have access to. Lists of names, campus lists, etc. I think that's enough about the yearbook though; there's still more to talk about elsewhere in the whimsical world of God-forsaken private schools. Pedophilia. Now I know that's a lot, let me explain. Near the beginning of the year, before the firing fiasco and when everything started to really go downhill. Parents received an email informing them of a situation with a pastor at one of the campuses. This was completely covered up and made to look like it wasn't a big deal. And I'm not sure about you, but I think CP is a big deal. And this leads me to finally bringing up the (paper-thin) elephant in the room. The one and only, (And I say this with the same hesitancy that a wizard might partake in when mentioning Voldemort) Angela Jay-Turner. One of the most deranged (to put it somewhat lightly) people I've ever met. Every decision that I've mentioned thus far has been a direct result of Turner. Our director, our (in)glorious leader, the Thanos to our Avengers. The root of every problem with this dreadful place. This is my story, as an uperschooler at the Cedar Park West campus. I have no idea what the stories of other students of varying ages and locations might look like. But please, for the sake of you and your child's wellbeing; do not under any circumstances let them anywhere near this place. The amount of anxiety that was inflicted upon me and my fellow students in a single semester is more than anyone should have to expect from a private school of this nature. The Holy Spirit was once in this house, but He was evicted when Angela arrived. Any remnant of a safe, healthy, faith-based environment was squashed with the last school year. read more