Challenger School
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Child Care, Preschools, K-12 Schools, Elementary Schools, Junior Highs, Kindergartens, Private Schools
Message from Challenger School
Challenger School is an independent private school focused on academic excellence, individual achievement, critical thinking skills, and self-reliance. Our curriculum is built on the foundations of knowledge: language arts, math, and logic. Early mastery of these basics prepares students for advanced studies and learning at an accelerated pace. Our uniquely structured classes yield astonishing results. Challenger students achieve scores on average in the 90th percentile on the national Stanford Achievement Test (SAT). This means that our average student outperforms nine out of ten students who take that test. Challenger School offers preschool through eighth grade programs. Come tour our beautiful campus, learn about our renowned programs, and meet our amazing staff.
Editorial by Citysearch
Since 1963, private institution has taught preschool through eighth-grade students language arts, math and logic in smaller class environments.Key Points
- Academic preschool
- Phonics, math, science, and art
- Clean, safe environment
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For the money, Challenger could be better. Teachers are not certified and do not have much freedom in teaching. There is a large turnover in staff. Many of the aides are very young and inexperienced. The director does not listen to input. There is no foreign language offered and there is a lot of homework. On the plus side, the kids are well behaved and the perform well on tests. However, from my experience, I think there are better schools for the money.For the cost, I would expect more language, music, sports, certified teachers and parental involvement.
Posted 10/07/09 | Report Abuse
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fair school,
by jenniebeck
Challenger School does very little to involve either parents or staff in decision making.The director prefers to do things her way and does not welcome input from anyone. Teachers are not required to be certified which is an issue for me. Also staff turnover is high. Some of this is due to the director and her refusal to listen. Curriculum rules to the point that teachers have little flexibility. There is also a lot of homework.There is no foreign language program which also bothers me.Elementary schhol is the best time to teach a language. This is the age when children are most capable of learning one.
On the plus side, the kids are well behaved, safe and score well on tests.
Pros: kids score well on tests
Cons: no frills -foreign language etc
Posted 10/06/09