Pikes Peak Academy

We came from another alternative charter school nearby, which we left due to concerning academic achievement scores. At Buena Vista, our kids are challenged and cared for as their unique, individual selves. Individualized work plans come home every week, and my kids are excited to talk about the work they are doing at school. We are really appreciating the challenges they are presented with and the support they are receiving!

My daughter has attended here since kindergarten the staff has always been friendly her teachers do a good job as far as I can tell. I think any issues regarding children being bullied is way blown out of proportion and maybe the parents that keep posting bad reviews need to work on not being helicopter parents as much and maybe need to get there kids to toughen up a little bit. I know it's not fun but at some point your kids will have to grow up and face like real life and not get coddled anymore and at that point all your doing is setting your child up for failure by not giving them a chance to deal with some of life's adversity and conflict that they will inevitably have to face on their own so maybe all the bad reviews here that oddly said the same thing 10 different times that were probably all written by the same helicopter parent should consider not babying your kid quite as much and focus on teaching them to deal with conflict a tad bit better instead of crying and then having you go freak out on someone because you can't deal with your kid having a mark on them.(What does that even mean?) When I was in grade school I came home with marks all over, it wasn't cause It was a bad school it's because I was a rowdy little kid playing with friends on a playgroyund, it could be from running and falling on a gravel playground, or slipping on a monkey bar, or having monkey bar fights and falling off the monkey bars.Or trying to do a flip off the swings and falling as well 8000 other possible instances that would potentially leave a mark on me...even a dodgeball can leave a mark on a child's arm or leg. So I'd take the 1 star reviews posted with a grain of salt as it is pretty obvious the same upset parent has posted multiple bad reviews cause they are upset about not having there kid get babied continuously with no regard to how their kid probably acts when they are not present. Just a thought.But honestly I think this has done a.fine.up to now keep in mind when public.schools are all underfunded teachers are underpaid it doesn't create the best opportunity to create an amazing school experience when the school is understaffed the staff is underpaid the districts leadership is changing constantly so I think they best they can with the resources they have to work with.

Taylor elementary has been in our lives for over 7 years starting with my oldest daughter. It has always been a good school to us we even took her out her second grade year during the pandemic and put her in another school to see if we could get her more advanced and that school ended up holding her back so she had to repeat the third grade there. We started attending back in her fourth grade year and now she's in 5th grade and she's advanced on so many levels that the school is putting her in other classes to teach her more. I appreciate the patience and the guidance that Taylor elementary and the principal Kimberly Gilbert and staff put towards my children day and night. Now my youngest has attended preschool and kindergarten there and if it were up to us we would stay there. It's a good community where they are focused on teaching your children life goals through all types of education whether it be physical mental or emotional. I would definitely recommend this school especially if you're looking for a community that will put forth effort into your children communicate with you about what's going on and have joy at heart while doing it. Thank you so much Taylor we love you.

A wonderful community! Great teachers, active and engaging with my kiddo. Love the strong Catholic faith and activities. Highly recommend to all families looking for a different school experience.