Folsom Road

I was enrolled in John Adam's Academy Roseville into the 2020-2021 school year when I was in 7th grade and I came from the Dry Creek public school district. I am now a Junior and attended JAA for 4 years until the end of my sophomore year, and I'm now attending Woodcreek High school. Although I'm still very young and have my whole life ahead of me, JAA has been one of the WORST life expirences. The courses that we take in John Adam's Academy are optimized to prioritize our "Humanies" class that attempts to combine English and history into one course that results in harsh grading, and too much classwork that turns into homework and homework in general. The humanities teachers in both middle and high-school grade too harshly, and in our sophomore year, essays and papers are turned down and won't be graded if they have so much as one gramatical error or a citing error. In my own experience, many teachers specifically in high school have such an extreme bias towards other students that some of us won't get graded for our assignments unless we remind the teacher to do it, and the students that the teachers favor post about hanging out with them outside of school on Instagram and don't get in any trouble. There's lots of racism and kids constantly say slurs around campus and teachers clearly hear them say it but don't do anything about it, and it's a dangerous environment for some kids because racism seems to be allowed and teachers sometimes make racist innuendos and remarks. Kids are NOT accepted for expressing themselves and it's very difficult to find people who do, and it's very easy to be outcasted by other people if you're not careful about how you act and not applying yourself with the crowd because the school is very small with not many diverse students with different backgrounds, religions and interests other than academics or the small amount of sports the school is able to offer. The programs the school offers are also very scarce and if your plan is to come here and play in JV or Varsity sports you need to take into consideration the extreme workload and full schedule you'll have when you add everything up. If you're looking to come here and get into music (which is what I was interested in, and is still my main focus) you are way better off attending a public HS because JAA only currently offers a Choir class and no AP music classes or bands. The last and most IMPORTANT thing to mention about this school is that the HS and MS kids share a building