ELEVATE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Wonderful school, we can't praise it more highly. The excellence starts with the school leadership, flows through the teachers and results in an exceptional experience for kids. Safety is definitely a top priority, I also feel that my child is challenged intellectually and has great classmates to engage with. Furthermore there are great extra curricular opportunities including robotics, cooking, chess, dance, etc. Our school is filled with students of diverse background that make a positive impact on the culture of everyone attending. And despite any socioeconomic differences, each student is pushed to reach their greatest potential. Though we had many choices in the area and could have chosen one with top test scores, we knew the quality we would get at Foothills wouldn't be at those schools. We are proud to be a Foothills Falcon family!

It is a great school with a strong emphasis on academic learning and a safe environment.

Welchester staff have been phenomenal working with my step-kids as they transition to living in a new state and going to a new school mid-semester. We have some behavioral issues with our 8 year old and I can’t say enough about how well the staff/school environment has helped her improve. It’s one thing for a school to be able to support self-sufficient families with a lot of resources, but Welchester goes above and beyond when things in life at home aren’t optimal, their encouragement and support really helps our kids (and my husband and I) thrive during tough transition. We are grateful to have a reliable partner in Welchester for the optimal growth of our children.

W e began ACA in middle school, and the school is cliquey. It was an isolating experience for me as a parent, and my son was never accepted for the type of student that he is. Both the school Christian culture and the acedemic culture is one-size-fits-all. Young earth creationists disparage science, and a fuWe began ACA in middle school, and the school is cliquey. It was an isolating experience for me as a parent, and my son was never accepted for the type of student that he is. Both the school Christian culture and the acedemic culture is one-size-fits-all. Young earth creationists disparage science, and a fundamentalist teacher taught her doctrine of hell and condemnation. The school disparages other religions and gay people. I was told in a meeting with the principal where I expressed my concerns about this one teacher that his doctrine is better than mine. The school says that parents are heard, but that was not my experience. If this school should grow, perhaps an openness to people of different denominations would help. To his very last experience my son felt that he was misunderstood and that this teachers were trying to change his beliefs. He was called a Lutheran, instead of being respected an Eastern Orthodox Christian. ndamentalist teacher taught her doctrine of hell and condemnation. The school disparages other religions and gay people. I was told in a meeting with the principal where I expressed my concerns about this one teacher that his doctrine is better than mine. The school says that parents are heard, but that was not my experience. If this school should grow, perhaps an openness to people of different denominations would help. To his very last experience my son felt that he was misunderstood and that this teachers were trying to change his beliefs. He was called a Lutheran, instead of being respected an Eastern Orthodox Christian.