Student Leadership Academy

A+/5stars. The teachers and the administration are above and beyond. Our child has flourished at SLA, due to his love for his teachers!

The academics are great. I would recommend this school especially the one on one with the students.

The Student "Leadership" Academy controls their middle school kids with a bathroom policy which has literally caused my child to not use the bathroom while at school. Imagine having to get permission from your teacher, then take your agenda to the front office to be signed in to use one of the few restrooms. Once your bathroom turn is over, you return to the office to get checked out of the bathroom and receive your agenda back. They you can return to class. I don’t understand if this because there are so few student bathrooms, or if this controlling bathroom policy is an example of how seriously they take their school mission to promote leadership in an academic and social atmosphere. Besides that, I still rate the school average. My student never has homework. The school does not have a formal parent-teacher conference opportunity. If you reach out to a teacher, your lucky to get a response via email with any substance. Teachers do not meet with you to discuss student progress unless you have a really troubled child or one in the honors program. We're thankful for the availability of a bus, however, the system is that kids are picked up and bussed with highschool kids / other schools and they make two school stops and one bus change. On the final bus that takes them to SLA, it's 4 to a seat/standing room only.

An AMAZING charter middle school! The only negative thing I have to say is that there is no Student Leadership High School. The admin staff is WONDERFUL, the Principal is a STRONG LEADER and takes ownership of her school, the teachers are CARING and truly belong working with the ages they work with. The ESE Liaison is INCREDIBLE!! She works with the parents, children and teachers with such dedication and strives to go with what is best for the child. The first period is a "club" period, which gives the children the opportunity to learn about things such as auto works, dance, military history, etc. SLA is a small middle school with only about 400 or so students. Uniforms are REQUIRED. Volunteering is highly encouraged (and required by students and parents). School has Builders Club, which is a teen version of the Kiwanis.

We've found the teachers at SLA to be very good, and they all make time for the kids who need extra help. It's a smaller school, which works to the students' advantage since they get more individual attention from the teachers and staff.