Cherokee Charter Academy

I’ve been hesitant to write this review, but feel it could help those considering this school for their family. Our experience was a mixed bag. The teacher my son had was great, so no complaints there. I and my family took issue with the behavior (or lack there of) of the student population. The amount of focus the staff at Sixes had to put on behavior was insane. They should instead be focused on teaching/learning but that wasn’t possible to due to so many kids acting out and misbehaving. We have since sold our home in Bridgemill and moved to another attendance zone within Cherokee and it is night and day. My kid came home from his first day at his new school and said he could actually hear his teacher and all the other kids in his class were kind and respectful throughout the day. He was actually able to learn!

Too much pressure about standardized testing. Too much teaching to the test. The teacher just all look miserable. High pressure for the teachers, the culture is intense. A lot of division amongst staff members administration does not know how to unify their teachers. Administration has falsified information or does not get the whole story and evaluate the situation improperly. Doesn't take the time to see the perspective of all the teachers quickly points fingers and changes stories. The administrator are not very supportive to their staff.They really need to reevaluate their administrators. I would not want to work for this administration again. Do not take the time to know my child as a student.My child was just a number. He scored high scores as a student there , but pulled him to another school and realized he actually had deficits. No one recognize my child's deficit and learning struggles while at this school. Elementary schools are not meant to be large institutions.The number of students at this school is too many. Elementary schools are better when they are smaller and class sizes are less. Way too big of an elementary school , carrying only about their number. Doesn't take the time to recognize all students.Because the too busy thinking about the bubble kids , a group of kids that will help them do well on the test and make them look good. All students should matter.And at this school , all students don't matter. Staff was way too uptight , front office staff was completely unfriendly. Too many high strung and intense staff members in the front building. When you don't have a warm welcome in the office.That's your warning that the school is not very friendly. To competitive and not enough humility or humbleness. Once again , I blame it on administration -too rigid.

My children have known no other school throughout their education, and they are thriving at Lyndon. They don't even know how lucky they are to get daily foreign language classes, an entire staff that knows them by name, on-campus tutoring (if needed), and all the individualized attention they could ever want! As a parent, I'm obviously thrilled with the advanced curriculum, something my children see as the norm because it's all they've known. But, just as important is what they don't experience: no phone distractions, no bullying, no fashion comparison pressures, no classroom behavior disruptions that hinder learning, no overcrowded spaces, or no risk of getting lost in the crowd. It makes me so happy that this is the school that they get to experience.

I am currently teaching a child who came from many successful years at AHA. His math background is woefully inadequate. His prerequisite skills are severly lacking. I don't know what they are teaching in high school math there, but their public school counterparts are far surpassing what is being done there.