Independence Elementary School

My children go to SPE and they do not help students who are advanced. My oldest child is often bored and the teachers agree but know there's nothing they can do because their hands are tied. There's been several incidences of bullying that I do not feel were addressed by the teacher or principal. I'm considering Lake Orion schools next semester if nothing is done to help my son. My daughter is tired of the girl cliques. There are several administrative and teacher's children who are in cliques and are treated differently than most students. I understand you can not request teachers but it's obvious when all of the teacher's kids are able to stay together every year.

Amazing experience from staff, parents and students.

I attended Everest sense I was in junior kindergarten all the way through 10th grade before I had to leave because of the constant bullying and harassing that I received. I could right an entire essay about how terrible they treated the students but ill start with one of the biggest problems i think the school faces. Family, sure Everest may be able to say they are a family based school which they are but that is the entire problem. There are a couple big families that span out and make up most of the school so everyone is related. the problem with this is their is no diversity so not only is racism extremely high but if you are not apart of the family you will be though less us and completely torn down by anyone who is apart of the family. Another problem is the level of strictness. First if you aren’t completely sure about your faith and are questioning it which is a perfectly normal thing to do than you should never even think about attending this school. They will tare you into prices and force you to feel like you have to be catholic or else you’re a terrible person. Not only that but their are no extra classes, barely any clubs, barley any extra curricular classes. They put all the money into sports and their international students and could care less about expanding our options for education. And you better not have a single disorder or learning disability because you will never be helped with it and it will be completely dismissed. And if you have any problems with bullying good luck tyying to get help with that sense they could also care less. Everyone at that school is so self absorbed including the teachers that they don’t even bother to think how their actions can affect the students. I was so badly harassed and bullied to the point where I tried to take my own life in tree different times and had to be taken to the hospital. Now sure you can say I might just be different but i know i am not the only one who had to go through what I did. I knew many kids who were just as badly bullied if not worse. I can not say it enough, If you aren’t thinking of sending your kid to this i highly suggest you rethink your decision

Leadership goes above and beyond with each and every student,eventuturing after hours, if needed

No special education was provided, teachers were not attentive to their students and their individual needs, teachers were a revolving door lasting only about a year at a time and classes have been increasingly getting smaller and smaller. Last I checked, their Google reviews got turned off, if that tells you something about the integrity of this school.