Hillcrest Academy

Great experience, great teachers and a lot of family events

Both of my kids go here, and one is going to middle school. They love the staff. They go above and beyond. Kinder was a hard adjustment, and they were always patient and there for my kids. I would highly recommend this school. The principal is amazing. She really does try to make the school feel safe and welcoming, and the kids love her. Best School in the area :)

This is my daughter's first year, not in private school, so we were a little apprehensive about enrolling her at Twitchel. Our experience has been nothing short of amazing! The majority of the reason is because Miss Christina Garcia is an absolute angel teacher sent from heaven! She really cares about all of her students. She's very communicative and we always know what's going on in the classroom with our child. She even makes the kids feel special by implementing fun Friday! I know my daughter looks forward to it every week. Last week they even got their nails done! The amount of care That has gone to teaching the kids in this first grade class, is just amazing. If it wasn't for Miss Garcia, I think our experience would be much different. We are so grateful for her!

My daughter is in 3rd grade and it's her second year at Gehring. She is very happy and excited about going to school, especially the GATE (Gift and Talent Education program). The school provided lab top computers to bring home and do projects on. They have Virtual Reality glasses to wear in school to learn about science. In one of my daughter's projects was to draw a fictional character based on the teacher's description through reading and have the kids enter it into a drawing program in the computer to make it "alive". At the end of the project is to have the character print out by a 3-D printer. My daughter is excelling in school, and she is very happy to go to school every day. In addition, the school provided free hot breakfast and lunch every day with a meat and vegetarian choice. I also fell the school is very safe without any bullying incident that I know off. The school has a parent and teacher meeting once a semester to go over the child's progress. They also have a website called infinite campus to see all the test scores, and over all test grades. I feel like they really do care for my child's education and well-being. I would recommend this school whole heartedly.

This school is good with good teaching. Their is no bullying, the lunch food made my kids sick that's the only downfall I think about this school.

This is school is for a certain type of child. One that always follow directions, has no special needs, and is quiet. If they don’t fit that mold, students are labeled as problem children. Teachers are responsible for far too many children to watch them all properly. My child was consistently bullied. No one EVER communicated with me first. I had to reach out to find out what my child was referring to. When I did, they were already aware of the situation, but chose to only speak with the bullies parents and not the victims. Stating “boys will be boys” as the excuse. Children are taught random facts to appear knowledgeable, but lack the common needs of a preschooler (alphabet, numbers, reading, writing).More attention is given to students and families who are more available to assist at school. Those who work and are unavailable are pushed to the side and not communicated with consistently.