Van Devender Junior High School

My son has been here since kindergarten. The staff is awesome and really love the kids. The classes are big but they still seem to handle individual needs very well. We are happy this is our district school and proud to be Eagles!

The staff here are wonderful. They are so caring and compassionate. Taking the time to truly know their students. And go out of their way to help not only the students, but the entire family in way they can.

It's a good school. After school pick up for students seem a little stressful for teachers tho.

This school doesn’t take kindly to step parents! The principal and specific teachers have been extremely rude and has caused LOTS of issues after gaining custody of the child. A very judgmental group of “adults”. And a lack of curriculum for children behind or falling behind. I would NOT recommend this school to any family… especially a blended family.

I’ve been a part of North Christian School for four years, and am proud of the top-notch Christian education the school provides. The staff and teachers are positive role models of Christ for students, students are held to high academic standards, and the school continually tests at higher than the state average in all academic subjects, making the students one of the highest ranked nationally academically.

After a recent switch from public school to PCES it has been a refreshing new environment for our family. Our kids have embraced the change and are thriving. As a family we have been welcomed for who we are and included in everything. We love the faith based education beginning at the start of their day as an entire student body, regular religion class, prayers before and after lunch and end of the day prayers. In a few short months we have seen their faith strengthen and their knowledge grow tremendously. The robotics club was a unique and fun new club they joined. Wearing uniforms has simplified our morning routine and we all love it. There is high parent involvement with many different opportunities available to be apart of. The positive of that is it brings families and kids closer uniting the school community. The kids learn cursive starting in 2nd grade which is a missed opportunity is most schools these days. The academics can be somewhat individually tailored to where each student is at because of the small class sizes which is a huge benefit. Please consider PCES when making a school choice. You won't be disappointed.