Academy of Math and Science

Posted Friday, October 10, 2008

I don't know about Spanish - my daughter was already proficient and did not need this class. But she was very happy with all other teachers, and I - picky and strong parent as I am - was very happy with the curriculum. She earned 3 college courses - 12 credits. Now she is very successiful student in UofA. I find that her teachers - English, both Sciences, Art, Government, History - were exceptional teachers and persons. I used to enroll my children in good private school before moving to Tucson, and I can compare. Sure, the facilities - the building, the recess ground - are not such appealing, but I prefere to have good loving teachers and poor cafeteria that a good cafeteria and poor teachers.
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Posted September 14, 2008

If only I could work schedules out I would remove my child from this school. The elementary math cirriculum is good, even though they made a big deal last year about adding geometry and it not being taught whatsoever this year. The computer class is a joke. Spanish class consists of watching movies in English and learning Mexican culture. After four years of A's and B's in Spanish my child can actually count to 20. It seems nothing is getting doner in the classroom and everything is getting sent home as homework. Maybe they shouldn't have gotten so greedy by opening another school until they straightened this one out.
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Posted July 23, 2008

My daugther was a student there but after a few months we decided to take her out. The teacher/parent communication is very very poor and they are not really concern with the student success. Classroom do not have the resources needed for students. The buildning is open to anyone. No lunch program or facilities available. The curriculum was poor. Turnover is high. The kids watched Juressic Park because there was no Spanish teacher. They don't ask for parent permission. I don't even let them watch the movie at home. I truly do not recommend the school .
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Posted July 2, 2008

all except the math and science classes i found to have very poor curriculums. in the computers class most of the students play games all hour and fail the coarse and in english most of the curriculum is reading news articles which no one is held accoutable to turn in a review of it. the history classes have good curriculum but still not a whole lot is required unless it's for a quiz which is a rare thing in some of the coarses. also the staff over the years has degraded and seem to plead with certain students to behave.
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