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Parent Reviews (25 reviews)
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I graduated from David Ellis Academy and now attend Renaissance High School. I must say that the curriculum at David Ellis Academy did an exceptional good in preparing me for the rigorous college- prep work at Renaissance. I am a senior and have been on the Honor Roll for all four years and have already started getting accepted to universities, all thanks to DEA!
I have had mixed feelings about DEA but not at first. My first impression was wonderful; I was excited about the discipline and the idea that they seemed to raise the bar for the kids. Then, I began to see that my oldest child was falling through the cracks. He has some special needs and I talked with teachers and administrators almost the entire year about getting him an AEP started. It was not until the next school year that it seems anyone really took me seriously. Now, while they seemed to have provided extra help for him that he needs they have not really given me an idea of what kids of things his AEP consists of and not included me in the process. I am going to give them one more chance then I may pull both of my children.
I my self thought this school was a school with no organization. I can count on my hands the times my third grade daughter had homework for the whole year . There is no challenging work being done , depite the Detroit Public schools being overcrowed my children learned a lot fom certified teachers within DPS . However, seeing that the education is poor in DEA and the poor envormoent with DPS which deteriates the learning from students I decided to send my kids to GESU. In addition my child that was in the kindergarten , he learnred more in preschool in DPS in one semester, then in DEA within a year,, that is sad. they was not allowed to bring bookbags home daily thus craming all the homework on the weekend instead of siting with your child daily to go over and enhance things they did that day
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