Legacy Classical Christian Academy

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• November 2022 by Sarah L.
  We started Legacy Classical Christian Academy this year. I have a second grader and a kindergartener. My husband and I both have been blown away at how much our children have learned and they are thriving in this environment. As a parent aware of university model and classical I understood what it would require of me before sending them here. The first few weeks were a challenge but now we have a great routine and my kids are making leaps and bounds academically. My kindergartener was reading within the first 10 weeks of school and my second grader has jumped multiple reading levels. The values of the school are clear and my children cannot wait to go to school! The science experiments are awesome and happen weekly, my kids are learning Latin (and remembering it), and have made beautiful things in art. We are thrilled with this school! It's the perfect blend for me of homeschool, and attending school with friends and learning to learn from someone other than mom and dad. We are so grateful to have found this school. We have done public school and full on homeschool. All schools have pros and cons, and all parents have to decide what works best for each kid. Both of ours absolutely adore their teachers and love their school. That's a really great feeling! Thank you LCCA!
• June 2022 by Shon Diaz
  as a family that wanted to homeschool but also wanted our children to experience a school environment this place was the perfect place for us. we have flexible work schedules and wanted our children to have the same. this is a wonderful family environment that is rooted firmly in scripture. the kids have so much fun each day, and they seem to form such close knit relationships with each other. we especially love that they teach logic and reasoning in a world that so badly needs it.
• June 2022 by Kate E.
  I was very optimistic about my 7 and 10 year old starting at Legacy this past year but I'm sad to say we won't be returning. We've decided to go another route this coming fall, but I wanted to leave a detailed review to give some insight into what Legacy was like for us this past school year. I've homeschooled up until this point, so I consider myself extremely familiar with a variety of curriculum, classical education, and what I consider to be age-appropriate work. I was excited for them to get a homeschool/private school experience all in one big package. Here's the problem - my second grader went through 3 teachers in one year, there was barely any "classical" teaching happening in the second grade except for recitation evenings, and a good portion of the curriculum needed a ton of my own personal attention. If the kids are not able to do projects and papers on their own with minimal adult help, I'm the one doing the work - not my child. I was told that the faculty sign service agreements not yearly contracts. This allows them to leave at any time. Going through three teachers in one year is unacceptable. If parents are required to sign yearly contracts and pay the rest of their tuition in full if they choose to leave mid-year, I need the same rules to apply for our teachers. I understand there are certain circumstances that are unforeseen and may require a teacher to leave, but to go through three teachers in one school year is traumatic for the children and parents. A great number of parents started pulling their kids out of school and my daughter was left with a very small end of year class. The constant instability made for a rough last semester with lots of tears. We were not the only ones experiencing high turnover. As I got to know more families at Legacy, I learned that this was happening in several grades. Legacy is considered a classical school and I do believe that if you are lucky enough to get a great teacher, the classical method can be taught successfully. I did feel that our 4th grade teacher did a wonderful job! She was enthusiastic, engaging, and knew how to prepare fun games, lessons, classroom projects, and reviews! With that being said, there's minimal training that Legacy teachers go through to prepare them for the classical model if not already familiar. Our 2nd grade teachers had no clue how to teach it. If you pride your school's foundation on the classical approach to learning, you have to make sure every single teacher can perform. When I reached out to ask specific questions about the weekly assignments, it seemed that the latest teacher was either doing research herself to figure it out, or didn't seem to mind if we skipped it because she had no idea what needed to be done either. Science experiments were done for the first few weeks of school and then fizzled out, history songs were skipped, and memory work jingles were never assigned - except around recitation time when they would send home a worksheet with poems to memorize. I also think challenging students is a wonderful way to see academic growth. However, most weeks we did 5 days worth of work during our 3 home days. The number of tests, papers, and project assignments in the upper elementary grades were sometimes high school level and required a great deal of parental help. It's exhausting to both the child and parent to constantly have that much work on a weekly basis. For example in literature class, the kids learned how to break down styles of writing and reviewed types of conflict. This would be great, except the stories that were selected were written in the 1600s. My child could barely read the book, let alone understand what they were talking about. No matter how rich the curriculum is, if I'm constantly stepping in and explaining every little thing, it doesn't work. Unfortunately, I feel like burnout was a huge issue and scaling back would definitely help! I'm writing this to give new families a transparent look into Legacy as it currently stands be
• June 2022 by Joy Bate
  Our two children have attended Legacy for 3 years. We’ve had a wonderful experience with the teachers, staff, and curriculum. Over 9 years our children have attended 2 other private schools when younger and this has been the best experience for our children at Legacy. The children learn so much more here including Latin and world history with some emphasis on religious historical figures and events that is often relevant to understanding world history but is left out of public school education. The parents are co-teachers and must be able to dedicate 2-3 days a week (for younger students) to help teach their children but I feel like we’ve learned a lot as our children learn and can spend time 1 on 1 teaching our children so they learn so much more than at other schools we’ve attended. There are some sports and cheerleading options as extra curricular activities. They also offer robotics, music, art, and other activities on Fridays as extra elective courses to home school families in the area and to the regular private school students. This school is a good option for families that want their children to have a high quality education in a smaller private school or hybrid home school environment. The teachers and staff really care about the children and are very patient and kind to their students.
• June 2022 by Kate E
  I was very optimistic about my 7 and 10 year old starting at Legacy this past year but I’m sad to say we won’t be returning. We’ve decided to go another route this coming fall, but I wanted to leave a detailed review to give some insight into what Legacy was like for us this past school year.I’ve homeschooled up until this point, so I consider myself extremely familiar with a variety of curriculum, classical education, and what I consider to be age-appropriate work. I was excited for them to get a homeschool/private school experience all in one big package. Here’s the problem - my second grader went through 3 teachers in one year, there was barely any “classical” teaching happening in the second grade except for recitation evenings, and a good portion of the curriculum needed a ton of my own personal attention. If the kids are not able to do projects and papers on their own with minimal adult help, I’m the one doing the work - not my child.I was told that the faculty sign service agreements not yearly contracts. This allows them to leave at any time. Going through three teachers in one year is unacceptable. If parents are required to sign yearly contracts and pay the rest of their tuition in full if they choose to leave mid-year, I need the same rules to apply for our teachers. I understand there are certain circumstances that are unforeseen and may require a teacher to leave, but to go through three teachers in one school year is traumatic for the children and parents. A great number of parents started pulling their kids out of school and my daughter was left with a very small end of year class. The constant instability made for a rough last semester with lots of tears. We were not the only ones experiencing high turnover. As I got to know more families at Legacy, I learned that this was happening in several grades.Legacy is considered a classical school and I do believe that if you are lucky enough to get a great teacher, the classical method can be taught successfully. I did feel that our 4th grade teacher did a wonderful job! She was enthusiastic, engaging, and knew how to prepare fun games, lessons, classroom projects, and reviews! With that being said, there’s minimal training that Legacy teachers go through to prepare them for the classical model if not already familiar. Our 2nd grade teachers had no clue how to teach it. If you pride your school's foundation on the classical approach to learning, you have to make sure every single teacher can perform. When I reached out to ask specific questions about the weekly assignments, it seemed that the latest teacher was either doing research herself to figure it out, or didn’t seem to mind if we skipped it because she had no idea what needed to be done either. Science experiments were done for the first few weeks of school and then fizzled out, history songs were skipped, and memory work jingles were never assigned - except around recitation time when they would send home a worksheet with poems to memorize.I also think challenging students is a wonderful way to see academic growth. However, most weeks we did 5 days worth of work during our 3 home days. The number of tests, papers, and project assignments in the upper elementary grades were sometimes high school level and required a great deal of parental help. It's exhausting to both the child and parent to constantly have that much work on a weekly basis. For example in literature class, the kids learned how to break down styles of writing and reviewed types of conflict. This would be great, except the stories that were selected were written in the 1600s. My child could barely read the book, let alone understand what they were talking about. No matter how rich the curriculum is, if I’m constantly stepping in and explaining every little thing, it doesn’t work. Unfortunately, I feel like burnout was a huge issue and scaling back would definitely help!I'm writing this to give new families a transparent look into Legacy as it currently stands before they make a decision.
• June 2022 by Timothy R.
  We have been here going on 4 years. It's been great seeing how the children are learning and as parents get to assist in the teaching process on the home days. This place is helping us to prepare our children with a Christian world view. The staff is great and very helpful when we call upon them. I pray that our God guards and protects their hearts and minds. God has placed them in a position of authority over our children and us as co-teachers. And I thank Him for it.
• May 2022 by A A.
  We were at Legacy from 2016-2022 minus a year off for Covid. I would warn anyone to STAY AWAY from this school and would hope that others do not go through the same experience that a multitude of people went through at Legacy. The only pros were there were a couple of wonderful teachers in the younger grades that have now since left. Also, there are a couple of staff members who are warm and loving people. The cons are too many to list. The school is like a revolving door. People come because they are told one thing and when they enroll and get into the school, they experience something completely different. Just last school year, mid-year, the first-grade teacher quit, the pre-k teacher quit, the kindergarten teacher quit, the second-grade teacher quit, and students and classmates left almost monthly. The teachers don't sign yearly contracts, so once they get into the school and realize how poorly run and how poorly people are treated, they leave. When teachers quit mid-year the school makes up a reason that is completely untrue in some cases and when you reach out to the teacher you find out the real reasons they've left is due to how the school is run and/or how they were treated by the headmaster. Almost every single classmate in both of my daughters' classes is not returning for the next school year if they haven't already left. The teachers go through no (or extremely minimal) training whatsoever. They hire in basically anyone who will take the job, and while sometimes you luck out and get a good teacher who was trained at a previous school, plenty of times you get someone highly unqualified. There was a 2nd grade teacher bringing her infant to class, losing class assignments, and basically using the school to get paid while she watched her infant. There was an upper school teacher teaching math and chemistry who didn't even have a college degree, all while bringing her toddler to class. When parents emailed administration telling them that the teacher was incorrectly teaching the material administration told them that they weren't getting involved. Administration also didn't care that they had their infants and toddlers in class. There is a school board who reluctantly decided to have a parent meeting after multiple people pressed for one to voice concerns. Many parents (who had been at the school for years) showed up with well thought out written concerns and the school board in the end said they were a non -functional board and were deferring everything back to the headmaster (who was the one responsible for all the problems in the first place). The headmaster's husband also serves on the school board and if you pull their nonprofit tax documents they explicitly lie, and state no family members are serving on the board. I had to pull my 5th grader out mid-year the lack of teaching in her class was so bad. Some of the children literally were sleeping in class and nothing was happening. The teacher wasn't trained on the writing curriculum, and I found countless errors on how the curriculum was being taught (the headmaster text her during one of our parent meetings to ask if she had had time to do the training yet, and she was in her 3rdyear at the school??) The teacher was giving everyone 100%s and open book tests because she was clueless on how to teach the material. I had countless meetings with administration-my husband even took off work to meet with them- and while they kept promising the situation would be rectified, they did absolutely nothing to fix it. They had to amend the literature books 3rd graders were reading at the school because the reading ability was so poor across the board in the lower grades, they couldn't read the books. We won't even get into the fact that the accounting person can't keep proper accounting of payments which were made and will claim people owe money when they've already made the payment. I had to pull my bank records to show proof of a copy of a check they deposited, and I know several other people who had to d
• May 2022 by Heidi Hibner
  This school has been an answer to our prayers. Educationally speaking, it is challenging and developmentally appropriate at the same time which is something I really struggled with in public. The teachers and admin genuinely care about the students, and are family focused. I have watch all 3 of my daughters grow not only in their character and academically, but most importantly in their faith. I would 100% recommend this school!
• March 2022 by A G.
  Head of School does not care about the school as a whole. Please think twice before sending your child here or investing any of your time or money. Head of school does not care about the children.
• March 2022 by C B.
  We love Legacy - it has been such a blessing for our family. It is Christian, Classical and University Model. This is our 2nd year there. We have a 1st grader and a pre-k student. Lower School has class days on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Homeschool days on MWF. The curriculum is challenging, yet adaptable for each student (for example, my 1st grader does 2nd grade math). We love having our kids surrounded by Christ-centered principles and people. The administration has been very easy to work with. From the very first day that my husband and I toured the school with Ms. Henson we had such a peace about our kids' education. The teachers have been great, and my kids ADORE them. As the co-teacher, they give us a binder with the entire year's curriculum plan on day 1 so you always know what to expect. They have extra-curricular activities like cheer and a school musical. Enrichment classes on Fridays give additional opportunities for learning. They have team sports for the older kids (football, basketball, track & field). Parents are required to volunteer and are always welcome to be present/involved on campus. One unexpected blessing has been the other parents - we have such a great community of families, all with one common goal. I love that the girls in my daughter's 1st grade class are sweet loving friends (no cattiness or bullying like I hear about at nearby public schools). We are so grateful for Legacy!!
• January 2022 by Eli Robinson
  Just an average school I go here very good alternative to public but the schoolwork is a transition the people are overall nice and iv'e made some lifelong friends here.
• June 2021 by Joni Franklin
  Our family absolutely loves Legacy! The small classrooms and individual attention given to each student really helped my boys. They gained confidence and grew so much academically this year! We are looking forward to school starting again in the fall.
• June 2021 by Danielle George
  We thoroughly enjoyed our first year at LCCA. My kids were challenged by the curriculum and all the staff are kind and helpful I can’t recommend this school enough!
• April 2021 by Kayla Benoy
  LCCA is not just a school for my family, but a structure to my 7 yr old girl who had it so rough in public school. The staff that works here feels so much like a family as in I know they always have my child’s best interest and I very much trust them. I am grateful at how accommodating they have been with my family this year and plan to enroll my other child in next year. We are going on four years here once next year starts. I will recommend LCCA all day, everyday if anyone asks.
• November 2019 by Sarah C. Abeyta
  Absolutely amazing school. Quality education that is hard to find anywhere these days. This top-notch school makes the best of both worlds possible for our family; it is truly like a second home/family. Highly reccomend!