Connections AcademyReviews 623

As parents we have bad experiences on our school district. Our daughter was always on special class, since we found a online virtual charter school on connections academy, Our experience was great our daughter was removed from special school class and she improved more on her academic studies and now our daughter will start her high school year with honor classes. If any parents are looking for a good school, we definitely recommend Connections Academy.

Throughout my years being in connections it has been intriguing and fun. With a lot of fun classes and nice and helpful teachers. Mr. Schumacher was a great help to me throughout my senior year as well and he is my favorite teacher being both kind and helpful with both school and whatever else I needed.

The pictures below are mistakes found in the last week only. If I posted all the mistakes in the curriculum, sitejabber would make me a shareholder for posting too much. THEY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS NOT TO SHOW UP FOR MCAS. THE PRINCIPAL IS WELL AWARE OF IT!
This school should be shut down immediately. It's a joke. They don't even know where people live.
My child is going right back to the same grade next year. To a real school. This isn't a school at all. Here's why.
There are all types of mistakes in the curriculum. All types of typos, some things are completely missing. You click on the "show answer" link and there is absolutely nothing there. I mean nothing. Let's get into system issues. Those would be the equivalent to snow days. Any given moment the students get kicked out of the system. They can't get back on until the next day, hopefully. You have absolutely no idea what just happened, wondering whether or not the issue is on your side. 10 times out of 10 it's them. Keep in mind, the kids CAN NOT DO ANYTHING SCHOOL RELATED DURING THESE OUTAGES. THERE ARE NO MAKEUP DAYS AT ALL.
There is no flexibilty. That's a lie. They literally have live lessons all day. On top of the all day live lessons with their teachers, they have separate online lessons. ELA is 30 pages a day alone plus entire books that need to be read (during the lesson) in order to answer the 3 to 5 questions at the end of the lesson. Yes, 3 to 5 questions per lesson a day. Multiple choice questions at that. No written out answers. The don't have to write a sentence. Not one. They have the kids skipping courses that have information needed for tests. Everything they do is open book. EVERYTHING! They can google their answers all day long. In fact, there is a website that has the exact same questions as the school. I'm talking copied and pasted. There is no way to fail in this school simply because you don't really have to learn anything.
This is no school. Not one that has "learning" as the goal. This place benefits teachers that don't want to be inside the classroom. Point blank. The kids are allowed to take the MCAS at home. (The teachers encourage the students not to take the test). They waited until the last minute to say the test can't be taken on personal devices. They blindly mail filthy devices to your home literally the day of or the day before and expect you to touch it. Not happening. It's disgusting.
Don't sign your kid up for this school. The pictures provided below are just some of many wrongs. Trust me, if I list all of them I'd be here for the next two months.

Since lockdown, we've been going to Connections Academy. There was half a year that my student attended her old school, where she didn't get enough help and access to tutoring during that time. Connections academy has ample help, capable and caring staff, amazing counseling and excellent learning programs and apps. Their tech department is peopled with helpful and knowledgeable staff, and the extra curricular activities are ample. My child has formed plenty of friendships and had some really fun outings in addition to being able to tackle some of her difficult subjects. I wasn't planning to stay this long, but I have to say: They are stellar!

The first two weeks were the toughest- learning the system, how to properly navigate the sites, all that jazz.
Once we got going my daughter, age 13, took off! She really enjoys having such a role in her learning, and she knows she can always schedule a one on one if needed. Several times though out the school year she emailed her teachers with questions or concerns and they ALWAYS answered her back literally within the hour most of the time. The only bummer is we live in Roseburg and all the events/field trips were over two hours away. She misses having friendships in person, so that was the only downfall we encountered.

I just wanted to say that switching to online school has been a huge game changer for my 12yr old daughter. In brick n mortar school my kiddo was straight D's and F's she was bullied, her self esteem was zero. At CA she's making A's, B's and a couple of C's. This was done so much for her self worth and self esteem. The only regret I have is not doing it sooner! We love all of her teachers, they are all so kind and so helpful! This past semester was our 1st and we will definitely be returning in the fall!

My son & I truly appreciate Connections Academy. Our experience has been really good. The support from the Teachers is amazing. The LIVE lessons support the learning experience and growth of the student. Also, I think the format of the Planner teaches the student how to manage their calendar. The feedback emails from the teachers are great. The email provides a link that the student can review & take the necessary action, if needed to improve. We are returning next year, which will be my son's Senior Year. Oh and your process supported our transition from brick and mortar school to the online experience.