Foothills Christian Junior High School

I appreciate the information give about the curriculum this school uses. We are looking for a Junior High School for our son next year and was considering this school until I read some of the reviews. Currently, I home school my three children. Last year we used the Bob Jones Curriculum because its Biblically based. However, I was so disappointed in it that we decided to change curriculum half way through the year. We invested a good amount of money into the three different grades by purchasing the BJ material, but ended up with a lose. The curriculum is NOT for most learners. It is very dry and focuses on memorizing the text. Each of my three children hated it and begged to change material. For this reason, I will not consider this school.
—Submitted by a parent

We are very unhappy with this school. This school uses the Bob Jones Curriculum. It is very traditional, in other words, old school. All it offers is memorizing, reading, taking tests. No hands on, no projects, no group work, no other learning styles considered, etc... My son hated it there even though he was a good student. We unfortunately had him finish out his 7th grade yea. It was tough, but thankfully he rebounded in his 8th grade year. We put him in another school, which offered a much better approach to education. What a difference his outlook on school is now. It is important to notice that some of the teachers are very sweet and caring, but unfortunately there is so much wrong with the curriculum that it is not worth putting your kids through it.
—Submitted by a parent

When my kids when to the JrHs, I saw my kids loose interest in school. The work became only focused on reading, memorizing, and taking test. I would have taken my kids out, but I unwisely put their social life before academics. By keeping them there, they learned to hate school. School was, boring, forced, and no fun. Kids complain at this age about school. However, because I had to become very familiar with the school work, while at home on Mon. and Fri., I agreed with them. I was bored, felt forced, & lost interest in the subjects. Where were the group projects, experiments, life applications, & the spice my friends were talking about in their kids schools. If the grading was only on the spiritual aspect of the school, I would give it 4. I loved the teachers but the curriculum is a an extreme spirit killer; therefore I graded it a 1. Hope this helps.
—Submitted by a parent