The Morningstar Academy

In response to the posting dated May 2, 2012: Please contact Mike the Director of Operations directly to resolve any issue you may be experiencing.1-866-788-3920 Ext.106
--Submitted by a teacher

Awful, I would never recommend this school to any parent willing to put their child into online schooling. I am currently enrolled as a senior in this schooling and as a first hand account would tell every parent thinking about putting their children into this school to stop what they're doing, and consider, do you really want your child to have an education through traditional schooling, or do you want to waste your child's time and effort only to be told later that they're just going to need another class to go a long with that they did. In all I would say this is by far the worst curriculum I have ever had to bare. I got one month away from graduating and then was told that i can not graduate until I have done a physical education and health class, both of which I have already taken. Their reasoning behind not counting my physical education and health credits is because they were not taken in the same year. This schooling has in all honestly totally ruined my senior year, please do not support this school in any way if you value your child's education.

Currently I am a student at Morningstar Academy and I hate it. This is my first year homeschooling and I am having a dreadful experience. The teachers are rude and they dont really want to help you at times and others are very helpful. Also, their curriculum is outdated. Dont waste your time and money on this.

I attend this school and I'm not very pleased. The teachers are very rude and give me wrong answers when they are actually right. Also they changed the deadline from June 30th to June 19th without any notice at all. I don't reccomend this school to anyone and I prefer regular homeschooling. It takes up to an hour to get someone[if you're lucky]. And it is a waste of the $2,000 dollar tuition fee. I don't expect to return next year.

I am a graduate of Morningstar Academy and I cannot stress enough what an awful experience it has been. We spoke over the phone with people about what classes I needed to take my senior year and based my schedule around that. In May (the month I was to graduate) I was informed that I needed to take a U.S. History class. This gave me six weeks to complete an entire year's worth of material. To make it worse, I never received a copy of my diploma because they wouldn't accept my certificate of personal training from ACE as physical education. As far as them being accredited, make sure they are in your state, as they are not in Georgia. I found out the hard way. Please don't waste your time at this school because it has caused much more stress than it is worth.

Excellent program. Everythng is online. Receive great feedback from the teachers. Only had one issue last year, we didn't receive all the materials but we were not charged for them. Teachers are responsive when I ask questions. Students get to form their own opinion about the materials they are learning about.
--Submitted by a parent

Keep looking. They are rude, won't listen and will not respond to even the most basic request. Don't give them credit card access. They will make every excuse for their incompetence. Their program is cumbersome and will cheat your student in time and education. they have an F rating with the BBB and they have earned it.
--Submitted by a parent

Billing and online availability problems detract from their rating in my book. It would probably serve to keep looking. Also, this school is really in Philadelphia.
--Submitted by a parent

My sons first year and we could not be more pleased! Excellent school!
--Submitted by a parent

The Morningstar Academy has made my life alot easier. The curriculum is wonderful, I couldn't have written the lessons better myself. Before Morningstar, we did Seton and I was not impressed at all. The work is challenging and was alot more than we orginally expected, but my daughter has learned so much and retained it! This was our first year, so there was a bit of a learning curve, but overall we are very pleased. In the beginning, my daughter commented that the work was harder/more tedious than Catholic school or other homeschool curriculums we tried, but she really enjoys the reading and doing the assignments. Now that we have wrapped up the school year, my daughter told us that she feels like she learned alot since Sept and feels so good that she was able to finish the program and ace it.
--Submitted by a parent