Carver Military Academy High School

This is one terrific school. To update info provided in earlier reviews: Carver is OFF academic probation -- I think it's the only CPS school that has ever achieved that change -- and aspires to be a college prep school. Teachers are held to college prep standards. ACT scores are improving every year, and for the past two years, EVERY ONE of our juniors showed up to take the ACT test because they wanted to do well. (That's a pretty unusual statistic for a CPS high school.) Discipline is firm but not punitive, just enough to get kids into the classrooms. Our kids are happy here and they are achieving more and more each year.
--Submitted by a teacher

I really enjoy Carver Military Academy ballance. The JROTC Staff is what is good about Carver. They are the first in and the last out. They care about our school life as well as those things that impact our education. Carver Military Academy is much more that a military academy and a college prep school it is a life transition school. This school although it attempts to push 100% of its graduating class to enter college they fucus all student's life goals. I am a recent graduate of the Carver Raider Program and the Raider teacher really placed us in life sistuations. As a high ranking member I have learned interviewing skills, leadership, and most of all hot to deal with stress and communicate my desires to others. Many schools have a double standards one for students and the other for teachers, not Carver. We all follow the Military Model.
--Submitted by a student

I've been going to carver for 3 years now and it's really great school with excellent teachers who really do spend and sacrifice a lot of their time with students. However, I do have to say that because its military and public,it really doesn't balance out right. Some of the higher J.R.O.T.C staff primarily focus on the military and West Point rather than college like they claim but its not true. Just they claim to focus on raising ACT scores,which is true on the schools part,but the J.R.O.T.C side isn't all that concerned. I think that they need to change the higher J.R.O.T.C staff within the school who really care about the students going to college.
--Submitted by a student

Regardless of Carver's old reviews, I think this school is fantastic. This place a turned my whole life around and opened my eyes to where I was leading myself in life. The activities at this school help keep you out of the streets [unless the cadet is fairly unreasonable and hard headed] I advise the cadets to choose their paths wisely and to keep in mind that they chose this school. If complaints start to follow of how strict Carver is, it's on them. They chose to attend a Military Academy.
--Submitted by a student

I go to Carver Miltary Academy and it is a great school it has control, discipline, and leadership not only in the staff but in the students as well. it is sometimes better to walk down the halss and see order better then chaos. Many might not like it especially some of the students because of the uniform but I would rather wear a uniform, than wear something I might get shot for. the staff is works hard, extracurricular activities (like the raiders), and overall kids learn.
--Submitted by a student

contrary to what other parents might think, i like this school very much, they have created a safe learning enviroment for kids in the south side of chicago. the staff is very friendly and respectful,(except the asst.principal) i would recomend this school to anybody that wants or expects the best from a public school...
--Submitted by a parent

I go here and I love the school, they teach you to respect your fellow cadets . I like this school because its safe and a good environment to learn.
--Submitted by a student

Carver has come a long way and is getting better every year I highly recommend carver because I am a freshman and I have learned a lot of discipline and responsibility it fun and encouraging
--Submitted by a student

Please do not let your child go to this school , it's a disaster waiting to happen, no control in this school, 2005 my son gratuated at this so call school it was discusting , there is no diciplin at this school , but there are few teacher that care. This is not a military school -- it's a circus.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is fun now because we have alot of new programs that will help us students succeed in life and we have better teachers, and our psat test scores went up in the year of 2005.
--Submitted by Theresa, a former student