National Christian Academy

I think that this school is great for education. The teachers are just amazing in their ability to teach their children. The problem is that most of the students want to baby fed for the rest of their life so when the teachers take away some of the help the students get really mad and tell their parents that they are not "learning" anything.
--Submitted by a parent

My child has attended NCA for four years. The level of professionalism and dedication to the education of the students has declined over the years. I don't feel like my child is learning but just being tested for grades. I want my child to be prepared and strive for excellence, but very few staff members posses these qualities. Especially my child's current teacher who is very unprofessional. she's never prepared with lessons and testing and her time management skills are horrific. The school's management will not do due dillengence and evaluate their faculty,so that a standard of excellence can be achieved. As long as you pay your tution the school will accept mediocre educational performance from your child. Because there's no standard of excellence for the faculty or students , I don not recommed this school. Waste of time and money.
--Submitted by a parent

My grandson attends this school. It has provided an excellent foundation for him both spiritually and academically. His teacher, Mrs. Bridges is excellent. The teacher sends home a red folder, yellow folder or green folder, the parent has the responsiblitiy to review and keep up with the assignments. The folders contain all pertinent information from homework assignments, grades, upcoming events etc. From what I seen, signs are vividly posted which annouces the school activities and events. For us, this school was the right choice for him and a blessing for us.

National Christian Academy needs to adopt the no left child act, because several students are struggling in their classes because they are going to fast and the children aren't grasping what taught. I teachers don't seem to care whether the children pass or fail. I would advice anybody to talk to the current students to see what is really going on because nobody seems to care. For this to be christian school I thought it would be better for my child but it wasn't, I will stick to a puplic setting.
--Submitted by a parent

This is my child's 1st year at NCA. The positive things about NCA are the small class sizes and the safe Christian enviornment. Unfortunately, the lack of communication between the school (teacher's) and the parents is a huge issue at NCA. The school uses Edline to post grades weekly. However, in many instances grades are not updated. Edline is a wonderful resource to communicate with parents and students regarding homework assignments, test, etc. For some reason this is not being done. I have met with the school's administrator and teachers on more than one occasion. I had been extremely frustrated with NCA. But more recently, I've accepted that I have certain expectations for my child's education and NCA does not meet my needs.
--Submitted by a parent

Last school year 2008-2009 was my son first year at National and he did a 200% turn around in academics. His 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Watson was the BEST!!!!!! If all schools had a teacher like her the school system would be a better learning environment for our children. I was reading below at the negative comments but I'm happy to say that I didn't experience ANY. Go NCA!!! 5 thumbs up!!!
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is enrolled at this school as a new student in K5 for school year 2008-2009. So far, the teachers I have encountered are wonderful, especially Dr. Coleman in K5. The school's finance office is another story to be told. I have gotten to the point where I dread to even deal with them and this shool year have barely begun. Whenever I go in there it seems like everybody is laughing and talking and not taking their jobs seriously. The staff is very unprofessional, nobody seems to know what's going on, incorrect information is posted in the office, but no one is correcting it or informing parents the information is incorrect. By reading the other parents reviews I know I am not alone. I feel as though if I am paying this high tution for private school, I should be receiving excellent customer service.
--Submitted by a parent

I have always wanted my son to go to a christain school because I went to a christain school in my country.The first day I walked into national I knew I choose the right school.I felt at home, I could feel Gods present in the school, everybody were very friendly like family.yuo could feel God's presents in the school.
--Submitted by a parent

I transferred my 15 yr old daughter to NCA from Oxon Hill High School. As parent of teenage girl, I highly recommend this NCA because the school teaches God 1st, Family 2nd and then education. Before NCA, my daughter was influence, observing and initiating inappropriate contacts and behavior with other students. Upon addressing her actions, her reply was everyone was doing out in the open - class room, hallways various courtyards. Encouraging education upon young minds is a very heavy task. Providing a moral and ethical school atmosphere is where NCA fills in the gap that a majority of public schools fear to tread due to government regulations, parental ignorance, fear of lawsuits and non-God fearing family. One clear example is the clothing being tolerated in students wearing to school. It's a place of learning not singles bar or club. NCA is concern w/ advance college goals instead of inappropriate fashion.
--Submitted by a parent

national is great school because they teach you about god, education. I love national for their loving kindness. when was test 2 years ago I thought I day I will go to that school and it come true
--Submitted by a former student