Kirk of the Hills Christian Day

Curriculum is very old and outdated (more than 10 years in most cases and still not being changed). Desperately need to address low quality academics. Kindergarten has no graduation ceremony, which is odd. Reading program is exceptionally weak compared to other schools. Saxon Math sounds good but, textbooks are 12 years old. You will pay the same price as other schools that update and improve curriculum regularly. Not your answer if your desire is anything near even average academics. Really look carefully and buyer beware. Still not using literature for reading. Reading curriculum is from a very old Open Court textbook (more than 10 years old). School appears to be a disciplined environment on the surface, but that's not the case. The lack of structure negatively impacts the classroom and prohibits an effective learning environment. Teachers spend majority of time dealing with discipline/ intense bullying issues instead of teaching with minimal support from administration. Christian label but not practically applied especially between peers.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a former teacher at the Kirk. It was an exceptional school - very supportive of parents, staff, and students. A previous reviewer must have little knowledge of the Kirk, as one of the top special education teachers works on staff - one of the few Christian schools to readily embrace special needs kids. They unapologetically hold to a Christian world and life view and teach consistently with it. This undoubtedly offends those not of the same persuasion. Though I now live out of the country, I would, if still in the area, unreservedly send my own children to the Kirk.

Kirk is a great school. They have low student/teacher ratios and are willing to help with children that learn outside the norm. Parents are always helping out at school.
--Submitted by a parent

Kirk is a great school if your child fits their mold - upper class, perfect behavior, no special needs, fundamentalist Protestant. They are very poorly equipped to deal with anything which deviates from that. Discipline is dealt with entirely from a religious perspective, with no apparent knowledge of how to effectively deal with special needs children. They are also ill equipped to deal with the particular needs of divorced parents - aside from mailing home information, the non-custodial parent is totally ignored. And forget about diversity - the only poor kids are those of visiting missionaries, and even the janitor is white.
--Submitted by a parent