Charlotte Preparatory School

This is our first year at Prep. My son got into the other big 3 and it was absolutely the right decision to send him to Prep. I love the small school feel and after 2 days the headmaster and all the teachers in the school knew his name and everything about him. The academics are amazing and the class size (he has 15) is small and my child gets so much attention. I love the k-8 model and how the little ones bond with the big kids. All the older kids know his name. It's such a caring environment. My child is gifted and I finally found a school where he can go as far as he wants academically.
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Charlotte Prep is my favorite school I have ever attended. My teachers care about everything that I do, my friends support me all through sports and academics, and I look forward to school every day. To me, Charlotte Prep has changed my life, and as an 8th grader, i will be devastated to leave!

I am a former student a CPS and litteraly start to cry every time I think about my former life at that school.... and when I was there I didnt relize what I had, but I think im going to transfer back next year YAY i love cps it is the best school on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, love, LOVE Charlotte Prep! Both of my kids could not wait for school to start this year. What more can a parent ask for? Curriculum is challenging, but interactive and always fun. My kids are happy, so I am happy.
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LOVE CPS! Nurturing, small, academically challenging environment. Teachers are AMAZING! They support our kids with the same values we teach at home, attend the students' b-ball, tennis, and soccer games and make the kids feel loved and build confidence. Have 2 kids..now in MS and elementary... the MS is the best in town...kids not in a rush to grow up during this awkward stage. Due to the economy we had to try a different school for 2 years, and my kids' love of learning subsided and their confidence diminished. Couldn't wait to get back to CPS. Love PREP!
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We love this school! We moved to town just before school started and I was nervous about how our kids would integrate into a new environment. All 3 of them love their teachers and have found nice friends. What a relief! The school really goes out of their way to make new families feel at home. Couldn't be happier. Highly recommend for people new to town.
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I have been very pleased with the environment, academics, and teachers at the school. In addition, I'm a big believer in the importance of smaller class sizes, which is one of the reasons we chose it. Yes, they push the children - I know of a few families who have tutors to help their children keep up - but I believe it pays off in the long run.
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We transferred our kids to Prep from one of the 'big 3' private schools, and are very, very happy. There are smaller classes, the work is more challenging, and we like the down-to-earth environment. Sure, it doesn't have the amenities that some of the larger schools do, but the kids don't use those until high school anyway. We love it and are grateful we found it.
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I am a parent that have had 3 children attend Charlotte Prep from preschool through 8th grade. My eldest will graduate high school this year. His/Her graduating class at CPS had under 20 students, 4 or 5 of them are national merit semifinalists (to qualify you need a 217 PSAT score; equivalent to a 2170 on the SAT). Almost all of the other students he/she graduated with are extremely high achieving. For instance another classmate received a partial academic scholarship from Furman. The previous year's graduating class also had 20% merit semifinalists. I am not aware of another school in Charlotte that can make that claim, certainly not 2 years running.
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Charlotte Prep has been a wonderful school for my kids. They are thriving! The curriculum is challenging but fun. My third grader could not wait to come to school last week and dissect his owl pellet in science. He loved reconstructing the rodent skeleton and comparing it to the human skelton. We have been here three years and love the school. It saddens me to read negative reviews. It sounds like sour grapes to me. The school recieved two science grants this year and my kids have taken nature walks, identified numerous caterpillars and butterflies, studied pond water under a mircoscope, etc... The school's library and computer lab was renovated last summer. Charlotte Prep is not perfect, but I'm happy and my kids are doing very well.
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