Riverbend Prep

Posted December 10, 2009

I think that this school has had great improvement from last year. They have a caring, loving staff. My child and many others are making great strides this year. I can not wait to see where my sons teacher will take him next! Thanks Mrs. Haley! Good Job Riverbend!
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Posted July 11, 2009

My child will not be returning. While the school promised everything, it delivered very little. The specials teachers are wonderful! My child made no academic progress the first half of the year. It was a total repeat of the year before at her old school. Paragon nights started out great, then became classroom walk throughs. My child never used a computer the entire time she was there!!!!!!! even though each classroom had two. There is no library just a few donated book in the classroom. The art is totally left up to the teacher. My dd's teacher was too busy with her own life to do projects. They never bothered to even have a PTO meeting. I asked, but it just never got done. They fired the principal in the spring, so it may get better.
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Posted May 23, 2009

Our son has been a student in this school for 1 year.We really appreciate the school curriculum and teachers. Children are well disciplined and guided. I will recommend Riverbend Prep to any parent.
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Posted May 21, 2009

This charter school just opened for the 2008-2009 school year and it looked like an empty warehouse for a while there, with teachers doing without basic supplies well into the first month. But it finally got going and that should not be as big a problem next year. There are no specials except for Music and P.E., but those programs were both run by creative and enthusiastic professionals. Spanish or ASL were promised but never delivered. Class sizes are manageable and bullying very well controlled, compared to Laveen ESD schools. The mosaica curriculum seems to be very good, but some teachers were better at implementing it than others. There is remarkably little homework. Math and science were under-emphasized, but the school did send several 5th and 6th graders to the AZ Science and Engineering Fair. There is no PTA but monthly Paragon Nights brought parents into the school. The outgoing principal managed to secure a Kaboom! grant, but could have used a lot more help in fundraising.
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