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Review 1/18/2010
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Forest Trail Academy was recommended to me by my cousin who has 3 children have already been attending for a few years.
I have a son who is 14 with Asperger's/learning disability/learns differently. I always knew he was very smart but you would never know it by his public school grades, he had an IEP that afforded him the help of special ed helpers but to no avail. His grades were very low, always a struggle from K-6. This was very depressing for him, causing him to feel like a failure in school, that he really was not smart, etc. To go along with this he had a very hard time socially and that did not help his self esteem. My biggest worry (along with some of his very kind teachers) was Junior High, all the worst fears, bullying, to many different classes with no extra help as he has had in elementary, to many classes that he would get lost, wouldn't be able to keep up at all....
We tried public school J.H. for 3 days...it was a disaster. Self esteem was so low, so much anxiety from the crowds and yes, bullying the first day, getting lost, work made no sense.... Everything was so distracting he would never have been able to learn, even if he managed to "pass" because of his disability he would never have "learned" or enjoyed one bit of it.
So...Forest Trails Academy was our lifeline, I sing their praises to everyone that will listen. My child who was basically failing to thrive in public school, tells me excitedly daily "I LOVE TO LEARN" and "THANK YOU SO MUCH" this makes me tear up. He thanks me daily for letting him do online school, daily that he loves to learn...and he is getting 80-100% on ALL his courses and he is at the highest level he can go with all his classes, completely done for the year with 2 classes. He was 4 years behind in Math and now worked his way right up to his grade level and this online way of learning makes sense to him, it's amazing!
He is HAPPY, feeling SMART, SECURE, ACOMPLISHED, HARD WORKING...did I say SMART ;)
His teacher has been amazing, always quick to answer any question, giving great learning tips and caring conversation. I feel like the teacher he has this year at Forest Trail Academy knows my son better and our situation then the public school staff he had for years, don't get me wrong he had fabulous people teaching him over the years, it just wasn't the right way/environment for him to learn.
The staff has been amazingly helpful to me, answering every single question I had and I have many more than the average since my son has Asperger's and different needs than some.
With this way of learning my son is at, and above his grade level with a very high average and enjoying school everyday instead of begging me to let him stay home. His Psychologist has noted the difference and sees tremendous improvement in his anxiety/depression so much that we don't really need to go. I would recommend this school to kids with disabilities, the peace of learning with no stress is working miracles in my son's life. I could go on and on and on.
The price of this school is very affordable. Since I don't have to buy all the extras that public school throws at you it is basically cancels out the extra cost.
Again I love this school.. AAA+++++
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