Pride Academy At Prospect Avenue

So this is suppose to be a school geared towards teaching kids "technology". The way I see it, they stick them in front of a tablet anytime they have free time available. Instead of doing more creative projects, art, writing stories, they are constantly putting the kids in front of their tablets whenever the children are finished with their work. First off, learning a tablet is not exactly what I would consider learning technology. A monkey can operate a tablet. Learning a computer skill that takes months to acquire is one thing and may be beneficial, but saying that tablets is teaching the kids technology when a 2 year old can learn to use it in about 2 minutes is not beneficial in anyway. What they're doing is creating a bunch of zombie kids addicted to devices and screens.2nd, my daughter's teacher/grade does "Friday movie day" . First about this, I don't send my kids to school to watch movies, they can do that at home. I send them there to learn. 2nd, if you're going to show the kids a movie, which would probably be fine once a month, I think showing them something educational or related to what they are learning would be far more productive. Showing regular Disney and other animated movies is just another way to stick the kids in front of a screen so teachers don't need to work as hard in my opinion. Their minds are not being stimulated at all. Rather they are spending 1-2 hours every week zoning out on junk.Instead of so much zombie screen time for children, instead I suggest, getting them involved with projects that they can work on in their free time. Painting, writing a story or poem, learning about music, building something, etc. Kids absolutely love that, and it's very good for stimulating their minds and exercising their creativity.I will not be sending my kids here after this school year.

This is our first year here and we love it! Our first grader is having a great year with an amazing teacher. The teachers, principal and vice principal are amazing and care so much about the students. My son's teacher has really helped him succeed. Students are taught what it means to be a peacemaker! The principal can be seen every morning helping kids out of their cars at the drop off line!

The bullying at this school, both in the class and on the playground is terrible. My son ran away from this school twice. The first time they didn't even tell me until they found him. I was in the Principal or Vice Principals office constantly. Bullying must be addressed more seriously. The teachers are nor able to deal with the issues in the classroom. They need more training in dealing with students with special needs. The teachers seem way too young and inexperienced.

Clean, fun, fabo... Great education great teachers I don't know why this school has such a low Score. They even have a reading program!