Connections Academy

Connections Academy is the best online school choice. I have been a learning coach with Connections Academy for 5 years and my children absolutely love it. All the same joys of public school in the comforts of your own home. Easy to navigate website, extremely helpful staff and teachers. This program has wonderful tools and tips for parents and children to make learning fun and easy. I truly recommend Connections Academy to any family who is looking for online learning as a schooling option. My family and I are looking forward to many more years of learning fun with Connections Academy.

My children attended Connections Academy and online school. We were hesitant at first but we are happy we made the decision to enroll them. The teachers were great, they taught our kids an education not the nonsense that is being forced in public schools. The communication was outstanding, that is so important for children. And yes, they listen to parents!

We were hesitant at first to enroll in this school, but we decided to give it a try. In fact, we were shocked by the amount of organization and attention on the part of the administrators and teachers, who provided us with the necessary assistance. My child now had enough time to learn and be disciplined with school schedules. Which made his life much easier. The program is easy to use and there are continuous trainings for parents, which makes the work easy, and that will help the students to achieve their goals. Thanks to everyone who participated to create this amazing school program.

The best part of Connection Academy by far are some of the teachers, one in particular is Scott Collins.my son is a student of his.
You could not ask for a better teacher to work with your child he just makes it easy. The kids love him and he is an overall amazing person. If it wasn't for Scott I don't know how things would be for my child that faces some speech challenges. I am so glad we've had the opportunity to work with Scott. I'm so grateful and appreciative.

My student is in 9th grade right now. He has trouble focusing and without connections Academy I don't think he would have stayed with his own age/grade range. The curriculum is sometimes a bit in depth, but for the most part, it is definitely doable. I also like the flexibility it gives with time to get lessons finished and being able to finish lessons ahead of time when needed. They also give plenty of time to catch up on overdue lessons.

We decided to have my son attend Connections Academy his junior year for the flexible schedule. My son up to that point had a 4.0 GPA. At the end of the first semester my son had earned all A's but his GPA dropped since grades of 90-92 are considered an A- at Connections and is not awarded the full 4 points toward the GPA. Could not recover the lost points and ruined a few scholarship opportunities. We transferred out his senior year so not to be penalized further.

From before school started to right this very moment my experience with Maine Connections Academy has been excellent. The communication between staff and student as well as staff and parent/caretaker is extraordinary. I've NEVER been so informed before, from absences to information on my child's work and grades. I am impressed about the fact that I have to submit work and attendance is also reported by the parent. Every step of the process is amazing. Our counselor and teachers are great, informative and caring.

Alabama Connections Academy has a great staff to assist both learning coaches and students. It is great to have easy access to the essentials (i.e. Digital text books, graph paper, etc.) on-line and printable.

I am so disappointed in CA-I thought this would be a great alternative for my son. My son is 14 and in middle school, the social piece is where he struggled academically he did great in regular public school. Connections Academy is only concerned with you completing 6 assignments a day-they do not care if you master them and understand. This is not the way to learn, this is just a school that is trying to meet requirements-if you choice to go on a field trip you will get very far behind-so not worth going. I would not recommend this program to anyone. School is about learning and getting excited about learning-this is pure stress and in time this school will get so many bad reviews and the retention rate will be very low it will close down- this school is only for the child who is a robot and can work at lightening speed. Please Mr Goldberg our superintendent in MA you can do better than this!

Wow, I'm kinda blown away by the negative comments. I have nothing but positive things to say, from the registration up til the current point in the semester. We're in California, so maybe other states aren't as great but my daughters teachers are fantastic, e-mail quickly, and if I'm ever stuck or not sure about something, I'm sent helpful links. My girls are thriving, and I couldn't be happier. I've been a mom for 16 years now so I'd like to think my experience is somewhat credible. Their grades speak for themselves.

My son has been with this on-line school since Junior High, he is about to graduate High School this week. I'm very pleased with the education he received, the communication between the school and my family. The staff are very helpful and all the resources such as science, art items and books that he needed were provided. It took him a few months to get used to working on-line but once he got the hang of it he loved it and never even considered returning to a bricks and mortar school. He loves the flexibility of being able to work ahead in subjects and to work when it is more convenient for him as he's a night owl. He never missed a school day for an appointment and as he was home I knew he was eating healthy. A really great on-line school.

This school has zero tools for the "learning coach" but if your child is failing it's entirely your fault according to their educators. You cannot limit the assignments your child has access to, you cannot send assignments back to your child to look at them again before submission, and once submitted the assignment can't be reset. Essentially if your child for whatever reason decides to blow through all the assignments in one night there is nothing you can do and nothing the school will do but fail them. I was told having three children in this program would be just fine as the school is the same as brick and mortar. Now I'm being told It's my fault because I'm the primary educator. There's a reason most of these reviews are negative. Do not put your child in this school.

These teachers started these kids with over 100 plus assignments past due. They were working day and night with unrealistic expectations, no social life, anxiety, those in sports had no time for sports, etc. They screwed up a whole year for my child. I'm pissed about it! Furthermore, they had untimely feedback, placed temporary zeros for those they said were hiding in the program. Yet every one else pays. Then in the end they give them a low balled grade they don't deserve. Having a masters and in being a doctoral program I know the quality of my child's work I was there side by side as a learning coach assisting. So I know their grading is full of bologna. They had all these kids on Improvement contracts for the assignments they placed them behind. It seemed racially targeted. They messed up her GPA. They will not see the last of this complaint! More parents need to complain. They shouldn't be getting paid to screw up our kids future when they are supposed to help pave the way.