I never write reviews, but I can't not. This school is the most wonderful place. My child has…read moreflourished under their teaching. I cannot recommend this school enough! All the teachers truly love being with children and it shows in everything they do.

This is a wonderful school with caring teachers and administrators and a Christian atmosphere.read more

I have 2 children attending VRA currently, we love the family feel and the smaller class size. This…read moreis a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian school but has families of several different faiths. What a blessing this school is to us! My oldest is now at Erie High after attending VRA and he is doing great with the transition to high school. The 7/8 teacher does a great job prepping them for High School.

I went to middle school here and it was a very good time with helpful counselors and staff that…read moremade you feel comforted

If I could rate this a zero I would the staff sucked they didn't know how to teach for anything the…read morecouncilor didn't do anything I was being hit that whole school year and they said "well she has trouble making friends so we can't make her stop hitting you and calling you slurs" I brought it up so many times that year principle vice principal ABSOLUTELY NO ONE did anything to help me she would hit me call me names and slurs the only good teacher was the band teacher mr CB one of the best band teachers ever I hated this school and I still do they don't care about there students at all the teachers don't even know what they're teaching.

My daughter has been at this school since kindergarten. She is now in 5th grade. We love this…read moreschool so much, so I am very surprised to see low ratings from others. Would definitely recommend this to anyone!

Trash all over the school grounds. That says alot about the school. Serious eye sore. Should be…read morecleaned up.

Tarver Elementary is the best elementary school in Thornton! The staff, teachers, and special…read moreeducation team are amazing, attentive, and supportive. We can easily reach them by email, phone, or text whenever we have questions or concerns. More often than not, we receive a response the same day, and if not, by the next day. We have even received updates and communications on weekends. All six of my children attend this wonderful school, and we have had a great experience. The dedication, care, and commitment shown by the staff make a real difference. We highly recommend this school to any family looking for a supportive and caring learning environment.

It's All About the People…read more I had a chance to visit Adams during the holiday break. Many of the employees volunteer their time to make Christmas extra special for the children. I was lucky enough to be Santa's helper. He came in on a firetruck and greeted all of the kids, much to their delight. Then, the kiddos had a chance to sit on Kris Kringle's lap. They got to tell ole Saint Nicholas what they wanted for Christmas while I took pictures. Thanks to the wonderful volunteer effort, parents got to have the pictures with Santa processed and printed before leaving. It was really a special time. Thank you to all of the Adams 12 employees who volunteer each year and bring smiles to little faces.

As a former employee I would not recommend this place and I'm writing this so other people think…read moreabout it before applying here. I was a ecta (Early Childhood Assistant) at Thornton and bright horizons (inside horizon high school) The staff act basically like teenagers, they lack of professionalism, hard to get in contact with coordinators to express concerns. They don't care about you, they just care about having people working and doing their job but not about how you feel or how the work environment is. I just quit last Friday, the classroom I was in had 18 kids some with special needs and bad behavioral issues. The teacher over there didn't want to take advise from anyone and just wanted to do her way and the classroom was a completely disaster it was impossible to do activities with them or circle time. Last year they had 4 classrooms open and they decided to close two, so they had the bright idea of put all 18 kids in each classroom and not enough staff. They only have 3 ects, no site director a bunch of subs and the "specialist" just stare at you and watch you struggle with the kids and just take notes and leave the room. The coordinators knew what was happening and did nothing about it, they kept enrolling kids knowing they didn't had enough staff to cover. It was a truly safety concern being in that classroom, kids had really bad behavior issues, I think if we didn't had a lot of kids or at lest enough help I wouldn't had left but since the coordinator didn't care at all I had to put myself first at left. When I let her know I was not coming back and they saw how bad it was they finally decided to do something about it. I'm just thankful nothing bad happened when I was there because I don't think those parents would have believed me if I tell them how bad that classroom was. If you are thinking about applying at this district specially preschoool just know coordinators and teachers love to gossip around, are not professional, are selfish and don't care about staff and the people that are there trying to help.

great school horrible teacher!…read more Today I caught wind of a teacher favoriting a more 'popular' student over something more serious then out in this teachers mind!!!! This teacher Mr Young today had favored one of his former students clearly to DUMB to comprehend the fact that brushing a issue aside caused a poor girl a panic attack! Luckily her friends were there to calm her down but clearly this teacher Mr Young could not care even less to take care of the girl! Today the girl was injured by a ball while playing kickball which later a kid heard another one talking bad about the girl... So as most would do the girl walked over to Mr Young to tell him what had happened and instead of him asking what happened the boy had happened to be near by saying he had asked if she was alright and that took the teachers mind and got him to looking at the girl mind you this school is absolutely against bullying so I was quite amazed to hear that Mr Young goes "are you tattling??? Keep on playing" which already this school had mentioned it was a very safe place which no one should be scared to tell the teacher and being a tattle tale so I was very disappointed to hear the word "tattle tale" come from a teachers mouth out of all!! A teacher would be the least of someone I would expect to call a kid a tattle tale!!! I am super disgusted with this school and parents be aware of Mr Young because if your child gets this teacher I would suggest you pull your kid out of this class because this man has no empathy (something this school mentions in the 'lark pride' quote) Mr Young if you read this I'd suggest you start taking others side or else things might not end up well for your job and reputation!!! Parents share this message so no more students have to suffer!

I would give -10 stars. If your child has a special need, DO NOT take your child to this school!…read moreThey do not treat the students who have special needs well.

Adams School District claims to have the best schools around and I have come to believe it. We have…read morelittle ones going here and they love it. They get up excited to go to school which says much for the teachers and staff. Stuckey has the usual grade school stuff-big yard, playground equipment, etc. and any time I have come to pick kids up after school there is always someone out front ready to pounce on tiny miscreants, aleways reminding the kids to cross at the cross walk. I feel good that someone is keeping an eye on the kids. I realize other schools do thisI want to remark on how appreciated their vigilance is...and how good we feel about this grade school.

My family has had an amazing experience at the Academy. My son started in 2nd grade and is now in…read morethe 10th grade. The school is inclusive, has many options for all different interests. The theater and choir program has been especially welcoming to my family. I love the small environment where teachers know my son instead of feeling like just a number. Academics are challenging but not over the top so kids can still enjoy the social emotional aspects of school. College credits can be earned in high school free of charge. My son will have lifelong friendships thanks to this school.

If you want emotionally damaged children, send them here! From K-9th, I was severely bullied by my…read morepeers and humiliated by staff while everybody did nothing. In 3rd grade, I couldn't "walk up the stairs the right way" so my teacher would pull me aside, make me hold her hand and told my classmates to laugh at me until I learned how to go upstairs the "right way". In 4th grade, my art teacher hung up every student's artwork except mine. When asked why, she said my artwork wasn't good enough. In 6th grade, a group of girls ripped off my fake fingernails, told me to kill myself and one girl threatened to kill me. When the principal was informed, she forced me to apologize. My teacher made me hug those girls because he said I instigated it all. In 8th grade, a teacher threw a desk at me because I asked to change seats. I left the Academy with several mental disorders and lifelong emotional damage. Also, in high school, when we would have substitutes, they would just pick a random teacher that had little to no knowledge in the subject they were substituting in. The staff here was useless and, if anything, encourages bullying, harassment and humiliation.