We have been a part of SkyView over 8 years. I will have 5 children here again this coming year. The different obvious thing about SkyView is how the Staff genuinely care about the children in a whole! I know for a fact, that these teachers go above and beyond And are NOT making wnough for what they do!! The best school!!!! I can't recommend it enough. read more

Good graduation rates but low standards in the classroom. They have very strict school codes but neither teachers nor students abide by. Limited sports and no music program. The clubs that they have are either Taylor swift or hiking. They do not promote students taking college courses to graduate with AA. Going to switch to another school. read more

Perspective of elementary student parent, lots of turnover in teachers, with no ethics at all. Administrators will literally lie to cover their behinds. Setup is like a prison yard. I know multiple students in my kids grade that left within 2 years of going here. It's lipstick on a pig. They love to look pretty. So happy we have left, you will be too! read more

My two children are in elementary school here. I love that their teachers and other teachers and staff throughout know my kids and care about them. The leadership is heavily involved and care so much about the students and teachers. The academics are too notch and rigorous, but they work at the children's ability. We are very happy at SVA and are grateful for the community it provides for our entire family. read more

Very pleased at this point with the school. We have been to some schools with bullying issues in k and pre-K and there does not seen to be these kind of issues with the shool. Principal is very professional and available. I wish I could say the same for the public school that my other daughter is attending. In retrospect, I would have liked to put both kids @ SkyView. read more

We are new to the school, but everything has been great from the first informational phone call, through the admissions process, to the start of school. We are very pleased with how everything has gone during this transition for our daughter. read more

This school's strength is with the basic elementary school academics. They do a solid job moving kids along with math, writing, and reading. The science and social studies aspects of the elementary school program are unimaginative. The school requires fourth and fifth graders to read some rather uninspiring novels, which turned off our kid from reading for quite some time. They have much teacher turnover at the elementary school level and some very talented educators have recently left the school. There has been three elementary school principals in the last three years. That's probably not an indication of anything good. The upper school (grades 6-12) is not as good. Middle school students have few choices for classes and no honors or advanced options. Few of the classes are challenging for kids who are above the mean in their academic performance. The science program at the middle school appears to involve a lot more talking about science by the teacher than students actually doing science. The administration has tended to react slowly, if at all, to bullying and has, in our experience, had to be forcefully pushed to act even slowly. Kids at the middle school level are focused much more on material items and the small ways that they can distinguish their clothing and other personal adornnments from one another (it's a uniform school) than they are on the joy of learning. That's not a criticism of them, as trying to fit in with peers is normal for that age group, but the school's administration does not seem to notice that most of the middle school kids seem to be utterly bored by school most of the time. The culture of the school seems to be highly geared toward parents and families who are wealthy or think they are; the more money you give, the more your voice is heard. The board of directors and administrators mostly share "happy talk" when they communicate with parents; problems and challenges are not discussed with parents and the board pretty much refuses to respond to parent efforts to communicate concerns (that is, unless the parent is an "insider."). Parent requests or questions about how or why the school is run in the way that it is, or about practices in the classroom and by administrators, are not welcomed. This year, the apparent tendency to divide parents who have from parents who don't have has been manifested in a limousine service sponsored by the school. In years past, contributions at an annual fund raising event called "The Big Event" were seemingly used by the board and administrators to keep track of who gives what. The school was sued for promoting evangelical Christianity on campus; the case settled in a manner quite favorable to the plaintiffs. Diversity is there, but there is definitely an undercurrent of the school trying to be a charter K-12 version of the big religious high school in HIghlands Ranch. All in all, the school has a strength in elementary math, writing, and reading and its weakness is an elitist culture and a remote, unfriendly administration that is not particularly responsive either to the children's needs or to parents. read more

I couldn't be happier at SkyView Academy since they opened their doors when my oldest was in first grade (he's now in 5th). I love the charter environment and absolutely LOVE the required uniform. In Kindergarten, we knew he wasn't being challenged enough at our public school, and he has really taken off at SkyView. They are academically challenging, supportive, and we feel right at home. They've gone through some Director changes, so with each new Director I do look forward to the new implementations, but am overall extremely happy with both of my children's accomplishments. read more