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    Lake Tahoe Preparatory School

    Lake Tahoe Preparatory School

    3.7(17 reviews)
    54.7 mi

    Our son is at Lake Tahoe Prep. The class size, teachers and overall experience has been really…read morepositive. The staff has been really supportive. Beautiful campus and surroundings. Great so far.

    I came across SVA (Squaw Valley Acady) while researching for a boarding High School for my nephew…read morein China. I also spent a day there. Students use lap tops during class with wifi access. A lot of emphases is placed on learning with a laptop. . (All wifi are turned off at 11pm at night.). Considering all standardize tests in the US are computerized (MCAT, LSAT) and most work environments in the US use electronic records exclusively, lap top in classroom is a good idea. Students come from all over the world with the goal of attending a college in the US. SVA has transformed itself in the past few years to focus on college prep for international students. Class sizes are small, usually less than 10 students per teacher. I noticed the students get alone with each other rather well. This is observed during lunch time. I see students from different countries sit next to each other. Dorm rooms are 1-4 students per room. Most of the ones I saw have 3 students in them. There is a microwave on each hall, fridge and safe in each room. Overall the rooms are larger than the one I used to live at UC Berkeley 20 years ago. (unit 1 Cheney) and much larger then the tiny rooms at Univ of Tennessee. Washers and dryers are free for students to use. At night, dorm exits have security alarms, hallways are video monitored SVA pride itself at offering a balance between academic and personal development. They encourage students to take advantage of it's location to learn many physical activities Tahoe has to offer - hiking, soccer, golfing, cycling, ski / snowboard. I think this makes SVA different from other college prep school. I have the opportunity to spoke to students there. Due to the many Saturday field trips student take, expect another $4000 or so in additional expenses. While the students like them, parents may be surprised at the bill.

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    Silverland Middle School

    1.7(3 reviews)
    54.9 mi

    Really unfortunate that my child has to go here. Not only are the kids out of control but the staff…read moreis also. The front desk ladies are rude and scoff every time I call about my child being bullied. I talk to the dean and principal and nothing gets done. The teachers bully my daughter too and nothing gets done. I've had to resort to calling the superintendent to try to get things solved. The staff at this school are immature and do nothing. One of the teachers Ms Lange won't let my daughter go to the bathroom, get water and threw a pencil at my daughter, which hit her and when I called and told the school nothing was done about it. The front desk ladies laugh at me when I call. They have cameras in the rooms but they're only turned on "in case of emergencies" the cameras should be on all the time so the behavior of the teachers can be caught but of course the school doesn't want that. Save your breath and just call the superintendent, Don Huckabee when you have a problem here. His number is 775 463 6800

    Some of the administration are kinda rude and don't really care about you and they like to gaslight…read moreyou into thinking you were rude first. Now the teachers, most of them are nice and actually care about your well being and your life goals. The school overall is okay it just feels like you never have any privacy but i like the blacktop and the field it's alot of space for the kids i just think it's unfair that only the special kids get to go on the little playground area and not everyone else cus i get that it's not big enough for all of us but it's still kinda dumb. Other than that i think the biggest problem is how rude mr fellows, mrs gillespie, and mr mcmackin can be. Mr fellows has absolutely no remorse for students what so ever and he does not care how he treats them. Mrs gellispe can just be disrespectful for no reason she also has no remorse for students and doesn't care about their feelings. Mr mcmackin is very insensitive and disrespectful, he's not just doing his job he makes unreliable threats and makes kids cry and hate him because of it. he doesn't try to understand he just says oh well shouldn't have done what you did and that's it these three people are the most disrespectful people in this school and have no remorse. Mr henderson is a great principal though and he does things very well, along with mrs monice she's very sweet and cares about the students tremendously and tries to be there for them. both the counselors are very reliable and will definitely be able to help your child with something they're going through. Overall my biggest concern are those three teachers i just want the nexts kids that go here to have a great experience and not have problems with staff. Students deserve to learn in an environment they're comfortable in and like.

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