Wish I would have found this gem with my first child! My two boys have loved it here! They are so…read morehappy to be there everyday. The best part is the before and after school care! I will miss the teachers and the amazing coordinator next year.

The whole staff has been amazing here! Our daughters absolutely love going to school and we feel so…read moregood knowing that they are in such great hands!

If you care about your daughter's future you won't send her to this program!! I highly encourage…read moreyou to explore other options AND DO YOUR RESEARCH!! If your child is currently going here it's not too late to pull them out and ignore the manipulation!! THIS IS A SCAM!!! I have been diagnosed with CPTSD since my stay at Kansas City girls academy. I'm currently on the same medications and treatment therapy as WAR VETERANS!! The trauma this place has caused has been CRIPPLING! Whoever is responding to the negative reviews is lying. God is not behind this. It took me YEARS to unlearn the religious abuse and brainwashing from this place. If you want proof of the horrors that lie behind this wall there's thousands of testimonies. I'm connected with most of the girls I was in the program with, these are some of the common issues for us : Abandonment, agoraphobia, isolation, Addiction, trust and relationships issues, nightmares, flashbacks, disassociation, low self esteem, health conditions due to chronic stress, self harm and suicide. I will never be the same person who was left there in 2012. They use fear and abuse to make you "behave "... This place is pure evil!! I'm 30 years old now, the only thing I have to gain from sharing this is saving other children from the same fate as me and my friends. I truly pray you heed this warning.

I spent 15 months in this school, and if I can give parents one piece of advice, it would be to…read morenever put their daughter through this program. I can't speak for other Team Challenges, but I pray they're not like this one. I want people to understand what it was really like, not just how Pastor Allen portrays it. The program gave me time to think, but it also left me with PTSD, nightmares, and depression--things I never struggled with before. Being ripped away from my parents every two months caused its own damage. Several staff members who worked there while I was in the program have since quit. I spoke with one of them, and they agreed the program was not run correctly and that it caused more harm than healing. Instead of teaching that God is love, hope, and grace, they taught us to fear hell if we didn't change. Faith should be a personal choice, not something forced through fear. Both counselors had no certifications or meaningful qualifications--one had camp counselor experience, and the other had just begun college. If I hadn't pushed myself, I would not have made progress in counseling. The growth did not come from them. They were also only about three years older than many of us, which made it difficult to trust their guidance. Many girls I went through the program with are not doing well today. Some have cut off their families and turned to drugs they had never considered before. Only a few seem to be doing okay. Before the program, I had normal anxiety but was a happy person. I didn't have deep trauma. The program took parts of me I miss more than anything. Your worth in the program was measured by how close you appeared to be with God. If you didn't show that, you were shamed and treated as a bad example. I will never forget when Mrs. Denee, Pastor Allen's wife, publicly shamed a girl in front of everyone, calling her an example of failure. The girl stood there shaking and crying. This was because she had told others that falling behind in school could extend your stay--which was true and written in our handbook, a handbook we were required to hand-copy in full. As a "lead bed," I was responsible for emergencies at night. Girls would scream, bang on doors, and have breakdowns. One girl destroyed the intake room and attacked staff, yet we were still required to sleep in the dorm with her--with no staff present. The walkie-talkies often went unanswered, and we were left to handle dangerous situations alone. No teenage girl should ever have to carry that responsibility. Punishments were excessive. We were given 2,000-word essays for small mistakes like leaving a water bottle out. We weren't allowed to wear gloves while cleaning toilets or sanitary bins. Staff often took out their anger on us. They claimed to want to heal family relationships, but punishments like LOP removed phone calls, letters, and reduced visitation to six hours--doing the opposite of healing. You didn't grow because it was right. You grew because you were afraid of being stuck there longer. Now that I am a mother, I cannot imagine my child going through what I experienced. I will do everything I can to protect my children and speak the truth. Please don't make the same mistake my parents did.

I love this masjid and community. Has made many renovations and improvements. Islamic school up to…read more10 th grade.