Red Apple - Racine, WI Review

Overall 5.00 of 5 (by 1 user)

CarrieR
Racine, WI

A great alternative to the neighborhood school.

public school grad, place a very high value on education, involved parent, a mom of imaginative kids!, concerned about the environment, have advanced degree, parent of good student

Pros

classes grouped across grades by skill, science-based curriculum, insists on strong parental involvement, dynamic teachers, frequent nature-based field trips, great test scores

Cons

older building/campus

AUG

2007

Red Apple - Racine, WI —

Red Apple is the perfect school for my inquisitive son. We were very glad to be accepted through the lottery system (it's a magnet school), especially considering the dismal record of our neighborhood school; truthfully, I'd probably have homeschooled if we hadn't been able to get him into a different school.

Red Apple has a curriculum based heavily on science and the environment. After ony a year there, Sam is full of new knowledge about the workings of the world - and full of even more questions, which pleases me to no end! They took walking field trips on a regular basis to explore the nature around them, and the kids were really encouraged to ask about anything that interested them.

I especially appreciate that after kindergarten, the classes are grouped across grade level according to ability level. He'll be in a class of first through third graders, not just by the year in which he happened to be born. After all, in the adult world, how often do we get assigned to work in group of, say, just 31-year-olds? He'll stay with the same teacher for three years, allowing him to develop strong bonds and flourish without having to readjust so much every fall.

We're very pleased with our decision to send our son to Red Apple, and his little brother will be joining him there in few years!