Carden Christian Academy 3290 Bauer Road, Pensacola, FL 32506

"Both of our kids started at Carden this year. 5th and 6th grade. The staff have been warm and welcoming. More importantly, our kids come home everyday HAPPY and excited to go to school the next day. Small student to teacher ratio, personal attention and God involved in their education. You really cannot go wrong. The staff love the kids and they obviously love their jobs."

"Lack of communication is key here. We knew nothing of what was going on inside of the school the whole year. The Staff are mostly quick and rude in a passive aggressive way. Which the kids can’t understand. This is a school that does not have Christian views. Almost has a whole other religion it self. The Carden method is not a great learning method. And they put the high schoolers online for 8 hours a day which is insane. No PE. There is music but…that’s about all the free time there is. They are super strict about saying things such as “Witch, Harry Potter, Yoga, Ghost, Mirrors, Monsters” Because it all makes the devil come out in the child. It is unsafe for the children mindset here because they get treated completely wrong."

"Basically this school is terrible. Your kids are mentally safer and physically safer and taught better at a public school. This school has some absurd teachings such as Harry Potter has the devil in it, or like the NFL has devil crowd chants. But this can be dealt with at the end of the day if I am not manipulated into believing it, the biggest concern is the education. The education is terrible, the school doesn’t actually teach you. A Computer does, they sit you in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, and expect you to watch a video and learn from it. And when you ask the staff for help they just say the computer taught it i can’t help you. This is a down side for all the students that want a up front teacher and tangible learning. Another bad part is the environment all the students are put in. The students have to go through different classrooms to get to there’s which is a disruption to anyone trying to work. Or they will have disruptions 10 times in a school day which does not happen at a public school. There is no extra curricular activities when the sheet you sign up on says (Tennis, Bowling, French) when i didn’t get a single thing from this. And when you try to stand up for your class or someone and say that the school isn’t doing something right they will just give up and mute you because they can’t put up with admitting they did something wrong. So if you want to send your kids somewhere you will hear stories you only wish weren’t true. Send them here."

"The school has good points and not so good points...at least this has been our experience so far. We still hope things will improve. Our student seems to be learning quite a bit but I think they could do more to challenge our student more to progress faster. As someone else mentioned, the school doesn't convey a sense of real cleanness but with our student progressing, we try to overlook this. The biggest problem with the school is their lack of communication. There have been many times that we were not told about something which resulted in our student being left out of something. Sometimes, these were little things and sometimes these were big things. I don't understand why they don't understand that leaving out children is detrimental to the kids' self esteem. They should realize this and come up with a much better way to communicate...maybe look at how other top schools handle this."

"I have had two children start at 4 years old and graduate 8th grade from this school. Both my son and daughter met and exceeded all of my hopes for them in their education. The Teachers are friendly, driven individuals that strive for the best in each of their students lives. This is a fantastic school with Christian morals and principles. I would HIGHLY recommend!!!"