Shining Rock Classical Academy 2150 Russ Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786

"My son started kindergarten there this year and he loves it. Many of my friends and co-workers children also attend this school and they also love their teachers and the principal."

"I always have the joy of walking in the school and seeing sooo many of my friends and seeing old teachers. I would recommend that everyone In this school is the nicest person you will ever meet. The teachers are so nice they treat us this their our mom or dad. that is how nice they are. I would recommend that you let your child go here it is amazing!!!!"

"As a former student from SRCA and the son of a board member for the school I rate 5 stars. Administration has changed a whole lot in the past few years since it’s opening, and it’s only gotten better since. It’s a great school that pushes you to learn and succeed."

"We really enjoy having my kid attend this school. She always comes home with a smile, and is excited to learn. Everyone from her teacher to the administration has been very helpful during her transition."

"We were here for about a month to each there own this school was not for us. For me, as a parent, these were the cons and pros of this school. I am writing this review for my community who I know was curious about this school and what it had to offer this school was not for us but that does not mean it is not for you I say to each there own you never know your experience me be different than our Pros:Nice and clean school environment,Uniforms no worrying about what other kids were wearing, You pay 35$ online for school supplies and the school does the shopping, Lunches paid for online, Very easy to unenroll your child or children Cons: The setup and functionality of the school could have been better thought out the car line, schools main parking lot, and children’s play/social area are too intermingled. For example, if you show up at the school during lunch time you have to drive thru the school’s car line to access schools main parking lot and there are kids everywhere your other option is to park at the church next door and walk through the big grassy field where the kids play and threw the car line. So, my personal opinion is the set up is not very user-friendly, There “Catered school lunches” are not kid approved or at least not by my kiddos the only day the kids liked were pizza Fridays and the pizza came from Angelo’s. The lunches are 3.50 for a regular size lunch and 4.50 for a large. And the lunches do not come with anything to drink so you have to send your kid to school with water or the have access to the water fountain. You have to order lunches by Fridays at a certain time or you won't get anything and you are responsible for packing their lunch for that week, I noticed that the turn over rate for staff at this school is that you would see at a fast food place or a nursing home for example just in the month my 4th grader was there his teacher was fired and he got a new one which is concerning as a parent because stability is important part of children’s life, What they build you up to believe and get excited about with this school is not so great the routine at this school is very bland honestly, I feel that the education and experience you get in our public-school system is more then what is offered here. The best I can say is it just falls flat, Just my personal experience but if your child has behavioral issues they are not equipped to handle them. I feel like our local schools have greater resources to handle these kinds of issues and more, The sports they offer are a joke my 8th grader joined cross country and the coach taught them by showing them YouTube videos she had never been a coach or participated in cross country my son had, and she was asking for his help no big deal but it was not advanced enough for him personally ,The school counselor if your child wants to speak to them they do not have the access just to walk to there office like in public school there is a box at the end of the hall and your child has to write a note and drop it in my son did, I personally called and asked for her to talk to him anything I was told would happen regarding the counselor never did in a month my son was never addressed by her as I was told would be, The school has a clique and either you fit into this clique or you do not but for me life is hard enough to worry about whether me or my children are going to fit into your clique or as they word it “there Community” if your child does not fit into there clique you are made to feel unwelcome. They say your welcome but their actions and words prove otherwise, The school constantly Talks about their core values especially if your child gets into trouble “it’s your child is not following our core values” (which are Integrity, respect, compassion, responsibility, wisdom, and leadership) But I Found that these core values were not being followed by the staff themselves. The administration at this school was so unprofessional at times when handling situations and made some unnecessary comments to my children while they were there."