Primavera Online School

"The only area this school shines is in enrollment. I’m so utterly frustrated with the platform, the website that works on occasion. Speaking with humans that actually know what is going on is few and far between. My daughter is supplementing class while attending EVIT, that’s the only reason we have continued using this platform. I can’t wait for this year to be over. Your local Karen!"

"My daughter started her first grade here a little late. But she started in September of last year. Honestly it’s been great. Her teacher Mrs.G and her counselor Mrs. Miller are both amazing. Her teacher Mrs.G takes her time and explains everything step by step. Mrs.G also has reading groups to improve reading comprehension and reading skills. The kids have fun seeing their friends on the video classes and want to learn. My daughter’s confidence has grown reading out loud and also with her math skills. A big one was word problems but they are no problem for her now. And Mrs.Miller does lunch bunch once a week which my daughter also loves. She gets a kick out of the all the different voices Mrs.Miller does while reading the story. And doing her lunch bunch groups it’s helped a lot with my daughter’s reading comprehension. They definitely give you a lot of tools to work with in the weekly newsletter and plenty of way to keep track of assignments and grades. I’ve only needed to reach out maybe twice and was responded to quickly. Definitely can’t wait for her to go into second grade. For her it’s been a great experience so far. It keeps her interest and helps structure her more at home."

"This school is terrible. Despite having three of my children enrolled, communication here is shockingly poor. Two weeks ago, I called to speak with one of my kids' counselors, only to be instructed to leave a message. Regrettably, my call was never returned. Furthermore, my son emailed his teacher requesting to have his essays graded, but received no response or feedback whatsoever. I then called to personally talk to the teacher or anyone in charge and again was instructed to leave a message or they could email the teacher. No surprise this time, still no response. Now, he's at risk of failing the class due to the lack of support and assessment provided by the teacher."

"The teachers here at this school are ok however their system is complete garbage and never works. Kids fall behind because things aren’t graded or the system isn’t working correctly. I have 2 kids in this online school but will be looking for a new one next year because of the head aches this system causes."

"I graduated in January 2018 from Primavera. I was enrolled with them for a year. Overall, I would say my experience was good. I was able to go at my own pace (as long as I didn’t fall behind) which meant I could work days ahead & also log on later in the day instead of waking up early like in-person schools make you do. What I didn’t like was the forced Synchronous Sessions. Either you attended them live or you watched the recorded version if you couldn’t make it. Some of my teachers had 2 a week which could take a good chunk out of your time. They would include a quiz at the end just so they know you watched the whole video. I am telling you that, depending on the teacher, you HAD to watch the whole video to be able to answer the quiz questions. Now, I understand that Synchronous Sessions can be beneficial. It was a time for you, the student, to ask the teacher for help with a certain thing you are struggling with (most helpful when it came to Math). However, if you weren’t needing extra help, these were a waste of your time. I rarely needed help so to have to do these sessions 3 times a week or more was miserable. Sometimes, I just took the zero because I had actual classwork to complete. These should be optional and should be treated as a great resource for students who want that visual or extra help. Don’t punish the students who don’t need it. I would also like to add that if your student is struggling with a teacher because their courses seem to be nothing but an excerpt from a book, try to switch teachers if you can. My English and History classes senior year were terrible and it seemed as though the teachers put no effort into their teaching materials. A bunch of useless information and it was nearly impossible to find the correct answers! Not worth affecting your GPA for that chaos. Primavera, please find a way to have your credits transfer to in-person schools. Although I am grateful I was able to graduate early, it would’ve been nice to have that option since I had to go online because of moving states mid-year."