This school is great for students who find it easy working with computers and can stay motivated. The teachers call every month to check in and you can always book a call anytime U need to speak to a specific teacher or webmail them for a quick reply in 5minutes to an hour or join for live help time for quick help and questions. If you were to fail a test or portfolio (which is basically a worksheet or writing assignment) you get another chance to take it and some teachers are nice enough to give another EXTRA chance. In the 9th grade when I took my final for math and my final grade in the class was an 89 my teacher was nice enough to make it a 90 so I’d have all A’s for that semester. If you’re interested in going to college you can do dual enrollment also while still in high school, either full time college courses or only some . I started in 9th and on my way to the 11th grade.

I completed the registration called multiple times but no one told me about the credit policy. They made it seem like its soo smooth a flexible I really wanted my kids to attend but they lacked a few credits from there past school after they reviewed the final grades they then email me to say they will have to start in the past grade level . Then I had to watch this video that was soo uninviting it didnt the tone of the video was like I was getting punished lol I said never mind . I sent a email letting them know to withdraw the registration they didnt reply to say anything like ok I am sorry or nothing. It would have been nice to received a response back .

This was a nightmare experience. Do not recommend, some of the teachers couldn’t care less and refuse to answer questions on assignments. It was ridiculous

I had problems at another school so I chose GACA. I graduated this past December and I couldn’t be any happier with my experience. Teachers are extremely easy to get in touch with so are other staff. They actually CARE about their students and reach out to help us when we need it. The site is easy to navigate as well as all assignments and lessons on other sites. Have never had a a bad experience with the school. I can proudly say I graduated from Georgia Connections Academy.

Connections Academy has proven to be an absolute blessing to my family. My daughter started the second semester of the 19-20 school year. She was struggling in another online academy, and the ease of use of Connections Academys online portal combined with the readily available faculty and staff made the transition from mediocre student to great student possible.If you are considering an online school, this one is for sure one to consider. It has changed my middle school student for the better.Thank you Connections Academy for being a life changer!

I love this school. For the first time I have all As instead of A AND Bs

They do not offer k_4 sadly.

Me and my daughter just started in August 5th and so far the teachers and the school has been hands on and professional! Anything I need they will reply within a day or right away! I’m just glad my daughter enjoys it because they really care about the kids , especially by us going through this pandemic! They have the kids so involved!

Put everything on 1 webiste why is there a tiger tribune and usatestprep to make things complicated make everything on 1 site and stop giving us 3 projects a day im in 7th grade and the teachers keep giving us pbas

I love Connections Academy! My son was being bullied and even physically assaulted a few times while in public school. We did everything to stop it but the kids were relentless. He has special needs classes and the kids were very mean because of it. After he came home with a football size bruise on his back I was done. I did some research and found Connections Academy and we enrolled him. He has been happy with it and is back to his normal self. He loves to make people laugh and is very sweet and watching the light he has slowly slip away was so hard. Connections Academy saved his life and brought back my sons light. I will be forever grateful for Connections Academy.

I love this school, most of the teachers are so amazing and kind. (some are not so great, but they are still nice, I have not come across a rude teacher! And 99.9% of the teachers I LOVE) The curriculum is not the greatest but I am able to be a full time dual enrollment student with GACA and a local college next year, so I will be able to take college courses instead! I have really loved my experience with this school because it is flexible (once you get used to it) and everyone is so nice. There are so many opportunities that Ive been able to take advantage of because of this school! I also have my schedule set up so that I dont have to do any school on Friday, so I get a 3 day weekend! It is the best. I do not recommend this school for anyone who does not have the motivation to do a lot of work in one day, or who does not care so much about their education, or who is not used to figuring their way around technology (that is very important). This is NOT easier than public school, so dont expect it to be! Its just like any other school, except with better teachers and way more flexibility. I also have been able to meet many other students over the built-in mailing system, and I participate in many activities outside of school so I definitely have a social life. Thanks to the entire staff at GACA for working so hard to make this school amazing!

Connections please pls pls pls pls give lesss work. Yesterday i had like barely any work, and today i have 2 unit tests, art, and 3 quick checks.

You can never get help with anything my child has not learned anything this year all of the assignments and answers are all online he finds answers to everything so unprofessional this is why I am taking him out DONT send your kids here

I do not recommend this homeschool! It has been almost TWO MONTHS since school started, and STILL have not heard back from anyone. I have waited on hold with them three times for nearly two hours only for them to tell me to keep waiting. Education is taken very seriously in our household and they do not seem to be doing what they need to do. Still waiting for them to actually give work. (I am a high school student.) This is my first year being enrolled in this school, and have already found so many different negatives. You don’t get near the help that is needed! Seriously thinking about switching schools now.

I love this School! I am really surprised to see all of these negative reviews. The teachers are great and I have never had a problem with anything. There is a lot of work but, some of it you can choose to skip if your child is understanding the information. I love all the field trips they have. This allows my child to interact with other children his age. If you are looking for a good home school program I would highly recommend this one!

Love it here ! The teachers are amazing and are very helpful. We are no different then a brick and mortar school. wait nvm , our teachers are better ! The field trips are amazing and are always fun ! I really do just adore my school .

Our daughter graduated 2018 from Georgia Connections. We were blessed to find you guys and very pleased with our 5 years with you. Thank you for offering a different way to learn. Our daughter is starting her junior yr at Dakota State University this year.

My daughter will be in high school next school year. Im interested in an online high school and see how many AP courses she could enroll and how to do dual enrollment by attending a college at the same time. I went to GA Connections website and have spent a lot of time to read their ads. No real information regarding the courses they could provide. Disappointed.

Pros1. Great Customer Service2. Great class options if you want a more catered education for your child. You arent bound by traditional schools saying you can only take class X your freshman year because class Y is for juniors only.3. Great teachers and readily available.4. Great flexibility as to when they attend school just be mindful of when they have live lessons ( video conferencing with teachers) & time sensitive tests.Cons1.the interface for reviewing classwork is a bit confusing. I suggest going through the orientation & checking their work daily for your benefit as well as theirs.In conclusion its a great virtual online classroom experience. Its up to the caretaker, the one who will be physically at home with the student to make sure they focus on their assignments if they want to succeed. If the student needs that face to face then Connections will not work for them. However if you and your student has goals as in wanting to take the SAT/ACT by the end of their sophomore year so they can dual enroll by heir junior year then this will work great. You can select which classes they will take that will help them prepare for those standardized tests. Like chemistry, geometry, precalc etc.

Surprised by the comments I read. My Grand daughters have been in GACA for 4 years and we love it. There is NOT too much work if anything not enough. Do the Parents play a roll in helping their children YES; this is not a babysitter. You are a necessary part to your childs education. I love knowing what they are learning and I also know what they struggle with prior to a 9 weeks report card showing up. You stay on top of things and children dont fall behind. We have an assigned time and space in our home for school so it sets the tone of the day. Some days we go do things and make it up on the weekend. There are projects, essays etc that need to be completed and YES there is plenty of time to complete if you do not wait until the last minute.The only thing I dislike is that some teachers seem to be out way too much and have only had one teacher (out of 4 years) that weve struggled with. We requested a change and was assigned a new teacher immediately.Weve never had an issue reaching out to teachers/staff or getting a response.To all those calling their attorneys and State Board of Education - maybe this wasnt for you - this is a lot of work, time and dedication.

To many technical issues, can be on the phone holding literally 30 or more minutes to speak to someone in administration, curriculum is all over the place, go to this link or that link then it changes because a link doesnt work....its constant. Did have a couple very nice teachers but I think they expect every new student to just know where online to go to find everything. biggest complaint are the technical issues!!

Horrible experience, would not recommend. She was enrolled in this school and when school started I was told that her file was being reviewed. Come to find out she was never enrolled but on a waiting list. Would not recommend to no one. And all the communications I received they said, they are not sure why I received it. LOL.

We did several years in a different state and had great results. Georgia connections academy has been really rough. Recently caretaker accounts were locked out due to a single overdue physics portfolio. They treat you very disrespectfully and it’s a shame because it could be good if they acted right. This place assigns so much work not listed in the plan.

The teachers are nice and all but, they give so much work with not enough time to complete it. They seem to not talk to each other about how much work that each of them are giving to the students so students are getting stressed and falling behind. I am a student here and noticed they will give you multiple portfolios in one day. I have two portfolios and one them wants you to write an essay and a 13 pages of worksheet. I do not recommend this school. Nothing in the lesson matches the text books and the lessons are not taught clearly.

The end of our first year, first semester and so far we love it. The first few weeks we were adjusting, but now weve got the hang of how it works. It works well if the learning coach is involved and available to assist and keep the student on track. Worth the effort to see improved grades. Teaching the student to be self-disciplined about work, honesty and time management.

Received a call from the principal asking about me and my daughter housing situation after told that we were on the verge of being homeless. Proceed to say make up.something about the year she was in 9th grade and based on the year ahe started that grade. She wouldnt be able to proceed to get her education through them. Principal had no concern he was just like well ok type attitude. All of a sudden my daughter doesnt qualify because I said that right now were in a place of being homeless. My daughter was very upset and hurt. She just wants to succeed and finish school. Shes 17 yrs. old and I believe they need a better system when it comes to the ones wanting to fulfill their education.

Never again!!! There is too much work and no support even after asking for support the whole. 2nd semester

We started this program without any expectations. This year my daughter has excelled and been able to work at her pace. The flexibility was fabulous as she is a model and we have been able to work her modeling sessions around the class schedule.Anyone complaining about the curriculum has not used the extra resources and attempted understand. Some teachers do take time to answer but they are teachers after all. We look forward to next year and seeing her growth further.The added bonus, I know she is safe and not in a school where I am panicked daily. The teachers call her to check in on a regular basis and call me to see if we need any help. Even with health issues on my part they were the most supportive.

I can never reach an actual person.my daughter got locked outta her portali been calling everyday for 2 months nothing then they send her an email saying she is not enrolled .i left msgs for the principal,counselor, and 100 cust serv reps.so disapointed

Im shocked to see so many negative reviews. I enrolled my son 2nd semester 5th grade. The process was kinda difficult but I stayed on admins until enrollment was completed. My son is now in 7th grade and we have not had any issues. The teachers call me regularly to talk about my sons progress, the live lessons are informative, and they are super flexible with makeup assignments. I am considering putting my son in public school just so he can have more of a social life but I really hate to leave connections academy. I recomend this school to anyone.

Very bad school, avoid if possible.My kids was A , now they locked site , it’s 2 month for finish grade.I will go to take attorney and write to court.When u call them they r not call u back , they only wait that your kid will 10 days absent. After they will call u and tell “ its Georgia law u will pay fine”I hope this school will close.

Find somewhere else. I was scheduled to graduate on May 30th, they had me order my cap, gown, & sent me all the information. It is currently May 28th & they have yet to tell me if I will be able to participate. This is because one teacher has not marked my course as complete & graded my work.. If they chose to not pass me, I have to come back for 0.5 of a credit.. next year. That’s not even a full course, it’s half a semester. I think it’s crazy to be allowed to wait until the day of graduation to tell someone if they can walk or not & allow them to pay all this money for their graduation stuff. The staff lacks communication & waits until last minute to tell you what’s going on.

Students learn how to work independently, are challenged and subjected at an early age to using diverse technology; they have the freedom of learning quality concepts at their own pace, in their own environment, and without the various distractions associated with traditional school environments. A wonderful alternative for educating youth!

They R Full Of It Please Dont Put Ur Kids On This Home School They Dont Call Back They Principle Never Call Back & If Ur Kids Fails His Classes U Have To Pay For Summer School Something They Didnt Mention Till It Wazz To Late & They Want 250$ Each Class They Fails Oh Yea I Forgot About Wen He Had To Take His Test It Wazz A Hour Away From My Home They Told Me A Week In Advance Thin Wouldnt Change That One Date Wen I Ask😡😤

This is my first year in homeschool, however I have been happy to join homeschool. This schoolIs really difficult, and they sometimes won’t teach you ANYTHING. I am disappointed

The teachers never answer the phone even during school hours. They wait to the very last minute to put in grades. They also dont give the students any type of extra credits or redues. I am very happy that I will be going to K-12 next semester.

This will be our 3rd year with GACA and we love it. It is a rigorous program but my daughter, who will be a senior in the fall, is excelling and learning a lot. We have never had any issues with communication and teachers always respond in a timely manner. They, in fact, reach out to us to check in and make sure my daughter is doing ok with her work. It does require discipline to be successful in this type of program along with a time commitment from the parents/care giver. Im glad we had this option for our daughter which allows her to train as a dancer and get a high quality education.

My daughter and I have had enough with this school the teachers are rude and never answer the phone. They give you so much school work its overwhelming and unnecessary. I will definitely not be countinuing connections academy with my daughter.

Great experience our first semester of our first year. But second semester you realize its the teachers who can make or break your experience. Soso experience. My son enjoys the aspect of learning from home and becoming more independent for college

Its great for me. with the work at your own pace thing going, its very easy to keep a job going and do school work at the same time.

To be honest, doing connections was so fun. I had a lot more free time and learned so much that I wouldnt have learned at my old school. I have really good grades and they are really nice to me. They give us Monday- Sunday to finish all of our lessons. A few times I would get behind, but they didnt send me a note about rushing, they just let me be. I really did like connections and since its my only year doing it, I learned a lot!!

This has got to be the worst experience ever. My child was an A student and always did well with school work until I started him in this program. This school does nothing to help him progress or even understand what he needs to be doing and how to correctly do it. Ive tried reaching the principal with no responses to voicemails or emails. This place is horrible... I wasted my time and my sons time in enrolling here. They dont teach anything.........

Ive never came across such a staff with bad attitudes within a school -- from teachers to principals. I was quite disappointed trying this school out for my children and would avoid if at all possible.

We have been with GCA for3 years now and had a great experience. My daughter was challenged in her work and truly has learned from the experience. She can do so much independently with projects. Love the program. This is a great school.

I had a great time in the school during the two years I did it in middle school, but it starts to get kinda complicated in high school. It seemed like there was always a new hoop to jump through when I went my freshman year, and I left after that. I could deal with all that if I had been placed in a better math class though. I already knew pretty much everything in that class, and the worst part was that I had signed up to do honors classes before the start of the year, and they stuck me in regular without telling me or responding to my moms webmail about why it had happened. Other than that, though, Ive had a lot of great experiences with the school. Its set up in a really nice way and they really make sure to give recognition to students who do a good job on something. I probably wouldnt go again, but its a really nice school.

My son graduated from GACA, and my daughter will graduate next year. She has been attending since the 6th grade. Our experience has been wonderful. Her teachers have always been so responsive, and we have never had any issues. We are proud to be a part of the GACA family! You get what you put into it. I can tell you that my son was more than ready for college and my daughter will be too.

DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL..... please. The teachers are trash. The curriculum is trash. You learn nothing from it they just give you a bunch of links in the lessons. In high school you get no books you only get ebooks. For state testing you have to get up early be at a testing sight for a week straight and it gets annoying. Trust me and my family you DO NOT want to go to GACA period

If I could give a zero I would!! This is the worst educational program I have ever seen! No communication what so ever with Parents, until its too late. The principle in Duluth Ga is a joke. I dont think the educators are certified or qualified! DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM!!!!! They never answer the phone. The teachers call the student and make no attempt to contact or speak to the parents because they want to avoid questions! I was so livid, I had to call the call center to request for the principle in Duluth to call me, which was suppose to have been within 48hrs. 4 days later the principle calls me and Im asking her to explain what is going on, how my child wasnt receiving the education she be getting. This lady is reading me what a teacher has typed as notes!! Like Im on the phone with a customer service rep. I had to remind her that this is a child education and not recreation! She has the most flippant attitude Ive ever seen to be a so called principle! I immediately called the Dekalb County Board of Education. They pointed me to the Georgia Board of Ed. I told the acting principle that I would make sure that she was in the unemployment line and I was contacting my attorney, AND THATS A PROMISE!! Everyone that has a complaint need to call the Department of Education and have this program, I will not call it a school, shut down!!! Everyone of these people need to be held accountable by law!! Playing with my childs education and thumbing your nose at it as if its no big deal is not going to happen!!

By far the WORST SCHOOL I have been to. They are rude and inconsiderate. They give you to much work and the work is spread out over a variety of websites so it makes it difficult to do every day school work. In live lessons they only go over school work for like 15 minutes when each live lesson is an hour long so that is not helpful either. Dont put your kid in this school if you care about their education.

Very disappointed with the way my son was handled. According to their own website, a student is eligible for the 2018-19 school year prior to his/her 21st birthday, however, my son was denied despite only needing a few classes and qualifying for the age limit.

Great Institution for children who want to get ahead or who are behind. My daughter loved it!! Graduated in May and is on to college now!! Loved the coursework!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN THIS SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL AT ALL AND I AM NOT SURE HOW THEY ARE STILL OPEN. AFTER RESEARCHING I LEARNED THAT THIS SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSE TO BE SHUT DOWN IN 2016 FOR LOW PERFORMANCE SCORES. THE TEACHERS ARE NOT TEACHING, THEY GIVE STUDENTS TONS OF WORK WITH LITTLE TO NO GUIDANCE. MY CHILD LITERALLY HAVE GONE FROM ALL AS TO ALL FS.THEY ARE VERY SELECTIVE OF WHO THEY LET IN THE LIVE LESSONS. MY CHILD HAVE WAITED ALMOST 20 MINS FOR HER TEACHER TO LET HER IN THE CLASS, AND MY CHILD IS ALWAYS 15 MINS EARLY. I REGRET ENROLLING MY CHILD HERE. I PLAN ON WITHDRAWING MY CHILD AND HOMESCHOOLING MY CHILD MYSELF, THATS HOW HORRIBLE THIS SCHOOL IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Horrible school and need to do better about communication. Most people know google voice is not the best way to communicate. Unacceptable and the high school principal will never speak with you. Will refer you to other staff. Ive never heard of the principal not wanting to.communicate with the parent. This school is not worth the time. Elementary is ok but mid on up, forget about it.

They have no communication with you at all. They tell you one thing and its another....customer service was okay until I got to the nasty supervisor April. She had a mean attitude and kept getting smart whenever I asked a question. She doesnt need to be a supervisor she needs to learn how to deal with customer service first then become a supervisor....I was not impressed at all and would not recommend it for anyone

THIS IS THE WORST PLACE EVER, the teachers are awful. I was a student in 6th grade for 1/3 of the year and I had so much work to do. The amount of work they give 6th graders is how much they give a highschoolar. If there was an option to be able to do no stars I would do that. I transferred to another school and they still have not transferred my grades or anything for MONTHS!!! DO NOT GO HERE!!

My child is in 6th grade with a IEP she had such a hard time they gave her way way to much work!She stayed so stressed out! She had only 1 teacher that responded fast the others would not even respond! Horrible school

I totally jacked well over half of one of the reviews from above bc its WORD FOR WORD TRUTH and how we feel about this program and it saved me a lot of typing!! I did revise some from our own experience w the staff but overall the exact same feelings!!This is NOT for kids who do well visually, who need interaction with student and teachers or do not like to be sitting in front of a computer sifting through HOW TO DO SOMETHING all day long. There is SO much time spent online and on the computer that my daughter was so stressed out with trying to find her links to sift through all the lessons and their modifications and making sure she submitted it correctly. Many lessons had modifications and if you were to follow the lesson you would get many things wrong because you were suppose to go to message board, sift through the webmails, read the fine print for how to submit something and most of the times it was different for ALL the classes. And it took a lot of time to click on not just one link to get to your answer but MANY different links. Downloading this and that for later use, portfolio after portfolio YES EXHAUSTING!! How stressful is that for a student who just wants to complete her work and submit it without the red tape. This is not USER friendly program and I found it very tedious and so much more work than what they expect. My daughter was spending way too much time on one lesson because there were live lessons outside of being on computer and then half the time trying to figure out how to submit lessons and having to go to the message board, checking emails, checking modifications, that she became so stressed out about the program and worrying so much about it. It requires A LOT of time, meaning all day long, I found this to be just TOO much for her. We thought it was getting better but the planner was filled with so much to do. The daily work was incredible. I mean too much because each class required more time than really allotted and half the time her having to sift through lesson emails, webmails, just trying to get the lesson right was ridiculous. I am all for challenging kids but it is important that the kids know what to do, what to expect and not be so stressed out each day wondering if they are doing the right thing. For weeks she worried about submitting it correctly and after reading through all rules, syllabus thinking she got it the teacher would go make a modification with a tiny little icon link and if you missed that during the lesson you would get a O on her grade. It was just highly stressful for her. It was not straight-forward at all. This confused her and stressed her out more than any other schooling that Ive seen her in. This was not a good fit for her at all!! In my opinion being challenged in school is good but if you are not confident on taking on the task and are stressed about learning it defeats the purpose. If you are one who wants to sit in front of a computer all day then maybe this is for you. Learning coaches be aware that you will be sitting there with your student probably most of the day because they will need so much help trying to figure out what to do, where to submit, making sure they dont screw up directions because it is not as straight-forward a program as I had hoped. I will say that the teachers were pretty nice. My daughters homeroom teacher called a couple of times to check on her and assure us everything would be ok which i appreciate but unfortunately that doesnt help her with the program. Other teachers were a little more complicated especially with grading and i wish i could leave screen shots for examples but it isnt giving me that option!! All in all be careful when commiting to this program it is one big anxiety attack waiting to happen. I dont recommend putting any child through it :(

This is the WORST decision I have made for my son! I thought it would be better for him because he has medical issues. I was completely wrong! The work they are basically teaching themselves by reading the Lessons. Hes on the computer working 7-10 hours a day including hours on the weekends and is still behind. He started 10 days late in the 2 semester which are half year not quarters. He had to make up 10 days worth of work even though they put him on a waiting list and he was in his B&M school until the day he enrolled. He was an all A student in all gifted classes, now barely a C student and failing his favorite subject. They are bullying and threating students and parents over the milestones because the school is failing. 7th grade does not have to pass the milestone to move on!!! Only 3rd, 5th, and 8th can be held back and thats only if their grades are poor, otherwise parents can choose to move their children on based on their grades throughout the year! I have yet to have his 504 plan corrected since the counselor wont get back to me (which is illegal) since he has a diagnosed medical condition. They pile work on them and want them to attend 1 hour live lessons sometimes 3x a day, which is impossible to do both without working 10 hour days. I hate this school and wish I never enrolled him!!!!!!

This school is boring ive been student there myslef and they are very un organized have overdue lessons before u even start thr program it is very terrifiying it gave me to muxh stree

This school is the best if you make it work, this is an online public school no different than an online college, parents are the learning coaches its your job to step up and make sure your child gets their work done, they give you all the materials and tools but the rest is up to you to utilize. You are responsible for helping your child reach out to teachers/staff, you have to set up the routine/schedule, they dont do everything for you they are the ones to give you the curriculum and extra resourec if you dont use them right that is on you not them. This is a fully accredited school with great clubs and resources great for any family need public school material at home.

This school doesnt have a strong special education department. The teachers are very professional and communicate with parents and students very well via Webmail and by phone. But the special education team does have a good foundation as to how to accommodate children with IEPs and 504s through online learning. There needs to be separate classes for these students that need help keeping up with the more strenuous workload that is given to each student. They dont do any modifications except for the milestone testing. The same workload is given for an IEP or 504 student as students which dont have need these accomodations. This includes attending the live lessons, extra help resources and then the work. Each live lessons for middle school is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour long so on some days theyre back to back for 3 or 4 hours then the work has to be completed on top of that the extra help sites like study island etc also has to be completed. This is great for advanced students but not below average. They will be at risk of falling behind.

My daughter cried everyday because she has so much work. No one deserves to be that anxious everyday!

I am really shocked to see negative reviews for GACA. This is our second year with them - our 1st was 3 years ago for 8th grade, and now my son has returned for 11th grade. I cannot say enough great things about GACA. His teachers have always responded in a timely manner and have offered their help whenever needed. He was able to have all Honors/Gifted classes and for that I am eternally grateful.Ive said it before and Ill say it again, GACA is the saving grace of public education!

NOT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES!THIS SCHOOL DOESNT FALLOW MILITARY COMPACT LAW!DONT END UP LIKE US!I homeschooled my daughter for a year since the local (Ludowici) school was terrible. Online school was great for my little one since I was monitoring her learning. She did excellent all year around, had fun learning, and showed signs of improvements.However, I cant give the school 5 starts due to the followings:1. No substitute teachers- If you choose this school you are 75 percent on your own. Teachers will cancel live lessons without reschedule.2. Teaching method is not for everyone. My daughter had questions about fractions that where never answered.3. NOT FOR MILITARY CHILD- We moved to Texas the week after testing. My daughter scored low on 1 test. The school requested a re-test, but we were no longer in Georgia. Due to that and Georgias law, my daughter was not moved to the next grade after performing great all year.-As a military family, I was expecting a transfer to connections academy Texas to retake test, but the Georgia school just told us that that was not possible. We learned that Texas will provide resources for children and test during summer to help student promote to the next grade.I will not recommend this school to anyone since Georgia Connections Academy will not help your child if he/she is in need. It is the same as your local school. They will work with children that learn fast and dont need additional help.- Lesson learned: Private Homeschool

We love GACA. We used to home school and always had problems keeping on a schedule - we usually worked almost year round. With GACA we have to keep up and it is working well for both my students, one of which has an IEP. Teachers and Support people are all nice and helpful.

This is a webmail my child sent on the last day of school and it is true:Dear teachers,This has been a great school year and I would like to thank you for it. It taught me alot and i am glad you got to be my teacher for this year. I will miss all of you. Sadly, this will be my last year at GACA. I am thankful for great teachers like you. I came to this school because it seemed like it cared about if I learned things and went at speed of me. That is just what it did. Even though I could not go to a building every day and be around alot of people. I know that you had over 100 webmails a day and I always got a response back,and even a phone call for help. So I am glad I made the choice to go to GACA. Especially with teachers like you. It was well worth the cons of the situation. Education comes first and I know it will here. I will be in a district public school this year so I can have so in person memories of high school but I will never forget you and I hope you have a good summer because you deserve it. Always remember you impacted at least one student greatly and that student is me! Happy Summer and good bye.

School is trash. The teachers are unpredictable, little to no help at all. Need help on a portfolio? They will tell you to redo-it and send it via webmail, okay I asked for help not for you to tell me to redo it. How can you redo something i you dont know what to do? Super quick to put in temporary zeros but if you ask for help or ask them to take the zeros out after you complete the work? They are out of office. Little to no communication. Stress and anxiety, hello! The whole learn at your own pace is horseradish. Yes, I would know, Ive been enrolled since 7th grade now as a rising Junior I know that you CANNOT work at your own pace. By the way, I often have to get up early in the morning sometimes 3 - 4 am doing my work and finish around 6pm so it s not like Im not doing it. Holiday breaks? School work, weekends? schoolwork. Some days I work 12 hours but its just SO MUCH. I literally work from the beginning up until the last minute of each semester because I want amazing grades. I understand challenge is healthy but to much of anything can become harmful. I got behind in Geometry about a month ago (it takes me a bit longer to grasp math) and I received several web-mails stating that if I didnt catch up by the end of the WEEK they would mark me as truant. (I was still doing my work in my other classes! I have to take my time in math because if I rush through I will have the lessons completed but I would fail them and that wouldnt help me). Another thing, this year alone (2016-2017) I have had 3 - 4 different teachers for Honors Lit and Comp. Why? Because they fired my first teacher for being a homosexual. Having substitute teachers when home-schooled is impossible! Substitutes do not care they dont know whats going on, and you basically have to teach yourself. The gradebook, WOWZAH! Youd think its helpful being able to see your grades so you dont fall behind. Think again. It is so easy to become unhealthily obsessed with your grades. Connections prides itself on being flexible and it isnt. If you decide to go for GACA, good luck and godspeed.

This school is horrible they make you test in a hot hotel downtown with all the traffic, and the computers for EOG testing dont work. My class has had hard times trying to test. I know this because I am a current 7th grade student, But I will not be attending next year

It was absolutely a disaster. It started alright but then it started getting complicated. She started 9th Grade , first time home schooling.1st term was horrible... The teachers were rude specially the Home room teacher. The English teacher kept on saying that my daughter is not fit to be in an honors class. She was falling behind. I spoke to the counselor she told me that dont worry she can pick up her work in summer but she never told me that if she doesnt complete her work during her term... she will fail. I came to find out much later on.... And I complained about her and spoke to one of the administrator.... they said dont worry she can complete her work in the 2nd term. Not only that she completed her 2nd term work, she had to do all of her 1st term work.... everything all over again... and she got As and Bs in most subject... but still they failed her in 1 term... can you imagine... the system... it ruins chances of a good student... She is in 10th Now NAHS and she is getting All As I am really angry... this needs to be addressed to the Board of Education.....

The curriculum and teachers are good. but the front office is difficult and very very very hard to get on the phone.

Horrible teachers do not teach and left trying to figure it out. Threats and do not reply to emails. Wouldn’t give a star at all

Wow! I cannot believe the owner/leadership of GACA, put this young mans name in his response. How unprofessional and irresponsible is that. Sometimes I check reviews and I have never seen anything so upsetting. My son is a 8th grader at Georgia Connections Academy, so I know first hand how that testing went last year. There was alot of computer issues and the drive to the testing site was an hour away. I offer this suggestion for the future testing, please pick hotels and conference rooms that are comfortable and benefit the success of students. It does not make sense to overload computers with student testing and. numerous hotel events. That is not fair to students, nor the testing process. The state testing site was messed up and on top of that the hotel had several conferences going on and everyone using computers at the same time. I feel the pain of every student that did not have a positive experience last year; keep your head up and keep working hard. Shame on GACA, we teach our children to keep personal information private. I hope whoever wrote this response will revise it, to reflect the love and care the school stands for. This is an update to my review. Whatever you do, dont transfer your child out of high school in the middle of a semester or after a grading period ends at the school you are transferring to. My son did not get credit for his Term 1 report card. Instead his grades were transferred from GACA on a standards method---grades were put in for each standard. How the new school saw the standard from a reporting period that ended is beyond me. I urge you to wait until the end of the school year if possible or end of semester.

This is NOT for kids who do well visually, who need interaction with student and teachers or do not like to be sitting in front of a computer sifting through HOW TO DO SOMETHING all day long. There is SO much time spent online and on the computer that my daughter was so stressed out with all the CLOAK and DAGGER trying to find her links to sift through all the lessons and their modifications and making sure she submitted it correctly. Many lessons had modifications and if you were to follow the lesson you would get many things wrong because you were suppose to go to message board, sift through the webmails, read the fine print for how to submit something and most of the times it was different for ALL the classes. And it took a lot of time to click on not just one link to get to your answer but MANY different links. How stressful is that for a highschool student who just wants to complete her work and submit it without the red tape. This is not USER friendly program and I found it very tedious and so much more work than what they expect. My daughter was spending way too much time on one lesson because there were live lessons outside of being on computer and then half the time trying to figure out how to submit lessons and having to go to the message board, checking emails, checking modifications that she became so stressed out about the program and worrying so much about it. It requires A LOT of time, meaning all day long, She was starting High school and found this to be just TOO much for her. We thought it was getting better but the planner was filled with so much to do. The daily work was incredible. I mean too much because each class required more time than really allotted and half the time her having to sift through lesson emails, webmails, just trying to get the lesson right was ridiculous. I am all for challenging kids but it is important that the kids know what to do, what to expect and not be so stressed out each day wondering if they are doing the right thing. For two weeks she worried about submitting it correctly and after reading through all rules, syllabus thinking she got it the teacher would go make a modification with a tiny little icon link and if you missed that during the lesson you would get a O on her grade. It was just highly stressful for her. It was not straight-forward at all. This confused her and stressed her out more than any other schooling that Ive seen her in. This was not a good fit for her at all so two weeks into the program we withdrew her and got her into school that fits her so much better. She is much more relaxed now and in my opinion being challenged is school is good but if you are not confident on taking on the task and are stressed about learning it defeats the purpose. If you are one who wants to sit in front of a computer all day then maybe this is for you. Learning coaches be aware that you will be sitting there with your student probably most of the day because they will need so much help trying to figure out what to do, where to submit, making sure they dont screw up directions because it is not as straight-forward a program as I had hoped. I will say that the teachers were pretty nice. There was a teacher however, who gave my daughter a 0 for a simple misunderstanding about submitting her work and after almost three days of trying to contact her to re-submit the assignment- per her instructions- she still did not return webmail. I was disappointed at the lack of communication between her and my daughter. My daughter needed the help, the communication to feel like she was doing what she was suppose to but because the teacher did not respond I therefore withdrew my daughter because I knew that this was not going to bode well for the year having to deal with this kind of thing. And not to mention, to relieve the anxiety and stress it was causing my daughter it was the best decision we made. I am aware that there may be other reviews that are good. This was our experience the first two weeks of school. I had hoped for much better.

Terrible school. Very little human interaction, especially with parents.

I am new to this school and think i am going to love i and i just cant wait

Wouldnt recommend this school to children with ADHD. Its horrible. They give entirely too much work. Too much information to take in on a daily basis. Special Education department isnt that helpful.

Terrible schools, the portfolios are exhausting and the school is so complicated and so disorganized. I tried to call the teacher but she didnt answer, then I webmailed her still she didnt answer. dont go to this school ever!!!!!

This school is absolutely terrible! Teachers put no effort into their work.

Our first year was terrible! The school is so confusing and the education is horrible. The teachers are so impatient and the questions on the tests are terrible and make no sense! Dont go here it will give you so much anxiety and stress.

Too much work not enough time

If I had a choice i would leave this lazy school

Great virtual academy!

I went here in the fourth grade my teacher was Mr.chestnut

Horrible experience

I hate school

UnProfesional