My oldest daughter returned from bootcamp for Christmas. She had sampled high schools and eventually graduated from the 5th high school she attended. Her sister was entering high school in September 2020 and the two daughters filed the application and I was unaware until she was admitted. There gave been issues but both younger daughters are now attending and I am thankful each day for the staff and curriculum.

Wow, great school. I’ve been in this school since 2020 and now in 2021…

I dont really like it, im happy i left it its rly biased hehhehehehhehehehe THERES MOLD ON THE CEILING ITS SO DISGUSTING AND OVERRATED

The uniform looks horrendous and theyre so expensive, if they see your phone they take it (they dont even tell u to put it away), the rules are too strict and teachers are so confusing, this school is also biased on people of color. do not come to this school.

This school has always been great but since new company took over its gone down hill fast. Carpool is disaster the staff is totally new teabers have no idea what happens I could go on but I wont

Do not send your child here! First of all carpool is ridiculous, uniforms are expensive, and when they have school events they are constantly emailing you to donate. Its a state funded charter school... what do they do with all the state funding?????? Horrible school!

Our son attended Amplus for a year of kindergarten, and the charter school (state-funded, free) was perfect in many ways. Their virtual sched for K was awesome: 2+ hrs. daily, with plenty of breaks in between. Wednesday was Specials day (Music, PE and Art), and these, they could do in their own time. Every single teacher was wonderful, and showed no favoritism. Help was extended to those that needed it (food, uniforms).Amplus seemed to be a woke school. Other cultures were discussed, which was a great way of teaching children that we Americans are not the only people in the world, or the center of the universe, for that matter.Nursery rhymes were sometimes read by a teacher with an accent - a wonderful opportunity to normalize differences in the ways we speak, so kids dont find accents funny. People in the US are not 1 and the same (fact) - thats perfectly normal and no one needs to call the cops/condescend towards others that are not like the majority in manner of dress, speech, religion, etc.We ultimately decided to move our son to the public school near our house for 1st grade when we felt that some things Amplus did were excessive and possibly IMHO, questionable. We were heartbroken about this decision but as it turns out, wonderful teachers arent the only factor that need to be considered when choosing a school.Cursive was 1 of the 1st lessons taught at Amplus. They’d have our 5 year-olds write maybe 2-3 cursive letters 32x+ each/day. Probably based on the 1st assessment, when they found out most of the kids already knew how to write print/block. Only to eventually revert back to it - maybe they realized that the kids knowledge of print was based on copying forms, and not following a proper system.The types of words used were honorable, distinguished, esteemed. Surrealism + anthropomorphic in Art class. Adagio, largo, pianissimo (+ a few others), in 1 Music class lesson. Slavery was mentioned in passing. In the Ramayana (ancient Indian epic), someones nose was cut off. My 5 y.o. repeated this, then spaced out.I talked to my friends about the lessons. A few of them, including my sister, studied Family Life & Child Development (FLCD). Kids can be overexposed to information, one said, while another pointed out that Kindergartners are ideally taught 5-6 letter words.The excessive things seemed to be something Amplus was set on teaching, though (possibly in their view), they had already simplified these lessons as much as they could. I believe these were their way of pushing the kids beyond mediocrity. Still, the responses I remember my FLCD friends repeating were Thats not age/developmentally appropriate.” And, They seem to be experimenting.1 question asked in class had the possible answer of Bill of Rights or Declaration of Independence or ? (cant remember). My sister said the answers could just as well have been murqfaw, skraglax or ziingbah - words 5 year-olds dont use in everyday language, or understand. With no concepts tied to words, words are just a bunch of letters memorized. At this point, I thought, “What’s taught in 2nd grade? Quantum mechanics?”My sister says her (gifted) sons charter school didnt teach them these things in kindergarten. I asked my sis if she’d be interested in moving her son to Amplus. Hard pass, she said.Yes, standards are good. We should all probably know that its not would of (wouldve), macaroons (when we mean macarons), or peak your interest (pique). And Amplus IMO probably just wants their students to become well-read, scholastic, independent, well-mannered, articulate, well-rounded ppl - all good objectives. Its just at times to a fault. Is it all for the kids? Not sure. But Im listening to my FLCD friends on this 1.FWIW: not all kids are the same, ymmv. Maybe your 5 year-old is already using words like obsidian’ and knows the US Constitution by heart. Thats wonderful, kudos. Mine just likes Buzz Lightyear 🤷‍♀️ Hopefully this review helps you decide if Amplus is the right school for your child.

When I went to this school no one really cared for me it was just awful one of my teachers just didnt care for me she broke her phone and blamed it on me and both the assistant principle and the principle didnt like me so I got sent home every day and didnt learn anything. would I recommend this school defiantly not

I have attending this school for 5 years. The education is definitely better and different than public schools. The teachers don’t allow room for the kids to mess around like in public schools. After each class we immediately have to get to the next class or else we are late. We don’t even have enough time to go to the bathrooms(5mins in between classes to get to our lockers and do our business; waiting in line and crowded halls) There is way too much unnecessary homework. Uniforms are really strict. When you forget a piece of your uniform they make you wait at the office during class time until someone gets you your uniform. It’s a waste of the students and the parents time. My sister graduated from here. She said that it prepares you more for your ACT scores instead of actually getting into a career.

Hate this school so much they always had bad food and found roaches in my food 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

I am very disappointed in this school. I have never heard of a school having so much drama just not among students and parents, but the teachers and administration. The school is very disrespectful to their teachers. They pile on a ton of work for them to do, and in the end, teachers end up even more stressed out. In reality, without the teachers, there would be no Amplus Academy. So Admin, you should be thanking your staff for working for you.As with the drama, teachers and even Admin, still act like they are in high school. They are petty and mean to other teachers. What example are they setting? It is really sad that people cannot grow up.This school is terrible. They lie to you. They feed you things to get your believe something that isnt even remotely true. If you want to keep going, then you need to change.

I love this this school they always keep track of you and are very nice

I do not like how some of the teachers act with the students. When students ask for help some of the teachers get this gross attitude and act annoyed. I do not like how rumors spread fast in this school. I do not like when the teachers call out the other students for something they did wrong and the teachers having to make a whole entire class lesson about it. I absolutely hate all the homework they give. its v useless and unneeded and stressful as a secondary student. Please change a lot of the rules up...

Different name, same game. Great staff, head of school is clueless.

I have been attending APA since fourth grade. and honestly, Ive met some pretty great teachers and students here. although, most of these reviews are true, I would like to give my real opinion on the school. last year, me and two other girls got suspended because of an incident that had happened during an extra curricular practice. yes, it was fair to suspend US but the other three people involved DID NOT get in trouble. the other two girls later on went to the administration about this and they said it was because he was a boy and he doesnt know much. while CLEARLY in the code of conduct, it states ...even when couched in jokes, are not tolerated and will be disciplined. Sarcasm and teasing can be considered bullying in some cases. Many behaviors considered bullying behaviors when done with the intent of making another students feel badly and therefore making the school environment uncomfortable or hostile for the student. I took much offense to that comment, but I just left it at that because there wasnt anything left to do. after this comment, I was iffy about the school and liked it a little bit less. but besides this, the school is alright. there have been a couple safety issues and some rules do go out of boundaries...but its getting fixed.

Horrible now that curriculum changed... it is not about your Child anymore but about test scores. Lame. Lots of bad teachers !!!!

This school Is packed with elementary kids, and the homeworks to hard as a secondary student they assign to much hw, nd the rules are to much tbh (my opinion dont come here)

As far as my experience at American prep, it honestly wasnt the best. The only thing I looked forward to was seeing my friends and talking to them. The education is good and all, but its just the students and some of the staff. I have a friend who is being bullied and no one on staff has bothered to take any course of action over the past weeks. And the bullying seems obvious to anyone with common sense. Theres a lot of drama stirring around and Ive heard rumors about students doing drugs and other things that shouldnt be welcomed in a school environment. Again, the staff never took any course of action until later on when the rumors died down.The staff also had little respect and understanding for students with mental disabilities such as Autism, Anxiety, and some cases of depression. Someone on staff had informed many of my friends mental disorders after found self harming during recess. I find that utterly disgusting how some adult thinks that its OK to openly talk about a childs mental disorders against the childs will in front of many other adults in which they probably dont know.This school is great if youd like a good education for your child.But coming from a students point of view, its absolute hell and I dont think youd like your students with such careless staff and terrible students.

We love this school and everything about it. We love the values they instill in our children, the uniforms they wear, and the level of education they provide. They are very firm in their policies and some may find it too strict, but thats why we love this school. They had a most amazing assembly for veterans and honored each one and thanked them for their service. The car line runs pretty smooth to drop off and pickup your kids. The staff and faculty are very nice and professional. The teachers we know are very passionate and are experts in their field. They provide education from K to 12th grade. There is an application and proficiency test to get in and a lottery system if there is too many applicants. If you are serious in you childs education and want good wholesome education with no common core American Preparatory Academy is the school for you.

This school is amazing!Although the education is really good and most of the teachers are nice (some teachers could be nicer)we really should ditch the uniforms I have been here ever sense first grade at Oakey and i can tell you students can get in trouble for some really weird things and if some teachers could maybe let us use mechanical pencils I dont know but some students would be happier.

Most of the good reviews are written by nerds or parents and as an average white kid I can personally say don’t come here unless you hate them

APA is an amazing school! My sister goes here and is ecstatic about it. This school is very welcoming and does not tolerate bullying. American Preparatory does a great job at educating their students and teaches them how to carry themselves. I highly recommend sending your kids here.

Excellent school. Theres no space for bully kiddos and the academic standards are the best in Nevada. I love this school because I can see how much my daughter and son are progressing day by day.The best school ever where the kids are going to study not to compete for the best outfit or to have boyfriends/girlfriends.Simply extraordinary.

My brother and I have been going to American prep since Kindergarten and we love are school they are really nice and I asked why we have to wear a uniform and they said ,that it is so we do not have to make fun of others clothes 😉

Ok so about a year ago is gave the school a 4 star review. I went under the name of Antony Cruz. The reason I am changing my review is because my friend named Desembria Chung. Not long ago another student did some very questionable not ok things to her. I think the school really needs to teach better safety especially what he did to her. From that point on my looks on this school has dropped and you need to improve you safety.

As a student, I will say: it undeniably has a good education system, but it has flaws. There are already plenty of bad review on here for it, and good ones. read them. It is true, there is a lot of homework. The name tags are REALLY extra. A lot of homework. But the people are generally very nice, or just stay out of your business. Most teachers care about the students, but there are some to, *avoid*

So i go here, and tbh i think it’s a great school! many students i know hate going here, but i think it’s because most of us have never really been to an actual public school, since most of us have been going here since younger grades, and didn’t have the real experience of an actual public school. especially compared to ccsd, we are a great school. that is also why all of the incoming high schoolers love it here because they have been through public school. even though there is a little gossip and rumors here and there, especially when you get into the upper grades, it is nothing compared to all these innocent students at public schools being jumped ever so often, and being bullied constantly. the teachers are also very kind, and of course our education is much better, too. i also have to add how amazing our sports teams are, especially our cheer teams, which i’m on junior high, 😉 us and high school practice every single day. overall i think apa is an amazing school.

This school in general is a very good school. Most of the teachers are nice, and teach very well. I learned a lot at this school. What I dont understand is why most of the faculty are complete jerks. The administrators treat us like little children and when someone gets in trouble in a class the entire class has to learn what they did and how it was so wrong. The kid already knows they did something wrong leave them alone. It is just plain embarrassing. For example, there are several dumb kids in one of my classes so the entire class had to do physical labor for an hour and a half. Other than that it is a good school. My advice to any new students or students looking to come here, stay away if you are a bad kid in any way. TRUST ME

Its not a very good school in all honesty. The people that say its a good school are the people that arent singled out regularly. Also some days Im afraid to go to school not necessarily because of the kids but because of the administration... I mean Im scared to walk by the principal in all honesty because I get worried oh is he gonna get mad at me for something I have no clue about because, its happened before. I mean its a good education but other than that I would honestly stick with public school mate. :/

We are so thankful for APA. Both of our sons love this school! We have a 15 month old and plan to get him in when the time comes as well. I cant say enough about the professionalism and love that the teachers and staff show our sons. The education they provide and pride in our nation and its Veterans is like no other school Ive seen. Thank you APA for all that you do!

The only good thing I can say about APA is that they hold a Veterans Day and a Memorial Day assembly to respect those who fought and/or died for our country. Other than that one thing, the high school population is small so all of us had the same level of English, science, and social studies classes. It was claimed that we were taking honors classes, but the quality of those classes didnt prove that. On the subject of academics, I HIGHLY recommend math and science enthusiasts like me to not come here. Get ready to be forced to go to formal dances and have it all for a grade! What ever happened to free will? Dont even get me started on carpool. I took advanced orchestra here and had to haul my cello to school 4/5 days of the week. The teachers and instructors want us to not be on the curb and want everything to be fast. Therefore, I couldnt put my own cello into the trunk, and I HAD to trust the skillfully handed teachers to put it in! The next thing you know, one of the teachers cracked my cello! You MIGHT want to get instrument insurance.Overall, I dont recommend APA for middle and high school, and dont come here if you like math and science, as it will be miserable.

It’s okay actually, though coming from a student who’s been attending this school since 4th grade, I don’t really like it here. Students waste their time engaging in pointless drama/spreading false rumors, and teachers don’t really do anything to stop it. 60 students in our grade have been suspended in the first few weeks of school, and I’m not sure if it’s the rules being too strict or students just acting straight up stupid.

The education is good but most of the work we do is busy work. Stupid things to keep us busy. The people are ok here, the teachers aren’t that nice tbh. The elementary school teachers are too much and too strict (I’m in high school). Most of the teachers in the secondary department are just always annoyed and tired. The teachers don’t really care about you and if you try to talk to them they just get this gross attitude. Carpool is terrible and the teachers are so rude. We get way too much homework here and it really isn’t nessecery. The uniforms are just sooo extra and should just be simple instead of putting what feels like 10 layers of clothes on. The uniforms are also expensive and kinda ugly. The rules are strict and the freak out when they see a phone. This school is so annoying and they freak out over stupid things. Then they act like they care.... they act like the school is the best school and the students will come out perfect and perfessional when in reality were all just teenagers trying to have a life lmao.

Im a resident near this school. The parentsof the school block the middle of Patrick Ln road, from Buffalo all the way to Durango. No residents can get to their home. The school needs to find a way to keep the cars off the main road so others can drive through

This is the most amazing school it is not just teaching my children it is also helping raise well mannered, kind ,self motivated human beings who will become amazing parts of this world ...

Simply awesome school ! My daughter became an extraordinary kid since she attended APA... People described her as a very smart kid. Thank you APA !

I loved going to APA. Everyone was so nice and the teachers were the best. I liked how they dealt with the bad kids. I miss going to APA.

I see a few low ratings from either disgruntled students or disgrunted parents and its a shame. APA is not a perfect school and its definitely not for every family but it is a good solid school providing a great classic education with a focus on academics (not so much on sports and the arts, for that go to Doral Academy or some other school) and character building which you dont find it anywhere anymore; where they actually care about educating students to become productive citizens and actual decent human beings (imagine that). So yes, there are lessons in ethics, manners, general good behavior, values and morals that todays society seem to despise but to those that want that for their children, its a great place to be. Sure theres some silly cheering, singing, and yes even dancing, at times there are rules that seem unfair or too severe, and of course the terrible car pool wait times; but overall, it balances out. The net is you get smart kids moving as fast and as high as they are capable of achieving and the slower kids that trail behind are helped to get up to speed. Some classes are very tough and the standards are high. If this isnt for your child, then Id hate to say it, leave. There are no safe spaces here to cry at the first sign of challenge. Kids are taught the skills they need to survive out there, to excel and be the best they can be. And yes, at APA we honor our country, our Veterans and we are very patriotic. We love how our children know to respect other people, have discipline, and know the meaning of working hard. Our kids say its not a fun school, I think theyre trying to improve. but then again - they can have fun at home and later in life for years to come....

Tbh its not a great school. The rules are ridiculous. Dont come here

Its awesome.When it is like memorial day or veteran day we celebrate it.

PART 1Welcome to APA! home of the school dances so bad we force kids to come! Dont worry though, we wont Force you we will just make it for a grade, because phrasing it like that makes us look better. We also enjoy pestering our students by making them wear name tags because everybody is every body friend and NEEDS to know you name. It is absolutely wonderful that the name tags are super easy to lose so we can make money off the kids by charging them 7$ for a small magnet and a piece of plastic. We also enjoy watching as we make our students dance at least once a week with each other for an hour or two. No you dont get a choice whether to take this or not, nor do we care about any sickness or rule of personal space you or your partner may have. You MUST dance with them. Furthermore, ever get back into a school you were expelled from? No? Well here you can! all you have to do is wait 3 months or so and then ask to come back (Life Hack: go somewhere else) and voila, your back suffering with the rest of us! Still not impressed? Well the high school has had about 6-8 different high school teachers in the course of the two years this school has been open. Only one of them left due to personal matter and one/two more were fired.)If you look on our website and go to the Parent Satisfaction you will find, chunks of it are in latin, meaning unless youve got a child suffering here and taking Latin, good luck reading whatever it says (google translate doesnt work either, dont waste your time). We also thought it was a good idea to make our improvement plan in latin as well, because we probably dont plan on getting better and dont want you to know that.We also put random, seemingly, meaningless graphs on our page as well to make it look like we know what were doing with our website. Go ahead and click the two big links below, they will take you to schools not even in vegas! because we are oh so helpful and definitely want your kids here, at the vegas campus, as you can tell, because our links talk about schools in Utah. I went ahead and clicked on the link that actually took you to one of our schools, out of 63 ratings the only 5 star ratings are mostly from parents whos kids are enrolled and are not in or above grade 7, there were two 5 star ratings from students, one 5 star rating from a teacher (wonder how much they were payed to put that in) and the rest were not 5 stars. Keep in mind, those were the Utah schools, not that here will be any better. Some of the students that go here are pretty nice, although there are quite a few who dont stop causing problems (nor usually get punished for it), of course the administration always favor those who are the actual cause of the problem and manage to punish the innocent. Furthermore, I am actually going to have to post this from a made up email because they will probably either suspend me (which by the way can range anywhere from 2hours-3weeks) or expel me (dont worry though, Ill be back in three months) because, you know, the First Amendment doesnt apply to us here at APA. Happen to be impressed by the nicer layout of the building? Well not for long! there recently has been people tagging all sorts of things! Its ok if you didnt do it or dont know who did it, we will still search your locker and phone anyways. Because, you know, our students dont count as people and we can go through their stuff without permission. Another great addition to our school is the carpool system.

If you send your kid here it means you hate them.

Great school. Great Facility

Best skewl eva

Its pretty neat, like the other students, BIG SHOUT OUT TO MS. ORTAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and others. its cool yo

Be prepared to do a lot of homeworkThe struggle is real sometimes K Bye

Its a great school.

Nice teachers but a few ridiculous rules..

I am a student and I dont like the dress code

Eh