Welcome to Valley Academy!
Our mission is to offer back-to-basics, traditional education by providing a challenging, sequential, teacher-directed, standards-based, textbook-driven curriculum supported by individual accountability and high academic and behavioral standards.
Valley Academy is named “2011 School of the Year”
by the Arizona Charter Schools Association
In the video below, Cuyler Reid, school founder and board member, and Heidi Mitchell, C.E.O., share some of Valley Academy’s history and philosophy. Administration, teachers, and parents discuss what makes Valley Academy an award-winning school.
Painted Rock Academy Construction Update, Part Two:
Outdoor Spaces with Room to Run
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Visit the Construction Update, Part Two page for the latest information.
The Facilities page has links to all the updates.
Painted Rock Construction, Part One: The “Inside” Story
Posted by sshumaker on April 12th, 2012
How much room does it take to build a school for over 700 students? Reid Traditional School believes 80,000+ square feet will do the trick! That’s the size of the building recenlty purchased to house the new Painted Rock Academy and Reid Traditional Schools offices. You can see from the pictures that the interior space is expansive. Each of the two main areas will be divided by a central hall with classrooms on either side.
The first step in the indoor construction was to open up the ceiling, which created a lot of debris. Once it was all cleared out, the serious...
Painted Rock Academy Scheduled to Open in August
Posted by sshumaker on March 27th, 2012
Painted Rock Academy to Open in August, 2012
Valley Academy welcomes Painted Rock Academy to the family of Reid Traditional Schools. Painted Rock Academy will open in August, 2012, and will continue in the Valley Academy tradition of excellence in education. Visit the Painted Rock Academy website for more information. At left, trees shade the front entrance of the new Painted Rock Academy campus. For more views and further details about the facilities, click here.Spring Festival 2012
Posted by sshumaker on March 7th, 2012
