Valley Academy

Painted Rock Construction, Part One: The “Inside” Story

sshumaker — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0000

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 work of trenching out the concrete floor was started. This series of pictures covers a three-week span of construction. Check back often to see our progress!

Visit Painted Rock Academy’s Construction Update page for Details!

The Facilities page has links to all the updates.

Painted Rock Academy Scheduled to Open in August

sshumaker — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:44:56 +0000

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

sshumaker — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:11:59 +0000

Have fun with your family at the “Barnyard Hoedown” Spring Festival 2012!

Click to view Ticket Information and Raffle Baskets.

Valley Academy Charter School Earns an “A” from the Arizona Department of Education!

johneglass — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:04:05 +0000

Just like school children have been doing for a hundred years or more, schools now must take a letter-grade report card home and explain it. In Arizona, schools now are being graded with an A through F letter system.

Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1286 into law in 2010. The new A-F letter grade accountability system was designed to give parents clear information that is easy to understand about how a school is performing.

The current AZ LEARNS accountability system uses students’ scores on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) to determine a label for the school and school district. Labels are underperforming, performing, performing plus, highly performing and excelling. Of the five labels possible, the second from the lowest is “performing.” More than 90 percent of Arizona schools receive a performing or better label.

With the new A-F letter grade system, parents will see a system they are used to seeing several times a year when their children bring home those report cards.

The new A-F letter grade measures total academic performance by evaluating both academic results and academic growth. According to the Arizona Department of Education, the letter grades take into account the student demographics of each school, and the unique challenges they raise.

“A” is for excellent.
“B” is for above average.
“C” is for average.
“D” is for below average performance.
“F” will be given only when a school receives a D for three years in a row. Then that school will be put into an improvement program run by the ADE.