Canton Charter Academy

This school is terrible for well rounded kids. They are great on paper… their test scores are amazing… but they greatly lack social skill development. The children are not ever allowed to use their own problem solving skills to remedy a social conflict. An adult is told and consequences are given.
The parking lot at pick up is DANGEROUS!!! The parents are so tired of spending hours waiting in that parking lot that they 鈥淩OAD RAGE鈥?at each other. A child in my car got hit by another car today. I yelled at the driver and she blamed me because I parked in front of her and she couldn鈥檛 pull out as quickly as she wanted to. She ran back to her car at dismissal and tried to speed out of the lot so she wouldn鈥檛 have to wait for the pedestrians to cross Ford Rd. She could beat them to the intersection. Unbelievable!
The principal walked around the staff parking lot and told families that they were showing 鈥減oor moral focus鈥?for having their car there. If there are empty spots in the lot I find it ridiculous to not let parents use them… it makes it quicker and smoother for everyone. Especially if you are turning right onto Ford Rd from the parking lot. Again people are really crazy in the parking lot. There is no working together…. it鈥檚 every man/woman for themselves.
They really need to have a quicker and smoother traffic flow at pick up. My friends that have kids in other charter schools do not have this problem. Why can鈥檛 CCA get it together on this???

The school focuses not just on education but on overall moral/appropriate behavior. The teachers for the most part are caring and wonderful to work with, and many of them have a long tenure with CCA.

Canton Charter is an excellent school. The staff is dedicated and works hard! I love that the specials teachers are so creative and pull the best out of each child!
I love the Market Day Project that 4th grade is doing! It has thoroughly engaged my daughter and she is motivated to do her best!

So far our experience with teachers at CCA has not been that great. In 4 yrs of our experience only one teacher (Mrs McGuire) pushed my child to improve her academics. She showed personal interest in my child's academic growth. My child needs constant attention and encouragement. Its a big loss for CCA to lose Mrs McGuire 🙁

I know that a teachers job is not an easy one taking care of 25+ kids. I wish and hope more push be given as I've seen this degrading over time !

CCA is the best school

Excellent academic program and kids are learning a lot. Thanks.

The management and school staffs are continuously working to make the school a better place for the children. I would say my child is happy and is motivated to do well in school. The only concern I have is that they inbreed teachers within the school. As an academy or a nurturing environment, they should always bring in qualified professional from outside. This will open up the doors to more fresh ideas and improvement to anything that needs it.

The good thing about this school is the overall development of child both in academics and extra-curricular activities.

We as parents are very satisfied. Just wished if there was some arrangement of school transportation even if we had to pay to star with…

This is our 2nd year at Canton Charter. The school has met my expectations for education. My children really like the staff, the peers and enjoy learning. We look forward to growing with the Canton Charter Family.

Good and excellent

This school is very helpful for my child's acedemic growth, and he has made a bunch of new friends.
The teachers are very nice and the environment sets you up to achieve new hieghts.
The only problem is for dismissal. When the kids are outside, why can't they eat a small snack? They are hungry.

We love CCA. Great academics, moral focus and caring teachers.

I really like this school and the way the dean handle the student mistake

So far this year, things are similar to previous years at the school. The school always rated very high and was considered the best. I'm scared this year it will not rate as high and will not be the best anymore. I've chosen this school for my kids due to its history and I feel it is slightly askew this year.

Great school

Excellent school….great staff. So truly grateful both my children were able to attend this school. My son is in college and aspiring to be an Art Teacher and now my daughter is off to High School next year. Thanks Canton Charter Academy for giving my children what they need to achieve their dreams!

I like the school. The parking lot thing mentioned here over and over again is not ideal but look I don't blame CCA staff for this, given that there is no extra lane on ford road by school, what else can they do?? To those complaining, have you talked to any CCA staff about this? perhaps you should do that and offer your suggestions on the matter??

My personal experience: I get there at 3:10-3:15 at pickup time and am back on the road with my kid by 3:35, thats 20 min. (never 1.5 hour). Its less time in the morning, maybe 10 min, in & out..

1). The leadership at CCA has recently changed long standing traditions at CCA. This has robbed students of creating important school memories.
2). Teachers get a lunch break only if a parent volunteers. This leaves an untrained parent in charge of nearly 30 students (including some students with severe food allergies).
3). CCA has already lost one valuable member of its teaching staff. Overall teacher satisfaction is more than 30% lower under new administration.
4). Teachers are not getting needed assistance with behaviorally challenging kids.
5) The negative impact of math ability group on student self-esteem outweighs the nonexistent benefit.
6) CCA needs to provide competitive benefits to teachers in order to retain talented staff, including teacher pay and time off.

CCA has very strong teacher team of elementary school. The teachers knew every student in details, weakness and strength. They helped my kids a lot in a professional way. The fifth grader teacher team is deserved a big praise.

Wonderful school community that challenges my children to achieve academically, socially, and morally.

They are focused on results. The overall wellbeing of the human is not taken into consideration. Something as simple as recess, that all people look back at as part of our upbringing is totally ignored. 15 Minute recess.. 15 MINUTE for 6-7-8-9- and 10 year olds. That's almost criminal.
They punish kids for dress codes if they wear one thing wrong. They have a 1.5 hour wait for families to pickup their children, of course, because they let out all grades from kindergarten to 8th grad at once. As a result cars come in as early as 2 pm and leave at 3:25. Hand to God, that is not an exaggeration. So, good luck if you have work, another child at another school or a life.
There is more to life than math results, and humans lose their individuality in there.
So why am I there you might be asking? Well, my child is a gifted and an advanced child and Canton schools are so behind in taking care of gifted children that they pushed us in this direction. My child came from Montessori Schools and both the Canton systems have pretty much traumatized, neglected her individuality and robbed her of her childhood.
If you are in another city don't come to Canton, try Montessori, private schools, Northville, Novi or move to Europe. Good luck and God bless

my older son graduated from CCA and there 2 more who are at CCA now. WE are very satisfied

Wonderful school in coaching kids with great moral value and higher education standards.
Areas of improvements – Need to entertain more extracarricular activities and challenging homeworks.
Keep up the good work. Thx

Best School for excellent academic education

Canton Charter Academy has a strong base moral focus curriculum from month to month.