Legacy Classical Christian Academy - Haslet, Texas

Lana A.

Legacy is a breath of fresh air! Coming from a 5-day a week private, college prep program, the University model that Legacy offers gives us time back with our family! We are no longer overloaded with needless busywork on concepts which have already been mastered. - Lana A.

Sarah L.

If you’re looking for a school where the teachers genuinely deeply care for your kids you will find that at Legacy. We have been at Legacy for 2 years and my kids have been taught well and cared about. The teachers and staff truly want each individual child to not just get by but fully understand, overcome their personally challenges, and be well prepared for the next level. It’s just the best feeling as a parent to know your kids are not just “getting by” but really getting that excellent foundation they need.

Joy B.

Our two children have attended Legacy for 3 years. We’ve had a wonderful experience with the teachers, staff, and curriculum. Over 9 years our children have attended 2 other private schools when younger and this has been the best experience for our children at Legacy. The children learn so much more here including Latin and world history with some emphasis on religious historical figures and events that is often relevant to understanding world history but is left out of public school education. The parents are co-teachers and must be able to dedicate 2-3 days a week (for younger students) to help teach their children but I feel like we’ve learned a lot as our children learn and can spend time 1 on 1 teaching our children so they learn so much more than at other schools we’ve attended. There are some sports and cheerleading options as extra curricular activities. They also offer robotics, music, art, and other activities on Fridays as extra elective courses to home school families in the area and to the regular private school students. This school is a good option for families that want their children to have a high quality education in a smaller private school or hybrid home school environment. The teachers and staff really care about the children and are very patient and kind to their students.

Shon D.

as a family that wanted to homeschool but also wanted our children to experience a school environment this place was the perfect place for us. we have flexible work schedules and wanted our children to have the same. this is a wonderful family environment that is rooted firmly in scripture. the kids have so much fun each day, and they seem to form such close knit relationships with each other. we especially love that they teach logic and reasoning in a world that so badly needs it.

Kate

I was very optimistic about my 7 and 10 year old starting at Legacy this past year but I’m sad to say we won’t be returning. We’ve decided to go another route this coming fall, but I wanted to leave a detailed review to give some insight into what Legacy was like for us this past school year.

I’ve homeschooled up until this point, so I consider myself extremely familiar with a variety of curriculum, classical education, and what I consider to be age-appropriate work. I was excited for them to get a homeschool/private school experience all in one big package. Here’s the problem - my second grader went through 3 teachers in one year, there was barely any “classical” teaching happening in the second grade except for recitation evenings, and a good portion of the curriculum needed a ton of my own personal attention. If the kids are not able to do projects and papers on their own with minimal adult help, I’m the one doing the work - not my child.

I was told that the faculty sign service agreements not yearly contracts. This allows them to leave at any time. Going through three teachers in one year is unacceptable. If parents are required to sign yearly contracts and pay the rest of their tuition in full if they choose to leave mid-year, I need the same rules to apply for our teachers. I understand there are certain circumstances that are unforeseen and may require a teacher to leave, but to go through three teachers in one school year is traumatic for the children and parents. A great number of parents started pulling their kids out of school and my daughter was left with a very small end of year class. The constant instability made for a rough last semester with lots of tears. We were not the only ones experiencing high turnover. As I got to know more families at Legacy, I learned that this was happening in several grades.

Legacy is considered a classical school and I do believe that if you are lucky enough to get a great teacher, the classical method can be taught successfully. I did feel that our 4th grade teacher did a wonderful job! She was enthusiastic, engaging, and knew how to prepare fun games, lessons, classroom projects, and reviews! With that being said, there’s minimal training that Legacy teachers go through to prepare them for the classical model if not already familiar. Our 2nd grade teachers had no clue how to teach it. If you pride your school's foundation on the classical approach to learning, you have to make sure every single teacher can perform. When I reached out to ask specific questions about the weekly assignments, it seemed that the latest teacher was either doing research herself to figure it out, or didn’t seem to mind if we skipped it because she had no idea what needed to be done either. Science experiments were done for the first few weeks of school and then fizzled out, history songs were skipped, and memory work jingles were never assigned - except around recitation time when they would send home a worksheet with poems to memorize.

I also think challenging students is a wonderful way to see academic growth. However, most weeks we did 5 days worth of work during our 3 home days. The number of tests, papers, and project assignments in the upper elementary grades were sometimes high school level and required a great deal of parental help. It's exhausting to both the child and parent to constantly have that much work on a weekly basis. For example in literature class, the kids learned how to break down styles of writing and reviewed types of conflict. This would be great, except the stories that were selected were written in the 1600s. My child could barely read the book, let alone understand what they were talking about. No matter how rich the curriculum is, if I’m constantly stepping in and explaining every little thing, it doesn’t work. Unfortunately, I feel like burnout was a huge issue and scaling back would definitely help!

I'm writing this to give new families a transparent look into Legacy as it currently stands before they make a decision.

Robyn M.

Legacy Classical is an amazing Christian school. They care about the kids and the quality of education that they receive. This is our 5th year attending and my kids wouldn't go anywhere else!

Sarah C. A.

Absolutely amazing school. Quality education that is hard to find anywhere these days. This top-notch school makes the best of both worlds possible for our family; it is truly like a second home/family. Highly reccomend!

Eli R.

Just an average school I go here very good alternative to public but the schoolwork is a transition the people are overall nice and iv'e made some lifelong friends here. Now there are some exceedingly toxic people here but as is the case with any other school.