Frequently Asked Questions

Most schools in the area have staggered start times. Because we are a K-12 charter, we want to make it easier for families to make one stop when they drop off their kids. We are currently exploring an 8 am-3 pm academic day. Families will be updated as soon as our bell schedule is complete. Parents will not be permitted to drop off students before 7:30 am and must pick up students by 3:30 pm (except those participating in sports, fine arts events, or tutoring).

We anticipate class sizes to be around 25 students. Some will be a bit larger (physical education, for example), and some will be smaller (for example, honors, AP, and dual enrollment classes).

We are partnering with local colleges and universities to build our dual enrollment classes for next year. These classes will typically be associate degree-level courses one might take the first year or two in college. Examples include English, Math, Science, World Civilizations, etc. We will have some, but not a full roster of dual enrollment classes the 2023-2024 school year because our smallest grades as Valor Prep will be our 11th and 12th graders. As the upper grades grow, so will our dual enrollment offerings.

We aim to offer all the traditional sports for our 7-12 students. These may include football, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, cheer, track & field, and cross country. We are exploring adding archery and lacrosse to this list. Our lower school students will have access to intramural sports throughout the year and PE as one of their “specials” classes.

As our 7-12 robotics and speech & debate classes grow, we anticipate making these classes competitive.

If your child has an IEP or 504, they will be entitled to the services outlined in those documents at Valor Prep. Please be sure to provide that documentation as soon as you enroll so we can prepare accordingly. We will also offer speech and occupational therapy services as outlined in IEPs.

Comparable IEP services are provided, and parents are contacted within the first five school days to document comparable services that are similar or equivalent to those described in the IEP sent from the previous district. All 504 plans are compliant as demonstrated by regular review of 504 plans (transfer, annual, initial evaluation, and/or reevaluations).

At a minimum, we plan to offer a shuttle bus from one campus to the other (Lower & Upper). We are investigating the option to offer bus services, but they would look slightly different from public school bus transportation. Once all families have enrolled and accepted their spots at Valor Prep, we will look at where clusters of families live, so we can find park-and-ride areas for families to meet and buses to pick up and drop off kids.

We offer a rigorous academic curriculum that exceeds state standards and centers on a values-based education built on the foundation of our RAISE leadership program. Our Core Knowledge and Eureka Math curriculum strongly emphasizes patriotism and national history in grades K-6. Grades 7-12 will receive a full high-school experience, including entrepreneurship, leadership, financial literacy, and fine arts.

Our R.A.I.S.E leadership program integrates our core values into a curriculum that actively promotes leadership, with weekly lessons and daily exercises assembled from the works of prominent human development experts, like Stephen R. Covey, Jim Collins, and John Maxwell.

This curriculum allows students to develop leadership qualities and skills that will benefit them in the classroom, the community, the family, and beyond.

Our goal is to keep families together. Your waitlisted student has a higher chance of earning a spot if the accepted sibling enrolls because waitlisted siblings of enrolled students receive priority. There is typically a lot of movement in the months leading up to the start of school, so your waitlisted child could be offered a spot before the beginning of the school year.

We are hiring state-certified teachers who love kids and support the vision and mission of our school to support families and provide the best educational experience to as many students as possible in a moral and wholesome environment.