Challenger Intermediate School

325 North Walnut Street

School District

Goddard
Grade

5-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on October 15, 2021

Typical school. Kids are forced to sit still seven hours a day, five days a week. It is sad to watch children lose their love of learning. Only 30% of this school's students are meeting state standards for math. This is extra depressing considering all the unnatural and unnecessary prohibitions on play. If kids are going to fail anyways, at least ensure that they are having fun. As psychologists point out, learning is built on play. A child only learns when he is engaged, and kids are only engaged when they are having fun. Prohibiting play and talking is antithetical to learning. This school's primary method of teaching relies on boring lectures. Please, for the sake of these kids, teach primarily by collaboration and socialization. (Most homeschoolers are better socialized than these kids, because homeschoolers are allowed to talk to each other.) Remember, the kids are the customers, not the products. Teach according to their nature (incorporate play into every lesson) and the test scores will rise. Read John Holt's Underachieving School for ideas.The problem with this school is not that it is worse than others, but that it is just like others.
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2013

I used to go to this school and now my kid goes their the principle is really good with the kids I like helping out at challenger because the staff is really nice and really helpful
Submitted by parent on April 20, 2011

The principal is great, he relates well with the kids. If there is any form of bullying it is handled with in a swift and just manner. My child feels safe here.
Submitted by student on April 20, 2009

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