Shining Light Academy

4530 West Wendover Avenue

Greensboro, NC 27409

21 Reviews

School District
Grade

PK-12
Type

private

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 12, 2023

The teachers and staff are great! We love SLA!
Submitted by teacher on November 20, 2018

I’m thankful to be part of this school where teachers and administrators care about each child and want to see them succeed not only academically but spiritually.
Submitted by parent on November 20, 2018

Our family loves this school, and we are thankful for the opportunity for our kids to go to school there. We appreciate the academics and spiritual influence they receive.
Submitted by parent on November 19, 2018

This school doesn't effectively communicate issues with parents. Situation occur within the school and sometimes it will be weeks before I have found out. I Don't understand why the Pastor and/or Principal feel like it's okay to take minor children in private offices to question them about school situations without first getting the parents permission, but worst of all never informing the parents that they even took the child into a private office to meet. (This has to stop) The SATTERFIELD do a lot of undercover mean things that potentially harm people. God Still sits High and Looks Low and will judge you all....I believe this school is ALL ABOUT MONEY. I DON'T THINK they hire enough teacher's, All the teachers and adults that work with the children I don't believe have been properly trained not to mention screened.... I hope everyone has had a background check. This is very important to know. The opportunity scholarship may need to investigate allocating funds to this school because this school is abusing it's power. Pastor satterfield is not very approachable. Often times you hear him yelling. There children get special privilege which isn't fair to the other students. Also they worry more about kids playing sports than keeping good grades... The school has majority of black students you would think the administration would hire more black teacher's but no they have DR HOLDER.... SHE IS SUCH A BLESSING... HER CLASS IS HARD SHE ACTUALLY MAKES THE STUDENT EARN THE GRADES.... NOTHING IS HANDED DOEN FROM HER. SHE IS JUST THE BEST EXAMPLE OF CHRIST IN THAT SCHOOL....MY NAME IS JAMANDA TURNER AND I CERTIFY THAT I WROTE THIS REVIEW
Submitted by student on March 29, 2018

I love Shining Light Academy. I have developed strong friendships, and learned so much. I love the environment, of Christian character and learning. I love learning more and more about all subjects and especially the Bible. There is a lot of talent among the students in Shining Light Academy, and a major effort among the teachers to bring those talents to their maximum. Very thankful for this school.
Submitted by parent on September 08, 2017

There is bullying by some teachers, intolerance to other religions, nepotism, and the school board is not open to any feedback. If you want your child taught by a Science teacher who claims the earth is flat (this is not sarcasm), then this is the school for you.
Submitted by teacher on August 15, 2017

As a teacher, I'm thankful for the administration and staff of this school. They are caring with a spirit to reach each child. The administration is always seeking to better the school! I am so glad to get to be part of such an amazing staff and administration.
Submitted by other on February 25, 2017

My problem with SLA is that when i graduated a couple of years ago, I headed into college thinking i was ready, spoiler i was wrong. This school never taught me how to properly study the material at hand (also partially my fault aswell), instead the class was given a study guide (basically the test, answers filled in). What I'm saying is that the students may end up becoming to reliant on study guides and only looking at those instead of inside the book. Oh and also if they have a chem class please make sure they are being taught the math parts throughly, I was not shown how to do any of the math so when it came to CHEM 111 i failed because i couldn't do the math, this is even after i went for tutoring dozens of times. Also they say they have music, its a lie don't believe it
Submitted by other on August 02, 2016

Words can not express my disdain for this school. I graduated last year from this establishment to enter the workforce and college positively unprepared and untrained. The only positive mark in repository of skills taken away from SLANC is my ability to stay strong when harassed by a cultish social environment.Moreover, while continuing to take up my time, social life, and money, SLANC somehow stole 4 years of my life which should have been dedicated to schooling, character building, and growth and sharpening of social and environmental skills. A sum of lives have been set back by this school: if you read this don't let yours or your children's be an addition.
Submitted by student on December 27, 2014

I attend shining light academy and currently I am in middle school. This is my first year here, I had to switch to this school due to major issues at my old school. our sports department has one foot in the grave. They fired the one of the only good teachers at the school, whom is also the only coach, and replaced Her with the principals daughter. She gossips about other students, and can hardy teach us. You can't do anything about it because of her relation to the principal. The other teschers are just the same, but not as bad. Certain students are praised for playing sports and can get away with not doing homework, being late to class, etc. the principal could care less about whats going on. same thing for the assistant principal. My mother went to the assistant principal for an issue about being bullied, she said It was "kids being kids." I haven't learned anything this year, and I fear if I leave this school, I will be so far behind grade level. Unfortunately, I'm stuck here in this jail cell until I graduate 12th grade due to the convenience of how close I live to the school. This school is nothing but a daycare and a gossip club.
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2014

Shining Light Academy is a wonderful, caring, and Christ honoring Christian school. My son graduated with honors and scored highly on the SAT. He is currently enrolled in the college of his choice and is doing extremely well. I look forward to seeing the rest of my children graduate from SLA. I cannot speak highly enough of this fantastic school!
Submitted by teacher on June 11, 2014

Shining Light Academy is an academic award winning school. We have an accelerated program with many of our students placing high in academic testing in our state. We have won the spelling bee for our district. Our elementary students have a rigorous program that prepares them for secondary education. Our secondary education has raised the bar in academic standards developing critical thinkers and students with a Biblical worldview.
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2014

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME! I am so thankful that our child goes to Shining Light Academy where they excel in academics and the word of God is taught! Priceless!
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2014

Our child has been attended Shining Light Academy since K-3 and is currently in the fourth grade. I cannot imagine going anywhere else. Academically, Shining Light Academy is top notch. Their SATs scores are in the top 10 percentile in the nation. Not too shabby! The number one reason to send your child to Shining Light Academy, they can learn about Jesus! What an awesome foundation for our kids!
Submitted by teacher on February 10, 2014

Positive things are a great thing, especially for SLA. Just finished up with homecoming. What a great bunch of young people. They handled themselves with true Christian character. The game after was awesome. The boys lost by 3 in overtime. We have a lot to thank God for.
Submitted by other on November 22, 2013

I am a former student of this school, and am currently in high school. I attended SLA for many years, and I've come to regret that decision. They are extremely far behind in many subjects compared to public schools, including mathematics. I entered my freshman year of high school having no idea how to solve an algebraic equation or even do basic geometry, and thus had to move out of honors so I could keep up with the pace. I knew many students who did absolutely no work the whole year, but were still passed on to the next grade and praised by the staff because they did well in Bible class, and those were high schoolers and middle schoolers. Good for elementary school? Yes. Anything beyond that? No.
Submitted by parent on October 06, 2012

My children have attended SLA for several years and agree this has been their best year so far! They are glad they are able to learn without (former) students constantly displaying bad attitudes and disrespecting teachers and intimidating other students. Many thanks to the new administration for stepping up and making this a wonderful school!
Submitted by parent on August 23, 2012

We had to remove our children from SLA after the problems we had to endure last year. I'm not sure what the last post means about 'haters' moving on because we loved this school and supported it with our time and money for many years. We were close to the teachers, students and their families and it was extremely heartbreaking to have to remove our children from the school because of the actions of their leaders. Their athletic dept. is just about gone and they fired several teachers this year because they lost so many students (almost half have left). Can 80 families be so wrong about the new admistration? You can decide.
Submitted by parent on August 18, 2012

This is a great school! The new administrator had to clean up a lot of things that had been allowed by past administrators. He came in and got rid of the bad apples, and now the school is moving forward in a positive direction. Great faculty, great atmosphere. Let the haters move on as Shining Light grows under the new administration.
Submitted by parent on August 08, 2012

I agree with the last post. I have had to pull my children as well. The principal that was put in place in 2011 runs the school like a military camp. the kids despise him and hate coming to school now. The pre k and very early elementary grades are good but from 4th grade up they are bad. This new principal has single handed run off more than half of last years students. I would not suggest this school to anyone while Lenington is in charge