Forest Trail AcademyReviews of foresttrailacademy.com

My son attended Forest Trail Academy for three years - 10th, 11th and 12th grades. He enjoyed the flexibility of the asynchronous courses and being able to work at his own pace and create his own schedule. The curriculum is rigorous, especially in humanities (in particular, English, world history and government courses). One is required to do a lot of reading, research and writing which is actually good since it prepares one well for the future college workload. The teachers are knowledgeable and responsive. The diploma is recognized; my son was admitted to multiple colleges in different states and ended up going to the University of Florida. However, there are several aspects that can be improved. The web-site is slow, and on some occasions it was hard to upload assignments or even open the pages within the web-site. Some links to external sources are broken, and some courses contain information that needs to be updated with recent events in mind. Hopefully, these things will be addressed since the market for online schools is getting pretty competitive. In general, I would recommend this school to any family who is looking for an alternative to a traditional brick-and-mortar school for any reason or as a homeschool curriculum.

My experience at Forest Trail Academy has been positive. Learning is good and guidance is quickly available.

Forest Trail Academy is an excellent choice for online school. The curriculum is challenging, the faculty and staff are very helpful and supportive of student success.

The teachers are nice and kind. They assist in explaining the assignments and corrections well. It would be nice to add a foreign language as an option for a course.

We love FTA. Great education, professional teachers, and flexible learning.

The overall experience of 4 years was very good. Every time I reached out for help, reply was given immediately with the perfect solution. There was a lot of independent learning with a very well devised program. I am very happy that my son was a part of forest trail academy

The teachers were very well rounded in what they were teaching, and were very helpful.

What a fantastic 7th grade experience! Similar to college, my child had to create a schedule that allowed her to accomplish her assignments and coordinate with teacher’s hours if she needed additional help. She struggled the most with math, but eventually came to realize how to take advantage of her teacher’s hours and felt her teacher was great at explaining the concepts. I thought the curriculum was appropriately challenging and the assignments led my daughter to expand her knowledge and understandings of the subjects.