Challenger School - Salt Lake

Great staff, excellent curriculum. You only get ONE chance to educate your children and give them a solid foundation in their formative years. If you can find a way to swing it...it's worth every single cent to give your children the most important gift of their lives (education). I love everything about Challenger. The impact it can have is really life changing. Not just academics but instilling life skills and habits such as resilience and self reliance.

A Mixed Experience at Challenger. As parents who deeply value education, we initially found Challenger to be an amazing option. Over the past five years, our children have built a solid foundation, gaining confidence and skills that will serve them well in the future. We credit this success to Challenger’s curriculum, teaching methods, and high expectations for students. However, this school year presented challenges. Once we informed the teachers and staff that our kids would not be returning next year, the quality of communication seemed to decline. Calls went unanswered, issues were postponed, and notes we sent with our children were overlooked. Despite promises of follow-up, we often received no response. It was disheartening. Our second grader had an excellent experience with engaged parent-teacher interaction. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for our third grader. Despite struggling academically, we were reassured that improvements were being made. Yet, our child’s performance declined significantly. The disconnect was extremely frustrating. Despite these hiccups, we appreciate the solid foundation Challenger provided. Thank you for all your support.

Very good school, highly recommended. After moving from one of the charter schools downtown, the progress my kid made was amazing. The kids work hard at this school, but the homework is actually more manageable and less time consuming than in the public school setting, because the kids know exactly what they need to do. I "blame it" on the teachers, they are quite effective, and they teach students to be responsible and take charge of their own work.

Miss Samantha and Miss Whitney helped my daughter learn to read and make massive progress towards several milestones such as counting and identifying shapes. Great women who deserve the world. Preschool Director Kelli Briggs is legitimately a Disney princess , always well dressed and professionally polite. However for the price, the fact there’s no shuttle nearby for maybe the folks who live somewhat close or at least lunch is kinda wild, especially with one trip to the uniform vendor running you $100+. If you already have the kind of money to drop and the capacity to fully ignore their cold, unwelcoming, incompetent administration and headmaster, specifically Garcia, then by all means hit the enroll button. The constant gritting of my teeth as I have to be in the presence of those who make it very clear they are classist and exclusionary as a person who’s helped others as both a profession and volunteer, I have absolutely no respect for anyone who treats people that way, be it reflexively or deliberate. My anger management can barely allow me to walk by much less bear stiflingly bland conversations about weather or the “sorry you feel that way” they take on. Frankly I’m convinced you must be lobotomized on hire to work in administration . Not a flicker of light or color in their eyes. Natasha was the exception though. If you get there and spot an immaculate blonde bun, you’re in safe hands. The others remind me of schoolchildren with their whispers and side glances. I’m grateful for the progress my daughters made, but it’s VERY clear we are not Challenger people, and they’ve made it clear they feel the same. End of year can’t come soon enough.

Amazing school with teachers who really care. Miss Kelli, the preschool director, is outstanding. The curriculum is engaging and their methods for teaching and learning are far above other private schools. Well worth a visit!