Higgs Carter King Gifted & Talented Charter Academy in San Antonio, Texas

“My children used to attend this school and it was an awesome school. They always made my children feel special . We moved far and couldnt attend this school anymore but we really miss everyone and hope everyone is doing great. Castro family”
This review was posted by a parent.

“Ms. Yarbrough, again I can not express enough Thank You s for everything you have done not just for Joseph but for my other two children as well. We see good results in them. Our daugher is doing Honor classes and passing them with B s. Our eldest son is also doing great. But we owe a lot of this to Higgs Carter King Gifted and Talented Charter Academy and the directions you helped us guide them to. You will always continue to be a friend for life.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“As a new parent at Higgs, Carter, King, I must admit I am very impressed with the commitment and dedication of the teachers. I have already been called several times by the teachers letting me know valuable information. Teachers here appear to exhibit a great deal of integrity. In all of my dealings with teachers, they have kept their word to answer questions to follow up with answers right away. This never happened at the other schools my children have attended before. Even though I am new to this school, I very excited about my children being taught by the teachers I have met. These teachers really seem to care and express thier commitment to excellence in ways I am unfamiliar with. I know my children will have a great time learning here and I plan to be very involved and assist in anyway I can.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“Higgs, Carter, King Gifted and Talented Charter Academy believes that all students will learn when taught by great teachers who love kids. Our teachers spend over 80 hours on average each summer learning new strategies, techniques, methods, ways and means in order to enusre each students' success. At HCK, we do not label students as gifted. We believe that all children are gifted and it is the teacher's job and challenge to Awaken the Genuis in every child. Each teacher is held to the highest level of accountability for the teaching and learning that occurs in the classroom daily. Teachers must work closely with parents to ensure each student's success. We are very happy that we are continuing to improve and expect great academic performances from 100% of the students who attend from pre-kinder through 12th grade. As each student achieves proficiency at or above 85%, then each student begins the quest for prefection at 100% in all core subjects integrating with fine arts. As teachers improve the teaching and learning that occurs in the classrooms, students will improve their academic performances in all ares. We believe this because all will learn! This year 2005-2006 will be our best year ever and we will continue to improve.”
This review was posted by a principal.

“I, Renelle Wilson, am sure that Higgs, Carter, King is the school for your children because it is talented and active. You can trust them and your kids will learn a lot from this school and so can you, I promise! They also have the most greatest teachers! The principal for this school is Mrs. Yarbrough. She's best of all. To learn more about this school visit her in her office down the hall. Thank you!”
This review was posted by a former student.

“I have two children that were fortunate to receive their early education at HCK. Both of my children started at HCK in PreK3 and stayed till 3rd and 4th grade. My children were there when the school first started and I witnesed the ups and downs of starting a grass roots school. Even though the school did not have new furniture or a 60 million dollar facility my children are well educated reciving comendable TAKS scores. The only reason they are no longer at the school is because the overwelmingly friendly and caring atmosphere is not the real world. I wanted to expose them to the hard knocks of regular public schools before they got to old and got culture shock.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“This school has helped a lot of kids perform better in school. Teachers at this school really help all of the students not just the so-called smart kids. Everyone at the school seems to love all of the teachers and the teachers seem to love all of the students.”
This review was posted by a student.

“This school offered a very unpleasant experience for my child and me.I was misled with 'Gifted and Talented' on the school's name. Although my child's classroom teacher seemed to be very caring and knowledgable,I feel like the principal needs to get a grasp on the lack of organization and planning.The teachers would tell me one thing and adminiatration would claim something else. Compared to public schools this school was extremely ineffective. This school is known to not score certain students TAKS scores. My child's test was not scored because he seemed too nervous on the day of the test. With a scam like this it's no wonder the school has great TAKS score percentages. The teachers and principal probably have a clue about who will not be passing the TAKS test. As a taxpayer I am very concerned our money is being provided to ineffective schools such as Higgs, Carter, King.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“My experience with this school has been very unpleasant.It is very disorganized in the way the administration manages the school. Just from observing the students and staff at this school you can tell that not enough is done to correct misbehavior. You hear kids cussing, yelling at the teachers, and treating each other with little respect. I've heard administration talking about other staff. I've never seen things like this go uncorrected at public schools. You can see the teachers working hard because my child's teacher use to hound me about homework and school activities. They really care about their students, but seems like they have no support from administration. I can't belief tax payers contribute to these type of schools. I was misled with the name 'Gifted and Talented' they don't even have such a program. I will never enroll my child at this school again.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“There's no doubt that teachers and staff have the credentials and knowledge. However with the principals I don't care attitude it's spread throughout the school. This school dosen't provide too much for their staff at all. It takes a little more than a building and a desk to be a school. So even with the right credentials, knowledge, experience, and know-how an educator dosen't have what it takes at this school because this school lacks all the resources.”
This review was posted by a parent.

“It is my beleive that while the teaching staff at Higgs Carter King is well above average, the school's administration and Principal are driven soley by money. The actual class room expenditures are non-existant and in many cases class room size is allowed to expand to the maximum allowable. Which with educationally disadvantaged children makes for a very disruptive learning environment.”
This review was posted by a parent.