Erin Stokes

Review of Carden Cascade Academy

I worked there as a music teacher for a year and a...

I worked there as a music teacher for a year and a half and loved it. Incredible school. There is a wonderful sense of community at CCA among the staff, teachers, students and parents alike. In my opinion, Carden schools offer the best curriculum available. Carden teaches children to think, analyze, speak, read and write effectively and to maintain curiosity and joy of learning. Classes are small, so teachers are able to effectively provide individual instruction. Most children progress quickly and when they leave Carden after 8th grade are a grade or two above their same-aged peers. Students learn character development and are some of the kindest, most polite and well-behaved students I have ever seen. Students have many after-school enrichment opportunities (zumba, tae kwon do, lego robotics, etc.), as well as wonderful field trips, music, art, PE and Mandarin included in the school environment. If I still lived in Oregon, I would love to teach there again!