Somerset Academy of Las Vegas – North Las Vegas Campus

My daughter has been attending Somerset Academy’s North Las Vegas’ Aliante Campus for two years now. When we were first new into this charter school system it seemed chaotic and confusing. I made sure to be an active participant in her education and it has truly paid off. There is a mandatory volunteer commitment of 30 hours per year or $ 4/​hr donation equivalent. Meaning if you can’t do time to help out please give. I have no problem with this model because I believe it is the families that make the school.
The first year she made the honor roll (6^th grade). This past semester (7^th grade) her grades slipped a little due to her not turning in homework and not doing what she’s supposed to do. I nip that in the bud by taking away her electronics and withholding her favorite Christmas Break activities. I suspect she’ll be working her butt off come the spring semester to get her privileges back.
Also she rides her bike to school and looks forward to going everyday and is never late. The kids genuinely like each other and being at school. I could tell when I would pick her up after work when she was going to the after school program before she started riding her bike.
The problem with Clark Country Schools is that parents drop their kids off and never look back. Clark County Schools can be a good place of learning if more parents were engaged and accountable and work with the teachers to help the students get educated. At Somerset parents take a more active interest in the kids education. I am noticing that a lot of kids are coming in whose parents don’t provide support so some of the CCSD problems are migrating into Somerset which sucks. So my thoughts are if you want your kid to get into a school as Somerset please show up and be present or you’ll be apart of the problems that plague the CCSD.