Building Meadow Creek Together: Family Meeting Moments
May 23, 2025
Our first family get-together at Meadow Creek Academy!
Welcome & Introductions
Our Program Director, Carla Reed
New Owners: Damon and Julie Courtney
HR Manager: Amy Keels
Overview of Upcoming Changes
Facility improvements: replace floors and roof, painting exterior and interior
- Student Lounge: The current art room will be opened up to the hall and become a student lounge! It will have a refrigerator, microwave, and several tables and chairs so students can hang out and have lunch together, or play board games during recess on rainy days.
- Student Library: We're adding an entire wall of shelves to stock our new student library! It will have a barcode system that will allow students to check book outs. Teachers will be able to walk students down to the library for independent reading , or to check out a book
- Student lockers: lockers will be installed towards the end of the hall for middle and high school students. This will help alleviate the clutter that tends to accumulate throughout the day, preventing tripping hazards
- Recess Yard: we will be adding swings, repairing the perimeter fence, trimming trees
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Small House
- The small house on the property will be completely renovated and become become our preschool and kinder house (sweetly nicknamed our two room schoolhouse)
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The current garage will become the music and school band room
Updated tuition model
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Tuition payments can be set up to 12 months to allow more flexibility
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Forest Path’s sliding scale sibling discount will be honored this year
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ALL supply fees are included in tuition, there will be no separate “supply fee” at the start of every semester
Student Calendar
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We are adding TWO extra weeks of instruction in December (after the Thanksgiving break)
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Fall semester will start the Tuesday after Labor Day
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Two weeks for Spring Break
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Expanded class offerings: a la carte options for high school, theater, band, garden club, etc.
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Focus on continuity: honoring what families love while improving systems
Our Commitment to Communication & Community
Acknowledging past communication gaps
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Introduction of new all-in-one parent software portal (grades, messages,progress
reports, incident reports, calendar): Portal is called Quickschools
More consistent updates and personalized progress reporting
Emphasis on family events and involvement: Thanksgiving Feast at the school, Field Day,
Valentine’s Party, field trips
Introducing the Meadow Creek PTA
Our goals for the PTA include community, support, and enrichment (NOT fundraising!) Sample projects include:
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Bulletin boards
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Classroom help
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Book drive for a new student library
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Student store for math classes
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Field day
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Holiday parties
Program & Staffing
Most of our Forest Path teachers are returning (Carla, Cindy, Beverly, Miss B, Misty, Emma, Lindsay, and Kristen), those that are not had previous plans to either move or retire
STEAM Mondays overview (more hands-on learning and enrichment, progress reports for parents at the end of each semester, Miss B is attending a summer seminar through UT to integrate engineering into our curriculum)
Plans for student placement and academic support – Tutoring days, study hall, transition time between classes, math and reading evaluations BEFORE school starts
Addressing Parent Concerns
Transparency about curriculum and academic levels
How we're aligning class content for intervention students
Clearer policies coming in updated handbook: handbooks for teachers, students, and
parents
Safety: front doors will be locked during school hours, and there will be ring doorbell at
the front door, security cameras installed in the hallways and recess yard only, fire drills,
clear sanitation policies, ensure regular janitorial services
Financial flexibility & value
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Emphasis on keeping a warm, personal, low-pressure school environment. We are still a
homeschool program
Q&A + Open Floor
Some of the questions from parents at the meeting:
Will the school remain secular?
Yes, we are remaining secular. This does not make us anti-religion, we accept and welcome all families from all faiths.
Can we see the elementary science classes become more hands on, with less emphasis on worksheets?
Yes, absolutely! We are working with Miss Misty to make our science classes more engaging (and age appropriate) for our younger grades.
Is there a change in the curriculum?
Yes. We are looking into “Mammoth Math” for grades 2-8. Our math team has already met and discussed how we can maintain better consistency across all grades. Teachers are also working on incorporating more writing in our ELA classes.
Will we administer math placement tests?
Yes, we will make time for students to come in BEFORE school starts to take a math placement test (those that need one).
Will students be evaluated for reading?
Yes, we can evaluate a student’s reading BEFORE school starts to assure that they are placed in the appropriate level.
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Any thoughts on teaching a Forensic Science class for high schoolers?
A wonderful idea! Our science team would love to incorporate Forensics into our science classes.
Our family likes to take our vacation during the “off season”. Will my child be penalized for taking time off during the school year?
Absolutely not! We are a homeschool school, so if you need to take time off during the school year just be sure to communicate with their teacher. Most of the time our teachers can send home any work that your child may miss. Family time is very important to us!​