Resource Description
Abeka Academy is an accredited distance learning program for Kindergarten through grade 12. Christian character building textbooks from A Beka Book are used with video instruction for a college preparatory education. A Beka Academy offers a variety of educational options to include: Accredited Programs, Independent Study, Traditional Programs and individual courses. Students may use DVD's for instruction, Video Streaming and live hook-ups for learning. A Beka Academy offers an ESL program for international students.
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Website: Abeka Academy (may contain affiliate links)
(81 Reviews)
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Contributor Reviews
Reviews are solely the opinions of the contributor.
Cons: Not for the weak student or parent who can't help
A Beka is not for the weak or unmotivated student. The teachers and program are first class and challenging. Our child was able to score very well on the SAT and ACT and was offered scholarships to all the leading schools.
Cons: No cons
Grades Used: K-12
I don't understand how ABeka Academy gets such bad reviews. They are a quality homeschooling program with quality textbooks. The young people reviewing ABeka must all be lazy and not interested in excelling in their education. Yes, the DVD program may be a bit grueling to sit through, and a pupil could just as easily read the material and test on it without the help of the video teacher, but some states require accredited courses and will not accept non-accredited courses for graduation to satisfy state requirements. This is why my son will enroll with ABeka Academy when he is a 9th grader and complete the course through high school. I have homeschooled three young men using ABeka, and there is no finer curriculum - much less Christian curriculum around.
Cons: stuck at home
Grades Used: Jk-8
This program is *language deleted* terrible honestly, don't let your kids suffer with this type of *language deleted*. Who cares if the "system" is bad even getting bullied is better than this homeschool program, if you're gonna do this to your kid at least sit down with them everyday and let them go outside and be free. Outside of that this homeschool program is horrible
Cons: still awful
Grades Used: 8th
Please everyone who is thinking about homeschooling NEVER DO IT i just went through a year at this abeka academy and you will regret doing it its not worth it send you kids to a public school i was literally mentally tortured it was awful so don't do this ever.
Cons: LITTLE TIME, A BIT TOO FAST.
Grades Used: 11 GRADE
I LIKE ABEKA 50%.THE TEACHERS ARE SOMETIMES TOO FAST,GIVE LITTLE TIME.IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND,YOU CANT ASK A QUESTION. SOMETIMES IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING.THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR
THEY TEACH WELL.READ BIBLE.SOMETIMES THEY ARE FUNNY AND MAKE YOU LAUGH.MY BEST TEACHER IS MRS. AUTREY.THEY SING HYMNS,THAT IS NICE TOO..
Cons: still not good
Grades Used: 8th
ALSO i dont recommend this program itts so boring like give a child some breathing room not 5 quiz and 2 test every week!
Cons: still not great
Grades Used: 8th
Probaby the most boring homeschool ever
Cons: Kind of boring at some times
Grades Used: 5th
I love the arithmetic teacher, Mr Howe. He can be pretty funny but the language video can be a bit boring at times. I'm planning to use it later on.
Cons: Technical problems with discs playing
Grades Used: K -7th Grade
My wife and I both work, and share teaching, which is why we opted for the DVD independent study from Abeka Academy. While our children generally like Abeka and we are satisfied with the content we ran into technical issues this year. We have used Abeka Academy from K through 7th grade, there are some great and memorable teachers, but now they have decided to start securing the discs, and as a result they no longer play on a computer.
This is a serious problem for us, the flexibility of school anywhere with a laptop was part of why we choose Abeka Academy.
Customer service tells us the DVDs are only designed to play on a dedicated DVD player (IE like the one connected to a TV to play a movie).
For us this serious downgrade in technological capacity in 2016 by Abeka is making us rethink using them.
Cons: Can be intensive
Grades Used: K5-5th
This is our second year to use Abeka Academy and we absolutely love it. My kids are ahead of their peers in PS. The workload does increase some with each year. At first it takes some getting used to but you will find what works and what doesn't as time goes on. We plan to continue using Abeka.