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Futures Academy Pasadena has been game changing for our high school aged son (and us as his parents). In a short time, I have seen my son's academic confidence and interest in school grow in ways that I had never seen previously. He appreciates the flexible schedule and ability to get his work done at his own pace (which also helps him pursue his athletic endeavors outside of school). We no longer fight about homework or school in general and he is taking ownership of his school experience in a way that I haven't seen before. The teachers and administration are incredible. My son looks forward to his classes and the great conversations about his subjects that are now happening with his teachers. Futures sets the standard of what education should be. I am thankful every day that we enrolled our son at Futures Academy Pasadena!

We cannot sing the praises of Futures Academy - Pasadena and our son's math teacher at Futures (Ali) enough. Our son has a natural ability for math and always somewhat indifferently breezed through math classes until a certain math class and teaching approach came along and tripped him up. Specifically, our son's regular school Algebra II teacher gave the students pre-recorded, monotonous lectures and "free time" to complete and self-correct homework, with no interaction, feedback or accountability. This combination did not work for our son who thrives in a robust, teacher-led classroom but was adrift in this largely self-guided environment. Our son began to hate math and question his natural ability for math. Then, wonderfully, we discovered Futures - Pasadena - and everything changed for the better. Our son retook a semester of Algebra II through Futures to solidify the basics needed to succeed at the next level of math and on standardized tests. His Futures teacher immediately engaged him and challenged him and made math accessible and easy again. He taught him tips and shortcuts. The teacher showed him alternative ways to work math problems. All of this restored our son's confidence and also taught math as it is best learned - conceptually, not by memorization in a solitary manner. With the help of Futures, our son consistently received high scores on his tests - demonstrating the superiority of the Futures teaching and methodology. This year, he opted to take his math component through Futures, not through his regular high school. We are so happy to have Futures - Pasadena and Ali for our son's math this year. Best of all, our son is really thrilled to have Ali as his teacher again and said, "this is the only math class I've ever looked forward to and loved. " I think that says it all.

We just want to share our fantastic experience with Futures Academy, and their educational staff and Administrators. Our son attended both his 11th and 12th grade at Futures Academy Pasadena Campus. He was struggling both from an educational and social perspective at his public school. Over the course of the two years in which he attended Futures Academy, he completed his course work, drastically improved his GPA, made friends, and is truly a changed young man. The small class size and 1: 1 attention he received from teachers and counselors made all the difference. I am proud to share that he was accepted to 5 out of 5 universities to which he applied, and selected the University of San Francisco; which also has smaller class sizes and student to teacher ratios.
We credit our son's success to the guidance he received at Futures Academy, for which we will be forever grateful.

Very impressed with academics and support from the school as a whole. Coming from another private school the difference was like night and day. My teen is happier, more confident and excelling in his schoolwork.

Awesome school! Teachers are so understanding and really work with your student and the family, to get to your students academic goal!

My son has graduate! Futures was just what we needed to help him finish. The staff is responsive and understanding. Thanks you Futures Academy.