School Profile

School Profile

Current Academic Year
2007-2008

School Data
Valeo Academy is a co-educational, private, college preparatory school, located in Hoffman Estates, Cook County, IL, and is a subsidiary of Life Changers International Church, a nonprofit religious organization, also in Hoffman Estates, Cook County, IL. Valeo offers grades Kindergarten through 12th.

Valeo Academy was founded in 2004 as a Principle Approach school, beginning with grades K-9. The school became registered with the State of IL in 2005 and will graduate its first senior class in May, 2008. Valeo offers an historical, tutorial, classically Biblical Christian education with a widely diverse student body, both ethnically and geographically in grades K-12. The school draws its student body from Cook, Kane, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties.

Valeo Academy is registered with the Department of Education, State of IL, school code (1401-6708-Z140000).

Affiliations
Association of Christian Schools International, member since 2006
Foundation for American Christian Education

Facilities
Valeo is located in the 150,000 sq. ft. facility of Life Changers International Church, with 40,000 sq. ft devoted to the school. Facilities include a computer lab, outdoor play area, and a full-size gymnasium fully outfitted with bleachers for assemblies and sporting events.

Faculty
8 Full-time classroom teachers
7 Part-time teachers
3 Administrative Staff

All faculty hold degrees from accredited post-secondary institutions.
Sixty (60%) of faculty members hold advanced degrees.

Academics
The academic program is organized on a period schedule. For high school, 1/2 credit=1 semester; 1 credit=1 year. For a look at the college preparation program, please click here.

Grading
Valeo Academy assigns letter grades using a 4.0 system for grades 2-12. Letter grades are assigned as follows:

Grade	Grades 2-8	High school
A+	96-100	99-100
A	92-95	95-98
A-	90-91	92-94
B+	88-89	89-91
B	82-87	85-88
B-	80-81	82-84
C+	78-79	80-81
C	72-77	76-79
C-	70-71	70-75
D+	68-69	66-69
D	62-67	63-65
D-	60-61	60-62
F	59 and below	59 and below

Kindergarten and First grades are evaluated on a scale of: Excellent, Satisfactory, and Unsatisfactory.

Student Body
Total students (K-12): 95
Kindergarten: 14
Elementary (1-8): 59
High School (9-12): 22

Largest class size: 18
Teacher:Student Ratio: 1:11

Diversity and Demographics

African American/Black	21%
Asian	5%
Caucasian	43%
Hispanic	21%
International/Other	10%

Kane County	41.5%
Cook County	29.2%
McHenry County	13.9%
DuPage County	12.3%
Lake County	1.5%
Will County	1.5%

School Days/Hours
School Days in Calendar Year: 176
School hours run from 8:15 to 3:00pm with an after school program until 6:00pm