Cedar Wood Christian Academy, Aurora | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

This is the worst mistake we ever made as parents. I still cry when I think about signing detentions for stupid, stupid things. I should have picked them up and driven away years before I finally did. Our kids have forgiven us and we survived but there are many who did not. Christ has kept us and helped us on our path to healing. We were there for 4 years before we woke up and walked away. PLEASE… For the sake of your children, Don’t send your kids there. Our children attended during the most difficult event we faced as a family. My children where suffering physically and emotionally after a car accident that would change our family forever. The kids were scared about the future too because of my horrendous health complications triggered by the accident. There wasn’t a shred of compassion from the school. They didn’t care that my kids were stressed out from home life. We also made the mistake of discounting what our kids were telling us about school, because we assumed they were exaggerating.

The emotional baggage the Oborny’s gave my kids has already taken years to unpack.

The extreme stress created in this pressure cooker of an academic environment left my 2nd grader anxious and fearful of school. At his new school I got called in to discuss why I pressured my child so much for tests. He had EXTREME test anxiety and the school assumed it was us putting pressure on him. Failing tests got detentions. Missing 3 or 4 in second grade meant failing. 3 detentions = swats. Once they new the whole story they worked with him and we kept the family counseling going.

My older student was a favorite target of Dee Oborny’s fury. She picked a new victim (or 2) every year. She made him stand in front of the whole Jr. High and listen to each kid who had been told to say what they didn’t like about him. He had never been a discipline problem at his other school but could do no right as far as the Oborny’s were concerned. He was miserably failing math and was accused of cheating on a test that he passed with a very high score. He was disciplined severely. The “teacher” was a photographer who didn’t like or understand math so none of the kids were passing. I withdrew him shortly after that and learned my son is a math machine. He was in STEM all the way through highschool and it is his major in college. Turns out his work didn’t make sense to Cedarwood because his mind works a lot faster than most when it comes to math. They wanted him to do it their way. His brain isn’t wired like that.

Dee also put him in a closet and copy pages out of the dictionary. In class he had to raise his hand and ask permission to use his own school supplies. I woke up when she decided out of the blue he was demon possessed because of the way he used to sing and enjoy chapel. She convinced herself he was evil because she hated him. Evil, demonized people act like they like church to mock God. She got upset because she decided the way he worshipped proved he was demon possessed. She tore him up in front of his class and loud enough that the whole school could hear. She told him he was an abomination to God. (He has a beautiful voice and used to be so excited about praise and worship. Now he won’t sing in front of people, years later.) I went in to clear the air. I assumed my son was exaggerating like I thought he had about being put in the closet or having to beg for his supplies or everybody in his classing saying mean things to him without him being able to answer. However, Dee proudly admitted her verbal attack. She told me if I couldn’t see it, I must have the same problem. I was numb. I felt sick. In that horrible moment I knew two things; 1) every sick thing my son told me about was true and 2) if years of bitterness and hate had ushered demonic activity into her classroom; it came and went with Dee. Don’t go to this school.

I agree with the last 2 post especially regarding Dee Oborny . My daughter has a learning disabilities and made A poor decision ( emphasis on a poor decision ). At the time my daughter was not suspended nor was she expelled . Dee Oborny made accusations that I was a poor parent because I allowed her to go to gym class during the punishment. Which was not a punishment for a child that hates gym. This turned into a yelling match . Gene Oborny ignored this event and stated he has moved forward although he never spoke to me regarding the incident. . My daughter continued the year at cedarwood . We decided to send my daughter back to cedarwood for the 2017-2018 school year. Her father paid the registration fee and was told by Gene Oborny that they were excited to see her, two days later Gene calls me and states that my child cannot return due to her learning disability. and yet they CASHED the check! As cowards do they smile in your face and take your money but afraid to tell me face to face why she could not return to a school she has attended for 3 years . They have ignored our calls for our money back. I am alumni of cedarwood and know the Oborny’s well, Dee is rude, unprofessional and has no business in a classroom. Dee Oborny is not a educator she is just a filler. And as far as I’m concerned Gene is clues to his wife’s ungodly behavior.This school has denied my child an education and took our money . Beware ! Please do your research before sending your child to this school

I am a former student of cedarwood from back in 2005 and I absolutely hated this school. Even as an adult I wish my parents would have listened to me sooner when I begged them to take me out of that school after three years. As a parent now, I would never even consider putting my children in that school. The Oborny’s sadly still run that school the way they want to, they use the Bible and Christianity as a way to control the students and mistreat them for their own personal pleasure. It puts you in the mind of set slavery and white supremacy, if you tread Iightly and play the part you’ll be alright but they get away with all kinds of verbal and physical abuse towards the students. What’s sad is they use the Bible as a way to justify their actions. Mrs. Dee Oborny should not be teaching children, she’s very verbally abusive and will opening embarrass, degrade, and disrespect any child she doesn’t like and single them out. She loses her temper with children, and feels it’s appropriate to yell, scream, and threaten them. While I was attending the school, she made a girl sit in the storage closet because she didn’t want to look at her anymore. Is this the kind of institution you want your children attending? Just because it’s an inexpensive private school doesn’t mean it’s a good place for your children. Please take my warning to heart and if your children are attending the school, don’t ignore what they’re telling you. Speak up, report any mistreatment because Cedarwood is a cult not a school.