two meny blue hair and pronunes. mid restraunt the boritos tasts like if they were dippers and a…read morekid shat in it. chairs are veary kinky they pool out hair. all the teachers are mid and dog water, stinky poopo. the 6th graders smell like wet beaf.ther is no a pluis. :(((((((((((((((

Best cafeteria lunch in town. Cheaper than Taco Bell. Be sure and try the chicken tenders. Very…read morefashion forward. Replete with great teachers and staff. Would learn again.

I took classes with three different instructors. Sandra and Jaci were great! Do not take any…read moreclasses with Sherry Nelson. She is a horrible instructor that mocks students and gossips about the staff and owner.

No adult-only classes. Adults are thrown in with children, teens, families. Class isn't really a…read moreclass. There are people doing either watercolor or pencil or graphite or pastels or oils -- all in the same class. So each person picks out a subject to draw or paint, then the teacher walks around trying to help each student. It's too bad, because there are lots of older adults in the Salmon Creek area who are having to drive downtown to take art classes so they can be with other older adults and a teacher who teaches. Also agree with other review that it is very disorganized. Very hard to find out when and what their classes are, and the quality of the teachers, mostly very young 20s, varies widely. I had one teacher who would just sigh heavily and shake her head when she would look at my painting, but offer no help other than that I needed to buy some expensive oil paint when I was trying to learn in acrylic paints that I'd already spent money on. Plus there's no phone number listed for the Salmon Creek school, only the personal cell number of the business owner at the south location, who won't give out any information about classes until you give him all your personal information and then says he'll have someone from Salmon Creek call you back. Horrible way to do business. I think they're not interested in adults, only in getting more children in.

So thankful this school exists. Put two kids through Gardner - the older one is thriving both…read moresocially and academically as he enters high school, and the younger one has one year left here. The small class sizes create incredible opportunity to be seen and heard by all of the staff. My kids love school, and love learning. My kids have learned what it means to be part of a close knit caring community that roots for you, and how to show up and be there for their friends. At the end of the day, my family believes this is the most important gift to give our kids as they grow up - and so we are so eternally grateful to call ourselves Gardnerinos. If you're reading these reviews trying to determine if Gardner is the best option for your child, don't trust me. Or any other review here or elsewhere. Please pick up the phone, come for a tour, ask to talk to actual parent references. This is a community that's passionate about it's kids and the world we're raising them into.

We're heading into our sixth year at Gardner. We love this school. We chose Gardner because of the…read moreprogressive education model and the community, the beautiful and safe campus, and the teachers' clear love of what they do. Our daughter has flourished both socially and academically. She's at or above grade level for every subject. The administration and leadership in the past year has done a tremendous amount of behind-the-scenes work to strengthen the curriculum pathway and the school overall. We are big fans of the current Head of School Courtney Tomlinson and the Director of K-6 Program Dave Provost. They are both incredibly responsive, respectful, and professional. We are going to miss this place when our daughter graduates. Thank you, Gardner, for being here!