some staff are rude/mean very old school attitudes here. A little militant, giving children should…read morebe seen not heard vibes.

My son goes to the Early Learning Center and I could not say enough good things. He transferred…read morelast year from another facility where he was struggling and has had none of the issues he had previously. I attribute it to the wonderful, caring teachers in the Early Learning Center. They are patient and kind and I wouldn't trust anyone more with my children.

I loved the growing child! My daughter was all smiles everyday both when I dropped her off and…read morepicked her up. She was in the infant room and I was so comfortable with the warm, kind, loving teachers. I toured a few other daycares in the area and when I met the infant teacher, Nona, I just knew this was the right place. I would highly recommend!

I went here for college and was so happy with every part of the experience. From looking at school,…read moreto acceptance, to sitting in classes to enrolling. I majored in elementary education, special education and psych. I was on the dance company and also took part n in several clubs. This school had everything i wanted and more!

The campus is beautiful. The nursing program in 2016 was pretty good. I was an older student and…read moreunfortunately, one of the instructors, Mrs. Stager, decided she wanted to bully me in the classroom, especially about my weight and age. Others noticed and she was reported. Because of that, she deliberately pronounced my name wrong during our pinning ceremony.

Hadn't really thought much about this place until I read about the sex abuse scandal, but I spent a…read moresummer there in the 70s to make up in algebra and Spanish. I must say that the level of instruction was much superior to to that at the (supposedly prestigious) midwestern day prep I had come from. Place was older than God. The stone steps and stairs in the dormitory had deep troughs worn in them from a hundred years of wear. The students, as I remember, were rich New England types and kind of assholish. They had sailboats the kids could use, and I walked down and swam in the ocean a few times. Water was very rough, it was unsupervised, and I have no idea how I didn't drown. My roommate, from my own hometown, was stabbed in the hand over a pinball game. I guess it was bad because he wore a cast for the rest of the summer. Someone had the idea to bring in Puerto Rican kids from Harlem as part of a Head Start program. A well intentioned gesture, no doubt, but pick less stabby kids next time please.

I'm glad they have cleaned up the sex abuse. It will make St. Georges stronger going forward…read more Another area that is often overlooked is domestic abusers that are hired as faculty. The teachers are allowed to move in between private schools unfettered like priests in the Catholic church. I know of one history teacher at St. Georges that had beaten his wife at a prior boys boarding school, who was protected by the head master of that prior school who was also a wife beater. The headmaster was eventually fired. These folks should not be allowed as role models for our children and should be thoroughly vetted in this regard.

Its an important staple of NK. Good for the local communities for us to bring our kids. Staff works…read morehard & have passion in caregiving of the species there. The turtle there is great

This was my first time at Biomes and I was highly impressed! The outside looks pretty unassuming,…read morebut inside is super cool! They have a wide diversity of fish, reptiles, and even a couple of ferrets! I appreciated the focus around our local biodiversity and found my visit to be educational. They have many different touch tanks, including horseshoe crabs, eels, rays, and a huge sulcata tortoise. It's a nice, open space. They also have a small area with tons of cool books for kids and adults. Biomes offers birthday parties as well complete with animal feeding opportunities and a guided tour.

My kids are developing into the kind of little people I had always worked and hoped they would…read morebecome. SMCDS is a major reason. The top flight staff, location and community are evident the moment you land on campus. As for a high level academic oriented-challenging environment, SMCDS is all that. As a major part of our lives for many years, starting in Pre-K, I am proud to be a part of the SMCDS community and grateful for each member of the team at SMCDS that have helped develop each of my children into competent, curios and independent thinkers. Recommended without reservation.

We started our child at St. Michael's for 5th grade. Wish we would have made the move sooner. After…read moretouring the school by myself, I left knowing this was going to be a great fit for our child. Their two day visit was their favorite of all of the schools they checked out because 'They actually teach you things and the kids want to learn.' The campus is beautiful, but beyond that, a few things stood out. 1. The head of middle school was great. She was engaging and immediately handed me two business cards. She asked me to please pass one on to my child and let them know that they could contact her with any questions they may have. My child felt like the head of middle school genuinely cared about them and proceeded to send an email asking a few questions/concerns they had. This was huge for my child. 2. All of the students played together. We watched a huge divide occur in 2nd grade at our previous school. Boys played football and soccer, and girls stood around. At St. Michael's the main playground equipment is built to accommodate all ages. Kids all played together and had fun. There was no division between boys and girls. I really liked how the middle schoolers came together so much. 3. The depth of learning going on, the number of options for a smaller school, and the responsibility placed, taught and expected from the middle school students was something that I knew my child would appreciate and could learn from. My child loves learning and wants to be challenged. I knew they would be challenged on many different levels. Things that we have loved since attending: * I love the Harry Potter'esque' houses that each student gets placed in at the beginning of their school year. This is a good way to bring together the 3 year olds up to 8th graders to cheer on their houses at different events. * I love the fact that field trips still happen through 8th grade. * I love the after school sports programs and how students are introduced to different sports even if they aren't overly sporty. * I love the fact that my child can stay after school for extra homework help and I can pick them up at the end of my work day. * I love how the school is a STEAM based school with amazing opportunities to explore including using the maker space to create solutions to problems and as a creative outlet to design things. * I love how there is lots of project based learning allowing students to have a deeper understanding of what they are learning about. The choices of how they will present and share their learning have been equally impressive and have forced my child to try new skills like sewing, stop motion and green screen technology. * I love the diversity of students that comes from the numerous military families attending from all over the globe. My child has learned about different cultures and languages because of this. * I love how the Choose Love program isn't just a bunch of sayings slapped on a wall as it sometimes is in other schools. The curriculum is used along with mindfulness, meditation, and self reflection and the students really practice what they learn. * I love how mistakes are encouraged as part of the process of learning and improving. * I love how the school has great community activities such as back to school picnics, ice skating days, parent get togethers, and opportunities to help support the community at large through volunteer projects. The parent's association is active and inclusive. * I love that foreign language is 4 hours a week starting in 5th grade with exposure in elementary school. * I love the science lab, PE and Heath classes and the focus on arts. So many schools are cutting arts and music programs. At St. Michael's you are exposed to chorus, band, studio arts, stage craft, cos-play and actor's studio. * I love how the teachers are engaging and so wonderful in their enthusiasm. They have a great pulse on their students and are really working hard to make students become better students and better contributors to society. * I love the administrative team and how they communicate with families and really get to know the students. * I love how encouraging the student body as a whole is. They genuinely care about other students. This was the best jump we ever made and so grateful to have found such a wonderful place to land, grow and learn.

love it! gaining confidence and a great way connect with partner- learning to dance is so much…read morefun... they know how to teach !

Currently taking lessons here with Lisa and it's so fun! Always a good time to laugh and learn…read moresomething new - would recommend to anyone, any age!

I organized a private class for a bachelorette party and this was the PERFECT activity. Mary was…read moreamazing and thorough in helping getting everything set up and Chef Deja lead us through a wonderful meal. Clean, informative and most importantly, delicious. Thank you!!

We celebrated my 40th birthday here with Mary and Chef Deja. Family came from near and far and all…read morehad a great time. We even came in dressed in themed costume just to make it extra fun and corny. What a memorable and fun activity for us and the perfect way to engage a group of 12 people, ages 8 to 72 years old for a few hours. It pleased everyone AND the food we made was awesome. Everything was great and there's not one item for improvement I can comment on. I would totally recommend doing this for any social occasion.