My daughter and I met in Fredericksburg yesterday for our Mother's Day celebration! We loved our…read morehand building pottery class with D.D - she is the perfect instructor...experienced (wonderful idea suggestions!), patient, helpful and made our pottery class a fun and memorable experience. We will be returning again next month to make more fun pieces with her! We always stop at Liberty Arts to shop for handmade pieces when in Fredericksburg, too!

LibertyTown Arts Workshop is the best place to find art to bring beauty and interest into your…read morehome. I ALWAYS go there for housewarming gifts and the delight on my friends faces is beyond compare to any other gift.

If you're retired and haven't discovered OLLI, you're missing a great opportunity to take fun…read moreclasses (no tests, no homework) and meet lots of interesting people.

I got a catalog in the mail and was perusing it one night as I watched tv. A totally unassuming…read morecatalog, it's printed on newsprint and is small. The courses they offered seemed wide in variety and like your standard adult education - I was surprised and pleasantly impressed since I had tried to find adult education in Alexandria previously and was not successful. This catalog somehow came to me without me having to find it. The class was 'How to Buy Residence' and it was $30 for city residents, and $40 for non city residents, taught by Dr. Diane Murphy, who is a buyer's broker. When we signed up for the class, we figured...'what were we going to get for $30? We'll be lucky if we learn ONE thing that night', but for the price, we figured what the heck. Parking is not hard although navigating through the school is ridiculous - it's quite sprawled out and just tough to find the class we needed. But when you walk into the building, there is a sign for Adult Education and a listing of classes and classrooms, so immediately I felt better; I was in the right place. It was a two hour class and it turned out to be chock full of good information. The class was excellent, excellent, excellent. I would have easily paid 3x-4x as much for the quantity and quality of information I learned in that class. I highly suggest anyone thinking about purchasing in the next 3 years to take this class. I was a total beginner and my boyfriend was a lot more knowledgeable about the subject, but he learned some important facts also, and said 'sometimes it's just good to hear it again'. The class probably should have been 2 hours a day for 2 to 3 days. I have a feeling she had a lot more info to impart. It also was as she said 'trying to drink out of a fire hose' - it's a huge amount of information in a short amount of time. But it's all good stuff. There were 10 people in the class. The registration process left much to be desired. It was so stone aged I almost ended up not registering. In this day and age, having to print two forms for my boyfriend and I to take a class (we don't fit on the same form), write a check and then snail mail this over to wait and see if you got in - it's unheard of. Nevertheless, I was sooo happy with the quality of the class, that I would easily do it over again and am looking through to see what else they have now. *Note: Please keep in mind that this review is based on ONE class; I can't comment on any of the others until I have tried them, and when I do try another one, I will update my review then.

I went here this year for Nail technician . Let me say first and foremost my teacher Mrs.Jordan was…read moregreat . She was very empowering and informative . I was blessed to have her as a teacher however ! We went through a lot of book work and very minimal hands on Work . Was told we would work on acrylic and nail designs art etc but it was very brief maybe a few days out of the two months . Did a spa clinic for about two weeks and did manicures gel manicures and pedicures by appointments . The staff there were very rude at times. Our teacher had missed a day during our clinic and our class was not accommodated . We had a snow day and was pushed over two days for our end date. We literally studied for our state board on the last day of class and was rushed due to time and days . I recommend the teacher but the school is unorganized . We were told we didn't have to pay for the state board test prior to signing up and also told again by an actually counsolor. But once we brought it to their attention they changed it and said we had to pay for the test ourselves .

I went here late 2012 for the LPN program and it was the worst thing I ever experienced. I had to…read moredrop out because I had an instructor tell me I wouldn't be a good nurse during clinicals.

Jerry and Robert are phenomenal! They both went above and beyond to make the class run smooth and…read moreefficiently. I am immensely thankful to both of them and credit the success of the class to both of them. I HIGHLY recommend this program.

Took a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Exam here. The Proctors were friendly and…read moreprofessional, but unfortunately they do not get the support they need from the IT and Admin staff in order to offer these exams in a timely manner. The first time I took the exam, the Proctor spent an hour trying to get in contact with a member of FCPS's IT staff to get the license for the software needed to take my exam. This delay definitely took me off my game, and may have been a contributing factor to my failing of the exam by one question. For my retake, it was discovered while I was waiting for the exam that PC used to proctor the exam had not been updated, and would take until after 9pm at night to finish updating. Luckily, the Proctor was willing to come in on her off day so that I could take the exam before my certification deadline. In addition, scheduling the exams were a massive pain, with the admin staff in charge of registration often transferring my call to a person not in the office, resulting in having to play phone tag for over an hour in order to get the exam scheduled each time. Although the Proctors were friendly, professional, and went above and beyond the call of duty, the lack of support from the rest of FCPS's Adult and Community Education staff proved to be extremely detrimental to my experience, which is why I must give them a 2 star review. Until this situation changes, I can not recommend FCPS's ACE program to anyone.

The non credit options have been on hiatus for a while. Their site mentions vaccine status, so most…read morelikely covid related which is a few years old now. Hopefully they have some sort of update on their one off or non-credit classes.

Great classes, and great teachers. I think it's the only high quality art school in DC…read more Everybody is so helpful there.

I am a little touched and so happy by my performance on my MBA, and I just want to say thank you to…read moreForum staff for teaching me and prepare me so well! I graduate from Forum 3 months ago. Immediately I started my MBA. A few weeks ago, I was able to summarize 35 pages from one chapter into 6 pages, and I was so proud of myself. I got the highest grade! Yesterday, I delivered one of my final assessments about reading a book of managerial economics and explaining it in 5 pages. I read a book with 250 pages using scanning and skimming techniques, and I summarized it into 12 pages at the beginning. In the end, I delivered a paper with 5 pages as my teacher requested! Besides that, I did a PPT presentation about a Harvard case study that I already analyzed trough those techniques, and I had to record myself no more than 10 minutes explaining the case with my slides. I got 200/200! It remains me of my Forum presentations. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Forum for everything! I know that I have been working hard studying, however, it wouldn't happen without your help with my English skills! The best English school ever!

Forum Intensive English Center is an excellent English Language School. Dr. Susie is an…read moreoutstanding educator who will take your language skills to the next level. What are you waiting for? Please contact them today to start your journey to success.

This is a grant funded, non-profit community service group that offers both formal English classes…read moreand individual tutorials to ( mainly ) non- English speaking adults (18 years old +). LLC provides training to fluent English speakers who would like to volunteer time to help immigrants improve their English and learn about life in America. Required instructor training (6 hrs, $30 donation) covers classroom techniques, resources, support and administrative organization. Classes require 1 or 2 day/week commitments for summer, fall and spring sessions (8-12 weeks). Individual tutorial commitments are 20 hours over 4 months. They are always looking for warm, positive, enthusiastic volunteer teacher/tutors and provide meeting places mostly at local libraries. Volunteer positions are for Lead English teacher, assistant teacher, tutor, registration volunteer, English test administrator (BEST Plus). For students, fees are nominal, $100 summer, $125 fall/spring, for a classroom course or tutoring period. Most instructors will tailor class subjects to student needs or interests.

From the owner: Free and reduced cost classes and individual tutoring in basic literacy, English, GED, citizenship…read moretest preparation, health literacy, and basic financial literacy.