I have 3 children that take 5 different lessons with HGS. We have been there for 2.5 years now, and…read moreI cannot imagine going anywhere else! My 11 year old has grown SO much in his piano, and my 8 year old, her violin playing amazes me! And, I have to say I have the most difficult 6 year old (personality-wise) and how Mr. Alex is able to teach her ukulele is beyond me. He has the patience of a saint. The two older ones also take voice, at first we just started it to offset the fact that their friends were in summer sports and they weren't interested; however, they didn't want to stop when school started. Being at HGS is something we all look forward to every week. Not only are the teacher talented, and REAL working musicians, but they have a caring for children that I do not think we would find somewhere else. I would recommend them to anyone!

My son has been taking piano lessons for a few months now with Kristen. He is taught in a group…read moresetting (2 kids) and it works quite well. Kristen also teaches in a style I haven't experienced before and it is wonderful. I highly recommend HGS!

The Adventure Club is a great place to work! It's fun working with chidren. Voted Best Child Care…read morein NW Indiana - 10 years in a row! Kids love it because it's fun, parents love it because it's a safe, fun place where kids can learn!

Sooner rather than later road weary poorly traveled retire poorly run r to children disrespectful…read moreto others would not recommend other before and after school programs offer more for the money and provide better examples and treatment for a better price AND gives better education experience and examples of for their futures prosperity learning adventure exciting games sports exercise growth advancement in physical cognitive mental activities like the YMCA the Boys and Girls Clubs and privately owned Christian kind compassionate professional well run before and after school programs aplenty with many more opportunities and way better facilities and operations Overall Poor Quality Poor Value Poor Examples Poor Choice Poor use of Money Better Use of Money Time and Opportunity Elsewhere with YMCA's and Boys and Girls Clubs as well as Christian oriented before and after school options

Went for a tour in September 2024 for our 2 year old. Despite very large class sizes, we left a…read moredeposit of over $100 for a spot. We were "verbally promised" for a spot no later than December 2024 (as it didnt make sense for us to leave a despoit if a spot wasnt available until after the new year). January rolls around and we finally get a call..now for some reason they dont have a spot until June. We feel scammed and ripped off. I will not recommend this location.

From the owner: Kiddie Academy of Munster, an educational daycare in Munster, offers age-specific child care…read moreprograms. Our flexible, standard-based curriculum encourages children to progress in school and in life. We pride ourselves in providing a daycare that focuses on developing positive character traits for kids, while providing a nurturing learning environment. Our programs can range from infant and toddler to kindergarten and school age. Read our child care reviews, take a virtual tour and learn more about Kiddie Academy to find the best "daycare near me" for you and your child.

We are proud new members of the YMCA! We came in and was greeted so warmly by Alma! We asked her…read moreabout the membership and she was kind and explained it to us. She took a moment and gave us a tour of the beautiful facility! We enjoyed it and we look forward to using the facilities. We have access to all 6 YMCAs in the NW Indiana area which is cool. The service we requested was membership options and we were sold on it. The value of the YMCA is great!

Nice new facility but poorly managed. Sundays are especially a crapshot if they open on time or if…read morea lifeguard shows up for the pool. Of the last six or seven times I showed up there have been three times where I ended up going somewhere else.

I ordered Solar Eclipse glasses and paid for rush shipping. The glasses were double the price they…read moreare now but I didn't mind paying for them because my daughter was looking forward to seeing the eclipse. I never received the glasses and contacted Jay at icube for a refund of my money. To make a long story short, he refused to refund my money and attempted to send me the glasses 2 weeks after the eclipse. Dealing with icube has been a very stressful situation. I am in the process of contacting the BBB as well as my bank. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ICUBE!!!!

iCUBE was overall a very bad experience…read more I enrolled my son and daughter for both reading and math. Reading was a total waste. They focused on grammar (collective nouns, verb tenses, etc); these were things that were not even on the curriculum. Time could have been spend on reading comprehension as well as essay writing. My daughter in middle school was mainly quizzed on SAT/ACT words. Math was much better, but not good enough. Binders were given to do work in, and my daughter claims they didn't give checkpoints or due dates, leaving her very behind. She admitted zoning out more than once, and found in difficult to find motivation for doing her work. With checkpoints and such, she would have at least been pushed to finish. The teachers explained things okay, but they preferred helping you with their activities over the homework that you were struggling with. Last, but not least, my biggest pet peeve was the newsletters and spam. Every week, they would send us a letter, but the thing was, it was filled with grammar mistakes. Yikes. This program was supposed to help my children with reading, but basic capitalization rules and structure was ignored by the owner. In general, the program was very expensive and unnecessary. My children's grades slightly plummeted. I would advise the staff to rework their curriculum and offer different types of classes, depending on what you're working on school. For example, you could pick geometry for math and ACT/SAT material for reading.

Challenger Learning Center makes learning science, technology, engineering and math... FUN!…read moreMy experience is that children have a difficult time connecting some of these "boring" school subjects to real life. Well, Challenger does a FANTASTIC job of connecting those subjects to a space mission. Mission leaders and the entire staff are engaging and do a great job in making science come alive to not only educate young minds but inspire young minds! I continue to sponsor missions at area schools and the teachers LOVE it!

I had a similar experience with the rude business manager when I called to inquire about the…read moreadvertised scouting events. She continually shut !e down and interrupted me with each question I had regarding a visit. Basically I was told that there were no options for me at amy time any day of the week. Hopefully this person or management changes so the general public can use this facility !more than the 2 days a year for their only open houses.

A great childcare! My three kids went there. The best infant care classes around. And my sons…read moreloved the summer camp. Mary, the owner is the best!

They get one star for some of the nice people there but overall I can not even express the level of…read moredisappointment I have. My children were constantly sick, it was disorganized, they couldn't follow directions about my children. My son was bitten and NO ONE told me about it until I asked what happened. Also, the camera system network was overloaded and had serious blind spots that the teachers would hang out in. Even though we are no longer with them I can still access it which says a lot about their security. I probably would have just parted ways and quietly went on our way, my son did learn some things there and did make some friends. However, they informed me two weeks after we left and over two months after the fact that I had missed a payment. The owner refused to return any phone calls to my husband on the matter and they sent it to collections adding over $100 in additional fees to the original balance. After I found the receipt for the week in question they supposedly rectified it with the collection people however they had previously told my husband they couldn't do anything about it once it was in collections. So we can just add lying and misdirection to the heap. No one has offered an apology and instead of addressing my complaints they just deleted my review on Facebook. Both of which would have gone a long way in rectifying this situation and leaving my husband and I with a more complacent view of them.

I was extremely disappointed. My grandson was in an 8 and under class that had 4 students. Two of…read morethem were disruptive EVERY SINGLE CLASS. They would fool around, whine, not pay attention to directions and took time away from the 2 students who wanted to learn. Tammy had no control over her class. She started late because of the misbehaving children and was not prepared for her class. My son in law and grandson were fed up and he asked for his money back for the trial month. Tammy assured him she would find out what to do and get back to him. SHE NEVER DID AND THEY CHARGED HIM FOR ANOTHER MONTH. Don't go there. Do your homework. This isn't over. Sad that this gym doesn't do what the say they do.

Absolutely ridiculous place. I do not recommend being your child or yourself here. Very poorly…read moremanaged. They will quickly try and get you to sign papers. Don't believe them like I did. My child spent an average of 13 minutes a class sitting or standing around doing nothing while Tammy his instructor fought with other kids trying to get them to pay attention, not to mention they don't practice for a full hour. They start late, sometimes 15 minutes late and end early. After I texted them to tell them we would not be returning because of this they charged my bank for the next month still. Taking them up with the better business bureau and anyone else I need to.