I'm an African American alumni of this great school and now 25 years later my girls attend the…read moreschool and it has been nothing but the most supportive, diverse, and educational school a parent could want. The director was my guide when I attended and still holds the same core values and care as I remember. It caters personally to each child as a whole and thoroughly gives children guidance to become independent and the best they can be. Montessori of University Heights is the true hidden gem in northeast Ohio. The community of parents and children are more supportive and encouraging unlike any other school you will find.

Preschool shapes a child's future learning. As a mom, I wanted the best. The teachers, values,…read moreenvironment, positive parent groups, and Montessori program set my kids on a path for fulfillment. My sons attended MSUH from ages 3-6. My boys are now joyful learners, voracious readers, math lovers, and spiritually in-touch kids, at ages 8 & 10. Beyond academics, Maria and the teachers helped me. They provided me with calmness, wisdom, and guidance in the preschool years. During the recent 50 year anniversary of the school, my children respectfully greeted Maria and each teacher with eye contact & a handshake. This polite greeting was imprinted on their young minds. The beauty of my kids early education is now part of who they are as people. I recommend this school to all parents, especially parents with flexible schedules.

My child goes here and I have had no issues with anything. They are very easy to get in touch with…read morevery open to having meeting with parents as needed and very secure. They do everything by the book and my child has really grown and has learned a lot.

Where do I begin? I had the most mind boggling experience with this Goddard School's…read moreAdministration. You will walk through the front door, and your jaw will drop at the wonderful decorum of the atmosphere and staff. They will smile at you, and you will feel confident envisioning your child here. But it won't be long before you're standing on the other end of an incredibly rude attitude, both verbally and in body language, coming from the Administrators. It also won't be long before a teacher is in and out of employment here-- I'm talking, like, a week. And it's not the teachers' faults. From what I understand, from past and present teachers, there is no chance of open communication between Administration and teachers. They strive to do every little, tiny, miniscule thing by the book, therefore lacking a compassionate, tender attitude towards teachers, parents, and most importantly, our children. Your family deserves a MUCH more sincere, loving atmosphere than this.

I was a member until this Friday, and this was because of the double standards the senior staff has…read morefor one another at the workout room. There are those that goes in there to socialize rather than to workout, or to sit down on the machinery to text on their smart phones than to use them. I have been going there for six months and no issues until I stop wearing my veteran's hat and showing my Yarmulke and while coming in singing Jewish Prayers as I have explained to the staff. This is why I left because I felt discriminated and marginalized for being Jewish. Therefore, I don't recommend this place.

I absolutely love the Hillcrest YMCA. The staff is so relaxed and welcoming. The facility meets the…read morebasic requirements for lifting and cardio. I have never had issues with patrons. The building Is a little small but it makes it easy to navigate. Furthermore the staff listen to your suggestions and does what they can to make it happen.

I attended Hanna Perkins over twenty five years ago and was able to visit their new location in…read moreShaker Heights. The new school is beautiful with large classrooms for the students to spread out and with amazing, understanding and patient teachers! The school is well worth the tuition and the skills and teaching methods I still use to this day. I plan on sending my own kids to Hanna Perkins!

From the owner: Early childhood experiences shape a person's entire life. To foster the emotional well-being of…read morechildren and their families and to help them master life's challenges, the Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development promotes positive early learning experiences through educational and therapeutic services for children and parents; training and support for professionals; and community-wide collaborations.

It's ironic that two stars is "meh, I've experienced better" since - unfortunately - I have not. I…read morehad the misfortune of being unwillingly relocated to this school district where they want to hammer everyone into the same peg holes. For six years I attended Mayfield Middle and High School -- and was subjected daily to sexual and class based harassment from students, as well as race and class based harassment from staff/teachers. There were several bright spots in my years there -- Ray Goh and Mrs S who ran Media Services, Mr Siedlecki (English) and Laura Capello (Art). There were many teachers in the foreign langauge department (NOT Mrs Mitra) who were compassionate and supportive. Mrs Farris - the college counselor - recognized me as a senior just a couple months before graduation and asked "What are your plans?" Apparently, my guidance Counselor Anna Garris had NOT submitted me as a college bound student to Mrs Farris (the college counselor). A few words about Mrs Garris -- she was completely hostile and not supportive. Unforunately, she was my "guidance" counselor the entire time I was at Mayfield High School by virtue of alphabetical order -- and I was apparently stuck with her. She had a negative, vindictive attitude toward me for years. Never mind the fact that I was a TEENAGER - coming from a broken home with an abusive parent who continued to give my family problems - I also had other difficulties but extremely good grades. As a student from a lower blue collar family with no socioeconmic clout in the community -- she treated me like total crap -- and even refused to accommodate my request to graduate early despite the fact that I only had to add an English and Government class my senior year to do so and was a year older than my classmates. Her response was "What do you think you will do with your time if you graduate early?" Probably "none of your business" but recovering from major surgery and a life threatening chronic illness probably should have been enough given my extremely high grades. Garris even refused to allow me to take Photography in my senior year - despite the fact that she signed my work permit - saying "It's not cheap - I don't know how you and your family will come up with the money for the materials" - instead approving me for German 1 and FOUR HOURS of study hall my senior year (no joke). In fact, Garris, Mitra and a few other instructors seemed to think that my serious chronic and life threatening illness was a summer cold and treated me like a juvenile delinquent trying to get over one on them despite the fact that I had letters from doctors and required major surgery. In my junior year -- I had an English teacher named Mrs Wilson who was completely inarticulate and barely understood the English language -- she could not even read right out of the pages of the books she assigned us for grammar. Mrs Garris sided with her - repeatedly - and I was put in detention for questioning my inarticulate and inept English teacher (I could have taught at her level in kindergarten - it's amazing how many bad English teachers MHS had on staff). It's astonishing that I managed to graduate at all from MHS - I was not middle class, pretty, wealthy or a jock. It seemed like the gatekeepers were intent on shuttling me off to a career at McDonald's to join my mother. For over four years - I experienced nearly daily sexual harassment and physical harassment for being tall, ugly and poor - my hair was set on fire, I was spat upon, physically attacked and called names on a constant basis. Other students regularly threatened me and cheated off me during exams. Despite my reports to teachers and counselors - this was treated lightly. I was even sentenced to babysitting duty for "retarded" kids because the mothers of the wealthy/popular kids did "scoliosis" screenings and sent me off to the gym class for the physically defective along with a dozen other unpopular/geeky kids who actually had no scoliosis or physical problems (the school just needed help keeping the Downs Syndrome kids busy, methinks). My experience at MHS was that it is extremely classicist and racist -- extremely cliquey and tolerant of sexual harassment and misbehavior by the privileged twats who pay the bills.