Not a bad school, ACA and immersion are pretty good. Very diverse school with many different…read morecultures. Probably right in the middle in terms of high schools in Henrico. There are like 3 or 4 better high schools and a probably the same number worse.

This place seems nice and very friendly especially the amount of specialty centers they have to…read moreoffer.

After applying and being accepted but wait-pooled for 2 years, I decided to try one more time for…read moremy daughter going into Kindergarten. The process is tedious. Instead of making it easier for prior accepted applicants to enroll, they treat you like a brand new applicant. Needless to say, my daughter was once again waitlisted along with "50 others". If they are THIS full, they should stop accepting applications. But I guess they don't want to lose the application fee revenue they're getting ($50 per application...) Their readiness visits are also not Montessori based. They clearly "test" your child, I saw it with my own eyes and ears last year during my daughters readiness visit. The teacher asked her explicitly "what letter is this?" And when I mentioned it to the organizer (Makayla) she said "oh, no we don't test" basically telling me what I saw and heard was wrong. It's also clear that they only enroll kids who are already incredibly advanced so that the school staff can take credit for their excellence. My daughter is clearly very on track for her age, can make out the sounds of most letters, and already knows basic math at the age of 5. (Her readiness visit she was 4 going on 5) But they want 5 year olds to be advanced kindergartners and first graders before even entering kindergarten. I'm also guessing there is some other discrimination going on. Because being "accepted" but waitlisted more than once, but thrice, should not happen in any school. Why even take applicants at that point? Hire more teachers, or stop taking applications every year. This is not what Montessori is about and they need to research what Maria Montessori's mission was. Because this is not it. Also, during Christmas they sent out the most vague "holiday greeting", so that was also pretty strange. I hope this feedback reaches the right people. I will not be applying again.

We are in our third year with RMS and have two children attending the school. We have been thrilled…read morewith our RMS experience. Specifically, there is a great community of engaged parents and educators working together to achieve outstanding educational outcomes. We feel that we are getting something unique and differentiated from the more standard approach to education that a lot of other independent schools offer. Moreover, our kids absolutely love going to school here! My children's enthusiasm for their school, passion for learning, and solid academic advancement will keep us coming back to RMS year after year. I encourage anyone interested in the Montessori approach to visit the website and school for more information and resources.

We have been sending our children to Saint Benedict School for years now. This fall we will have…read morechildren in 4th, 6th, 1st, and preK. Not every year has been easy for us - and our children really run the gamut with academic abilities/attention issues, etc. However - If your Catholic faith is a priority for you, I could not recommend this school highly enough. It's small. It's traditional. It's classical. That does not really suit everyone, of course. But my husband and I understand that we have a very small window of time to fill our children's minds with philosophy, theology, literature, logic, morals, etc... eventually they will be on their own and can study whatever they like, but these early years are foundational. Saint Benedict's gets that. It's not perfect, of course. But we love it.

Saint Benedict School is not good at all the music teacher is very vicious and aggressive. As for…read moreshe told me to go down to the principal's office for raising my hand then one of the teachers walked me up to her and and she said I was aggressive and mean to her since the beginning of class and throwing chairs .I talked ever-so-slightly in history class and the history teacher moved me where I can't see the board and when my parents send email to the school he just said I'm not moving and back you have to give people second chances.

My daughter just started 9th grade on the new campus & it's gorgeous! Felt very welcomed by faculty…read more& staff so far & happy overall! Excited for this opportunity for my daughter!

This school is so awful. I have heard stories of people spending hours and hours studying and doing…read morework only to be surprised by their exams later, which had nothing to do with the material. Although there are a few good teachers, many are inconsiderate and rude. The work load is not realistic for students, and the frustrating cycle of never being good enough is a constant struggle for students. Teachers are often degrading and humiliating as well, calling out students in the rudest way possible unnecessarily, and teachers picking favorites and being flat out rude is also apparent. Although a few high level classes are available, the school's schedule set-up often prevents those classes from being utilized. The school building itself is gross as well. There is hair everyone - on the floors, on the walls, in the bathrooms. The conditions of the school are hazardous and embarrassing. For the increasing price, there are many better private schools in the area that are better options for a future college student.

We love Shady Grove! The teachers are the most caring and patient going above and beyond for the…read morekids. I'm always amazed by the new activities they come up with to make learning fun, immersive, and interactive. They truly do foster a love of learning in the kids and create such an environment of kindness and community. We look forward to every day at school and extended program opportunities like lunch bunch and enrichment - it's just not the same when it's not a school day!

It was cool to come back to my old stomping grounds and see a high school play here. My son went…read morehere too so there's a history. This isn't a very modern or well designed high school. Walking in the front doors of the auditorium, you are met with stairs... strange layout. The foyer is small and the hallway is narrow. Trying to get into the auditorium created quite a bottleneck. I recently went to a newly constructed high school and the foyer/common area was huge and spacious. Here I felt like I was in a corral. The auditorium needs a facelift. Are these the same chairs that were here when I attended? The front of the school is landscaped ok, with an arbor and some benches etc. The restrooms in the front hall could use a tidy and remodel. Now for the play/drama team. We saw Beauty and the Beast. It was sweet, a typical high school play. Most of the characters didn't really stand out, and many were miscast, with the exception of Belle, who had a lovely voice and fit the character. As mentioned, I've been to another high school which did a production of this play and it was like a Broadway Show! I know, I know, they're kids, and I shouldn't compare, but the drama teacher could kick it up a notch. The costumes didn't do the play justice. However, the one thing that made this play stand out was the live orchestra! Well done, Mr. Blankenship! My hubby (a musician) and I were totally impressed with the band, the music and the execution of the score. After the play, we could barely move, tables selling headshots, candy, flowers etc. were lost in a sea of people. They would do better sales if they extended the sales tables down the galley hallway. In any event, this was for a good cause, it was a cute high school production that provided some light entertainment on a Thursday night! Maybe catch the weekend shows!! That's my story and I'm sticking to it... you've been schooled!

First off, this entire experience was a popularity contest from the start. Basically if you weren't…read morea cheerleader, on the football team, or in the leadership center, you were nothing and you were a nobody. I was picked on and bullied all the time here. When I wasn't picked on here, I was picked on at work since I worked with some people I went to school with. My freshman and senior years here were the absolute worst. I had to make all new friends because there was a rumor going around school my freshman year that some people were calling me gay and that is absolutely not true. My senior year (2010) you cannot even imagine. Every single one of our sports programs was complete garbage. Yes, even track; the sport I was involved with... and our track team is usually amazing, but not my senior year. Our indoor AND outdoor district and regional title streaks were broken by our biggest rival, Godwin High. Also, I loved the majority of the people on the track team, but there were a select few that were so cocky, condescending, and downright rude to me for absolutely no reason. Oh and get this, when my senior prom was nearing, I asked 4 different girls out and they all said they probably won't go. My stupid self believed them. The reality was they all went...WITH DATES! One even went with her boyfriend even though her relationship status on Facebook clearly stated "single". Why they didn't simply tell me they were going with someone else already was beyond me. Needless to say I went to my senior prom without a date. Also, my last track race of my high school career ended in a disqualification for handing off the baton outside of the exchange zone. Right after that meet when I got home, still feeling awful after the DQ our relay team received, I found out a girl who said she "loved me" and I loved her just started dating a guy on the track team who was the most rude and cocky to me out of all of them, and she knew it. I really do not miss this place. The people here were so rude and mean to me that I can't even describe some of the stuff to you. These were only a FEW of the stories. This place also drained all of my self-confidence to the point where I don't feel confident in myself to complete even the simplest of things and tasks or to ask anyone out anymore. What's really sad is this place made me think I was ugly as a person. I don't think I am that great looking of a person because of my experiences here. Oh, and do you seriously think that "no" is the worst someone can say to you when you ask them out? Well, apparently you haven't gotten answers such as "Why?", "What for?", and the one that hurt the most "Gross.". Don't get me wrong, I did have some really great memories here. I really did, which is why this is getting 3 stars, but it is so unfortunate that the bad outweighed the good. I still harp on some of the things that happened here because it somewhat gave me some anxiety. One huge plus though was that we were the first senior class to ever beat the faculty in the senior vs faculty basketball game which I was a part of. Even though I didn't have a great time here, I will gladly say our motto with the utmost pride "Once a rebel, always a rebel.".

I am a student of Powhatan High School, and the only reason I'm leaving a higher rating, is because…read moreit is better than Midlothian High School, now yes, it might have a bot or racism and homophobia, but so what? It's America, people have freedom of speech, and they can say what they want. But besides the people, the school is a pretty good school, they have many opportunities, like JROTC, Welding, Carpentry, Firefighting, and more. Now, it's not the best school, but it's not the worst.

set up a kid by putting other kids phones in his backpack. when he saw and told you, you called the…read morecops. the other kids said he didn't do it. you refuses to listen to the truth.