This is a private, Christian Pre-K-10 school located in Howard County, and run by the Seventh Day…read moreAdventist Church. Class sizes are small, usually around 18 children per teacher plus a classroom assistant. Before and after-school care is available for a very modest charge, and allows parents to drop children off as early as 6am and pick them up again as late as 6pm. My daughter has attended since Pre-K, and all of her teachers have been wonderful and caring. Tuition is incredibly reasonable for the calibur of education provided, and there is a limited amount of financial aid available. There is no reason for us to consider the much more expensive private schools in the area when Atholton Adventist Academy is so great.

ODENTON Christian school is a bad school one if there teachers who is white called my son the n…read moreword and when I reported it they did not reach back to me. This is unacceptable behavior for a Christian school and this isn't the first time they called him the n word. I do not recommend by the way odenton christian school is silencing other peoples reviews they removed 5 bad reviews don't trust them.

Odenton christian school is amazing . The curriculum is wonderful and challenging . My daughter…read morecan easily keep up with other private school kids where tuition is 4 times what they charge here ! The teachers are great. They really take their time wirh the kids and its shows. The teaching of the Bible is a much needed and added value that I am eternally grateful for .

My daughter attended this school for two years. It's an amazing school with great staffs.read more

We are very grateful to this school for accommodating our daughter after the year had already…read morestarted, we don't expect they can do this for everyone but it's one of the reasons we loved it so much. The director of this school is amazing, she pours her heart, time, work, and love into the school, kids, activities, events, and ceremonies. The teachers are excellent as is the quality of the education. The behavior expectations are strict, but their methods are objectively effective and the teachers use proper disciplinary techniques (our daughter never complained about teachers shouting, yelling, or being mean like at other schools she's been at). Our 5 year old finished pre-K and is able to read, do math, and also learned history and geography. We recently took a long road trip and she often talked to us in the car about things she learned in school about the different states we visited, or historical figures we mentioned (She learned a lot about MLK, for instance). The school is wonderfully diverse, there is no religious affiliation so our daughter was taught equally about all religious and cultural traditions during the different holidays. We loved all the events, and ceremonies we attended, in the year our daughter was here we went to a few seasonal concerts were the kids sang and danced, as well as a trunk or treat, Halloween parade, earth-day activity, and a surprisingly robust graduation ceremony! We absolutely recommend this school to anyone in the area, preschool is a very important developmental stage for children and this school did a fantastic job setting our daughter up for success in K-12!

My kids LOVE it here! They learn so much about life and real world experiences. Every wall in the…read moreschool has a unique mural or presentation that some of the kids have created. Their minds are stimulated before they even get into their classrooms!

This school does not work well with "all children" that have developmental delays/disabilities. Nor…read moredoes this school follow IEPs. I have never seen a faculty that pretends to know so little about the law, it's like they are simply learning as they go (mainly the principal). You can't require a parent of a disabled child to attend a field trip or threaten that the child won't be able to participate, because you are short staffed. That's a violation of the law (IDEA?) and discrimination. That was my initial experience with the current principal, and things have gone downhill since. They should really lose their funding for targeting children with disabilities, as it appears this Charter School is now a business, opening multiple schools, and hiring former Hedge Fund/Investment managers (Gregory Gann for example) to guide them. This is not about the children anymore. I will do my best in Washington to stop the government from funding these "investment firms" that pretend to be educational facilities.

Our son was constantly getting in trouble at a different Pre-K and I suspected it was an issue with…read morethe school rather than with him. We moved our kids to this Kiddie Academy and his behavioral problems disappeared overnight.

Video monitoring not available at this location…read more Consistency with tadpole reports and a steady teacher were my issues here. My daughter experienced many teachers for her toddler class, over a 6 month period.

I received a call from MS. Hawkins welcoming us as a new family to her school. She wanted to touch…read morebase to ensure that my daughter was in the system and all set for a great start. She has such a wonderful personality and you can tell right away that her passion is in the school's success. I was shocked to see a negative review about her but after reading it and the choice of words that person used was totally not called for. Name calling is a sign of ignorance. Looking forward to this upcoming school year at LAE

As a parent who was looking to enroll her child at this elementary school I was immediately thrown…read moreoff and decided otherwise when I met the nasty and disgusting Ms. Hawkins. I'm assuming Ms. Hawkins is some low waged assistant who hates her job. I called to the school from 8/6-8/10/18 several times throughout the day to gain information about registering my child for this school. I got no answer and decided to take off a day of work to go to the school to gain information. When I arrived and explained that I called several times and had now taken off a day to come here, Ms. Hawkins was very rude and disrespectful. She completely ignored my comments and moved on to ask me what I wanted. I asked her if she in fact works during the week that I called and she stated that she did and moved on to ask what I wanted. Totally disregarded the fact that I has to take off work to get answers that she should have been able to answer over the phone if she was competent enough or actually at work. Ms. Hawkins is the sole reason that my child will not be attending this school. As the frontline she made a horrible representation of the school.

St joseph's regional catholic school is a great school , My daughter has been here for 3 years and…read moreshe loves it

My son has been a student at Saint Joseph's for two years. He is currently in kindergarten From…read moreday one I have been impress with the teaching staff . My son is also in the after care program which runs till 6pm and every day I see teachers who have worked a long full day still at school working on new lessons and projects for the students! To see my son have teachers who care so much about him and work hard to make him the best student he can be makes me so proud of my son and this school. Once word gets out on this school it will become very hard for new students to attend. Yes the school is that good.

As a parent of both an elementary and a middle school student, choosing the right school has never…read morefelt like a small decision. For a long time, I carried a constant question: Are my kids in the right place? Mandala School has given me peace of mind I didn't realize how much I was missing. What stands out most is that the school's values are not aspirational language on a website. They are visible every day in how students are supported as whole people. I genuinely feel like a partner in my children's education. The hands-on, project-based learning approach allows kids to lean into their individual strengths while learning how to collaborate and contribute to a team. My children are developing communication, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills through meaningful work. I don't pretend to know exactly what world I'm preparing them for, but I'm confident these skills will matter in life and work. Most telling of all, my kids love going to school. They don't want to miss days or arrive late for appointments, and the usual requests for mental health days or skip for mysterious stomachaches have disappeared. They've built real friendships, discovered new interests, grown in confidence, and learned how to advocate for their own needs. No school is perfect, and when issues have come up, I've felt truly listened to as a parent. Just as importantly, my children have felt respected and included in the resolution process. We see Mandala School as a long-term partner in our children's growth, and our commitment to this community is mutual.

My son has been at the school for 5 years and is thriving!! The school not only has a strong…read moreacademic program but also looks at a child as a whole person.Through the practice of yoga and mindfulness they help the children develop their social emotional skills as well.