We loved AESA Prep and the entire staff. They've created a loving and supportive environment for…read morestudents to thrive in. The small classroom sizes made it possible for our daughter to get the individualized attention she needed. We loved Ms Caro, both Mr Leals, Mr Garcia, Ms Carrie...... Thank you all for loving and caring for our girl.

AESA has been a life-changing school for my child and our family! The teachers are exceptional!…read moreOur family is so thankful for this amazing school! AESA has provided an environment where my child is nurtured, inspired, and taught with hands-on experiences that accompany creative lessons. His teachers truly care about him as an individual, and communicate with me regarding his progress and growth needs. I so appreciate the kindness shown daily to my child, and the wonderful friendships he has developed with the other children. AESA never ceases to amaze me at the activities offered to my child to enrich his learning such as rodeo day, guest speakers, field trips, and cultural activities of all types. Our family loves attending the many events offered to us as well. It truly is a warm and welcoming community for us all! We are so thankful for AESA!

This school had 6 pulled fire alarms and a terrible 5th grade teacher for me. DO NOT GO HERE!read more

The school needs better food, better posters, and less make sure you behave thingsread more

Waldorf is such a wonderful education. Unfortunately if the teacher is not great (or going through…read morepersonal crisis and has a large and demanding class) your child will suffer. Steiner's view was to nurture the soul of the child and unfortunately Austin Waldorf is seeming more budget focused and the teacher for our grade certainly really let us down and did not even have the care for us as a family to speak with us directly. I would avoid this particular Waldorf.

Beautiful campus with beautiful traditions. It is easy to get swept up in the idea of the school…read more Met the most wonderful, involved, and caring parents and a couple of wonderful teachers too. This school, however has absolutely failed my children academically. If you have a child that is neurodiverse, this school cannot meet their needs. If you have a child that is gifted, they will not be able to meet their full potential. The class sizes are at 30-33 in 1st and 2nd grade! My child's teacher assured us multiple times that my child would get the help they need. In the end my child's teacher, who had been his teacher for 1.5 years "strongly encouraged" us to find a new school midyear, with no warning. All of the previous reassurance, that they had resources for his learning needs, from her swept away. Now the same teacher is asking for parent volunteers to go in and teach children, not their own, to read. She cannot meet the needs of these children, yet you will not hear this, when the class size concern is brought up at parent meetings. You will be reassured over and over until your child has fallen so far behind, they need multiple interventions to catch up to where they should be or where they were before they started this school. My daughter was advanced for her age before this school. She requested to go back to homeschooling. She would sit in class, at AWS, with her hand raised and never get any help. She was quiet and not one of the louder children yelling out for help. She said she could not focus and would get pushed around by the boys on the playground. The school purposely holds children back from progressing "too fast." They have reasons for this. The issue is the class sizes hinder the children from moving as quickly as they need to, given the Waldorf methods, when they reach the appropriate age/grade level to do so; and they refuse to change. You will hear promises of expanding the grades to have fewer children in the classroom. This has been a promise for years. They have yet to follow through and deny any issues, even though there are many. The teachers do not fight for their students. The office staff is sweet, but when you get down to the people truly in charge, they only care about money.

education: 10/10. they spend so much time with you, its directly 1 on 1 and anything you need help…read morewith they will assist you with. the education is so flexible with different teaching methods, whatever helps you learn is how you'll learn it. theres never a boring day and and its never stressful to ask questions or be confused. community: everyone is so kind and nice, its a true community and everyone helps everyone. there is no bullying and absolutely no tolerance for it. unfortunately some kids take advantage of the no bullying and can be annoying, but its overall a really safe community. teachers: each one cares about you, and you can create your own bond with each teacher. they WANT to help you learn and you can feel that. theyre so fun to talk to as a person and teacher, and i love all the teachers there. such kind souls. this school is perfect for neurodivergent kids, or if youre seeking to get away from the stressed out school days and bullys at public school. nobody will judge you and you will find so many friends.

This is the place. If you're reading this, you're wondering what are the right steps when it comes…read moreto helping my child with finding their way in the world. If you're here, you've obviously grown tired of the rote, inflexible education of the masses based on measurements, guidelines, or even politics. If you're considering a different direction and want to know where to find forward-thinking people (educators, parents, and the kids themselves), then you have to give Appamada a good look. It's been said that we live in interesting times and, thanks to a global pandemic, that couldn't be any more true. For our family, as we tried to navigate the challenges that came along with it, we needed to find a school that would work closely our two children, separated by just under two years, and help them learn (of course), grow (definitely), and become the person they were meant to be versus an "institutional follower." Our children are nearly as different as night and day. But, at Appamada, they found individual paths to advancing their education and developing their personalities that we couldn't find elsewhere. This 'home away from home' has been their place of learning for over five years and I can see that the path they are both on, to college and beyond, has been paved nicely, with enlightened thinking, challenges big and small to overcome and learn from, and focused matriculation to help them become the best they can be, but even more importantly, the best they want to be. The staff at Appamada, across all disciplines and includes the program director, the owner, and all associated with the school are truly top-notch individuals whose sole purpose is to help the students flourish. They have repeatedly shown how much they consider and care for the individual student and have demonstrated this through their communications, program adaptation, and customized course scheduling to meet the kids where they are help them recognize where they want to go.

When your kid is insisting to go to school even though he is under the weather, you know you found…read morea special place. My son is now a second grader at School On The Rise and I am so happy about how he is nurtured and loved in this small school. The teachers are very experienced Waldorf teachers and the environment is homey and safe. Nature and outdoors is main pilar and movement is another. These all make the school a magical place to grow in. Highly recommend this school.

We are so grateful we found The School on The Rise. Our son joined it last year in the middle of…read morethe school year as a 9 year old who didn't read, write and was not able to do any math beyond adding, subtracting simple numbers. Even tho he still has learning difficulties, he is reading at his level now, he is doing difficult math problems, understanding fractions, and slowly starting to write. Kids play in the woods, build things, make things, the art and creativity is very present. You cannot underestimate Ms and Mr Darcy's 30 years experience in woldorf education. They have seen it all and they are incredible at what they do. The school feels like a little piece of haven for kids to play, learn and developed. And probably the biggest reason we are such big fans is School on the Rise is the small classroom environment, where kids were able to cultivate strong friendships. They truly care for each other, it is the sweetest environment. We highly recommend.

We have had our son at Dragonfly International a little over 1/2 a year and have meet all the…read moreteachers and staff. I can only say positive things about the school and their attention to nurturing a whole child's being focused on lifelong learning. Their staff and teachers have always been first rate in our experience. It's a good sign when our son get upset when he has to leave at the end of the day, after having too much fun and learning too! The school has prepaired his critical thinking processes. If you're looking for a good school (pre-K to 5th grade) then I would recommend Dragonfly International. Also the summer camps are great, lots of field trips and if you want to get your kids exposed to the arts and the world around us, this is the place. Our son takes private drum lessons and now he is ready to start his own band and plays in our community (Thyme & Doug also Solstice Gardens). Did I mention he is only 9. The school has allowed him to beat the drum to his own tempo allowing his creative self expression through an accelerated classic educational curriculum. Thank you Robin & Dragonfly Staff! Much Love, The Jarquin Family (Juliano, Beth & Clayton)

My daughter has been going to Dragonfly International School for a year and absolutely loves it!…read more Her teachers are wonderful and she is learning so much. They have a great backyard with a garden, goats, and ducks etc. I couldn't be happier with this school

I met with Kylah 3 months before my wedding. I wanted to provide something very special to my…read morehusband on what would be the best day of our lives. Kylah helped make this dream come true. I met with her each week for voice lessons. We started very simple with vocal training and breathing exercises. We moved to tone, technique and timing. She referred a professional colleague of hers to record the music piece and he came out to her studio and met with me and her to ensure my vocal rendition would be perfect. Kylah really assisted in training my voice and making me a very confident vocalist which in turn made be a confident bride on my wedding day. Kylah is patient, kind and a lot of fun to work with. I loved going to my lessons!! My guests and husband were blown away and there was not a dry eye in the room as a sang to him. When asked how I pulled this off, my response was, commitment and an amazing teacher. I highly recommend Nine Muses Studio.

Kylah is so awesome! I have been to about 6 different vocal teachers in the past 6 years and she is…read moredefinitely my all time favorite. She really connects with her students & explains things in a way anyone can understand. I have learned soooo much from her! She is also a very positive person all around & truly cares about her students progress. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who is either very serious about singing or just wants to learn for fun. She's the best! :)

What an amazing CPR Training with instructor Rob Vires!! My wife and I needed to attend CPR…read moretraining in order to become adoptive parents. We didn't expect much from the CPR portion...but we were wrong. The class could not have been more informative. Rob was fun, personable, and full of life. In addition, Rob and team at HopeCPR give $$ back in support of people with cancer. Beautiful to see a company like this flourish. Keep up the good work y'all.

This class was awesome! Rob was very engaging and I feel prepared for an emergency situation.read more