There's nothing bad to say about this beautiful new middle school in South Reno. Top notch teachers…read moreand administrators, beautiful interior, gorgeous grounds, modern architecture.

At least not the choir teacher!! I have been attending choir concerts in this town for over 30…read moreyears and Thurs performance was the worst ever! The teacher scolded the kids in front of the audience for basically nothing important and then he started playing the National Anthem didn't ask people to stand. Once we started standing everyone in the room stood! We have to teach our kids to respect and be proud of our country or we're doomed what an awful teacher who claimed to have been a teacher for 29 years!! He was totally disorganized the concert went on and on because of him!! The children however were wonderful!! Shame on him! Only gave 1 star because I couldn't give less! E

A wonderful community with focus on college and camaraderie. Sports programs are robust and…read moreacademics top notch. Yes, it's private and comes with a steep price point. But the tuition you pay makes the school much better.

This reviews saddens me to write. This school is amazing, but there are some small issues I find…read more The most recent one is the change of system used for grades, schedules, counselors and such. This new system is so difficult to figure out and I don't understand why Manogue found they needed to switch it. This is a small issue that over time I know all families will just need to learn to love the new system. However, not only has the school's tuition gone up, which causes more financial strain on families but they have started to charge for little things, most recently they have started to charge a $100 schedule change fee. This is absolutely absurd. This is a small request on behalf of a family already paying so much money to attend Manogue and they have the audacity to charge us $100 to try and change a class. I cannot believe that they have gotten to this point. Very disappointed and saddened by this.

I went to the Craft Faire at this high school. The show rooms were clean and orderly. There were a…read moregood variety of vendors. Everyone was friendly. I found

I've been to this gym a couple of times for out-of-town basketball tournament. The facility is…read morewell-maintained and spacious. Love the water refill station!

The teachers here are phenomenal and the small class sizes made such a difference for my child! We…read morelove it and are so happy we made the switch.

The academics here are no more rigorous than public school. They lack the foundation of a higher…read moreeducation school and provide no extra academics in terms of a higher tier education and when pressed for a curriculum they said it's been passed down from teacher to teacher but could not provide any evidence of higher education planning. There is high turn over with in the staff and the board has a problem with being transparent and upfront with the parents. The atmosphere of the student body is very clicky and heavy with favoritism which might be the reason for a bullying epidemic there. The cost to benefit just isn't there when you are literally getting the same education in the public school system. This school started out strong when it was first built but over the past 5 years it has really gone down hill while its tuition increased due to the population growth in the area.

Idk, man, it smells like shit there, I'm into that! In the bathrooms, there is shit on the wall,…read moresometimes in the shape of very offensive symbols like swastika The outside of the place has many people just vibing there it's pretty scary. The girls 0/10 bleh that's why I'm into guys.

I went here for about 5 years and do not recommend it at all. Almost all the teachers are super…read morerude and on a major power trip, but a few of them are super nice. The staff talk bad about the students to each other, and are super biased (some of them are racist, sexist, and treat you worse if you're not popular). The work isn't even good either, it's all notes and remembering stuff, not actually learning. Ive also noticed that the school is so money hungry, theyre always trying to get funds or donations. Also the fence of the pearl building was broken for a whole year without fixing. (Still might be) and the school is right next to a mental hospital and highway so anyone could've just gotten in the school. And it's not just me who hates this school, everyone I've known who has gone here or goes here has nothing good to say about it.

Parent of an MVM student. This school is not for everyone…read more You are enrolling your family, not just the child. It's important to have a clear understanding what your family is signing up for, when you're looking into Montessori education (Seeing complaints about having to attend a pre-application presentation- why is this a problem? This teaching method is very different than what most parents had grown up with. This presentation is not just a 'check-the-box' exercise. It is to be sure you can commit to and subscribe to the methods they employ (as parents are expected to engage in the school and mirror teaching methods in their home environments (the Teachers visit your home to learn about the child's home environment)). Better to find out that's not something you can commit your family to prior to enrolling (vs. finding out after you've started). Children operate in developmental plains and the classrooms and learning materials reflect that. Pre through K (3yrs, same Teacher, same classroom). Grade 1-3, Grade 4-6, Grade 7-8). Learning is crafted around the child's interest, and at the child's pace, to try to instill the desire to explore, learn, and problem solve (rather than being dictated to and introducing learning through memorization). A child is 'on-track' if they're developing towards the next plain of learning (not through an annual calendar progression or standardized testing). There is a time for that but preparing for testing is not the primary focus of this school until they approach middle-school (again, they're focused on ensuring the desire to learn and achieve is fostered). Caring for your community and developing empathy are also core values of the school. Schooling does not have to be a competition (those who are solely signing up for a 'private school' pedigree will likely be disappointed as Montessori is not solely focused on academic achievement). We've found Montessori methods are helping us to mold a young mind into a productive, caring, empathetic, engaged member of their community. To have a desire to explore and learn. That is what we hope to instill in our kid, and reflect in our family and community.

We wanted to love the Montessori platform so much that I think it was a huge detriment to our kids…read moredevelopment. This school in particular with its administration, values chores and task driven activities over academics. We decided to pull our two daughters out of the school and move them to public where services are available and they have improved immensely, but unfortunately, they are still behind all of their peers. Every single staff member we work with in the public school setting tells us the same thing, montessori does not have a high standard in academics as they do not test and score like they don in public schools, which is import to catch where they are behind before it's too late and provide that supplemental support/early intervention. The administrators at MVM knew of the problems our kids were facing because they did do some assessments and said they will catch up but that's what they tell every parent, and coming forward with our story we are finding more and more parents just like us with the same exact story line! We believe this school to be unethical and driving a myth behind the montessori platform. If we could go back and change we would never have look in the direction of MVM.

My son came into the school in eighth grade, and it was the worst experience for all of us. He went…read morefrom getting B's and C's to getting straight F's!! He is white and that was a huge problem, I finally told him to stand up for himself and he got suspended for fighting when the staff knew he wasn't the aggressor. And it's my understanding that several teachers have been caught sleeping with students. I know some of us don't have any choices of where we have to live but if you can avoid this area, I would.

Four code reds in one year. Terrible phone service and the food is as bad as going to the back of a…read moreChili's restaurant and picking at the trash but that was mainly ms Obama