We've had a great experience. My children are enrolled as independent study students and the…read moreresources/support we receive makes our homeschooling experience rich and enjoyable.

Have had nothing but problems from the get-go. Seemingly rude and ignorant people have decided to…read morebuild a school platform that is exclusively for a select few families and their respective children that they wish to teach. A school centered around the teacher's needs rather than inclusivity for new families entering their school for the first time at high school level. My child's current teacher borders on verbal abuse, with her attitudes fueled by her own ignorance and judgements. The school counselor in 2020-2021 went out of her way to personally check on a highly sensitive family matter, above and beyond her duty to ethically report, breeching the ethics of her position and the confidence she attempted to build up with my child. Total trust violations since day one is my consensus. The school receptionist in 2020 did not make eye contact with me and only addressed my child directly when we came in together to get her enrolled. My child and I feel blacklisted for unknown reasons and the "we live in a small town," attitude is not digestible in this case. Taking my concerns to the school board for harassment/profiling and negligence. There are not adequate resources available for children with 504 plans, this aspect of my child's experience has been exploited by the administration and teachers who truly do not bother or appear willing to learn about their students and their families. Their parent/school communicator application is one-sided, parents can reply, however, their remarks can only be viewed by the administrators themselves. Believe you me, I fill out my annual parent survey as a bare minimum contribution but there isn't ever enough information provided in direct response (feedback). I feel too defeated by these obstacles mentioned, that now feel overwhelmingly harmful, despite my wanting to do more for my child and her school. I have commented several times about this from the start, which has fallen on deaf ears. My daughter's administrator and teacher have not considered the health and safety of my child on major intervention strategies implemented by me, her parent, in coordination with the school and county mental health programs. I am exhausted as a mom by the brokenness of our local education system, in particular, with poorly qualified or uninspired, ill-informed administrators. Consider this my white flag. I have been patient and diligent and we have not gotten the same respect in return.

Sprouts Gardening and Nutrition Early Learning Program is an excellent preschool program. The…read moreprogram is small enough to allow for individual nurturing and the friendships developed here last well past the duration of the program. They provide a wonderful blend of free play, gardening, cooking, stories, yoga and more. The resident chickens hatch out chicks every spring and are great teachers of the ways of nature and the cat was another of my daughter's special friends, providing snuggles and entertainment.

Watching Celine interact with my son is truly a joy. She's a generous, fun, creative teacher (and…read moreparent). She has created a wonderful environment for preschoolers to learn and play!

Celine is a natural and authentically in love with preschool age children. She is incredibly…read moremotivated to provide the most nurturing experience for the mind, body and soul of our littles. There is no better way for an educational experience to begin than with Celine at Peartree.

I love Sierra Montessori Academy (SMA)!…read more I have 3 girls, 6, 9, & 13. My 13 year old is an A & A+ student, but she hated school. I had her in Magnolia last year (6th grade) but the amount of bullying, amount of student swearing, lack of time to eat, & feeling of a prison had her crying & begging not to go to school everyday had me looking for other options. After talking to a friend who had a similar problem with her 4th grader and switched her last year to SMA with great success, I thought I would try it for my 6th grader. The difference was night & day! My 6th grader now loved school! She is challenged, gets to be creative and everyone is so nice! She still gets As & A+s and she is learning more than at Magnolia. SMA has a ZERO tolerance for bullying & swearing. My middle girl (9 years old now) was not doing well at Cottage Hill. She has ADHD & even though she was on medication, she seldom paid attention & often did not finish class assignments. Even though she went to Home Work club almost daily, I still had to re teach her what she was supposed have learned in class. I begged for an IDP or some help for her for 3 years to no avail. I can go on and on but I hope you get the picture. This year, she is pulled out for Brain Gym to help her focus & math & language arts to work in small groups. What a difference! My youngest was in Kindergarten at Cottage Hill last year. Her teacher was like a drill Sargent! No kidding! She yelled at the kids. My happy cheerful then 5 year old became depressed & hated school. I finally insisted that she change teachers & she did better. But I don't think she learned enough compared to my older 2 who had kindergarten at another school. Now, all my girls are at SMA and I could not be more pleased! My now first grader is all caught up & loves school! My girls cover the spectrum regarding learning & temperament & they are all succeeding SMA. SMA truly educates each child according to their needs. They truly care about each child and strive to ensure each child has the skill sets they need to succeed in school & life.

My daughter (4th grade) loves school at Sierra Montessori! She looks forward to going to school…read morenow, says the kids were all so friendly and so welcoming to her when she came at the last trimester of the school year and she loves her teacher and all that she is learning at SMA. I'm so happy we made the switch :)

We live on Banner Lava Cap and I drove by a beautiful Poppy Preschool sign every day while…read moresearching all over the area for a preschool for my 2 year old. Because they're relatively new, I wasn't finding a lot of information online about it. I called the phone number on the sign and got in touch with Teacher Deva who was delightful to talk to and let me come and tour the school on a Friday morning (a day they have off) with my little one. My daughter immediately clicked with the space. There's tons of forest, a garden, ducks, and even a cat that roams the property. We had seen a lot of really great schools in the area, but this one just felt special. After seeing the space, my daughter didn't want to leave. We knew we had found the one. Poppy Preschool is a Waldorf-inspired preschool where the kids enjoy singing, arts and crafts, gardening, cooking, and lots of play. They also learn a lot of collaborative skills like cleaning up. The teachers Deva and Sarah are calm, gentle, and patient. I've watched them first-hand moderate conflicts between kids where they help the kids verbalize their feelings and gently deflect any physical altercations. It's lovely to see. On the first day of school, I was worried my daughter would cling to me and not want to go, but she took one look at the ducks and the garden and immediately felt comfortable jumping in. Every day since her first day she's excited to go to school and she doesn't want to come home. She's also *delightfully* dirty at the end of the day, which I love. She's engaged and learning so much, she even teaches us all the songs they learn at school. I also love that they garden and cook their own food. Every day of the week has a different focus, so the kids feel grounded in a bit of routine, but there's still plenty of room for exploration and play. It's been a real joy having my daughter in Poppy Preschool. I highly recommend this incredible forest preschool to anyone in the area!

Love the pine trees!…read more This is my second time to watch an SYF game in this school. It's the Colfax Jr Falcons vs Liberty Ranch Jr Hawks playing this Saturday. This review is for the Robert O. Marson Field. The school colors are green and white. There are bleacher seating on both sides (home and visitor side) but smaller scale than I've seen compared to other schools. The field is beautiful, has real turf grass and surrounded by pine trees all around. It's so green and pretty. The field is located behind the school. Actually, the whole school is encircled in beautiful, tall pine trees. The officials were provided a tent, which is nice. The weather calls for a highs 88 degrees today and it's good that the referees are able to take some break under a shaded canopy in between games. They have a nice sound system, clearly heard across the field. I thought it was cool that the officials' full names were mentioned during the game prior to playing of the National Anthem. Review #0369

Just went here for the 2008 graduation…read more Matt's daughter was there, and she made valedictorian... congrats on that, sir!! And perfect attendance for four years? Damn... she's good! The graduation was LONG. 200 students names, goals, and fondest memories were read off by two ladies who were very good at reading and speaking, I was impressed by them. The audio set up was pretty sad... (my best friends are audio majors, my roommate a dj) so the sound quality was lacking and I couldn't help but notice. They didn't have fireworks or a big projection screen like my high school... but I really liked the personal attention given to each student. Yeah, it was hard to sit through, but I found it interesting. Teachers ran up and gave their students hugs as they received their diplomas. I'm impressed with the connections they had with each student... and I think my cousin was lucky to go here. After all, fancy graduations are not as important as a quality education in a healthy caring environment. Only one question... whats with everyone wanting to be a CHP officer when they grow up? Uhhh... Don't speed around here in a few years. Congrats to the class of 08'. Specifically my cousin!

I attended the most wonderful yoga retreat here with KC from AcuYogini. We did yin yoga, self…read moreacupressure, drumming, hiking and had a delicious catered lunch. I met so many wonderful people and felt so incredibly relaxed by the end of the retreat. I did not want to leave! They also have cabins and a Stonehouse there with lodging if you want to stay the night. They also have summer camps here for kids.

My son took his lessons through Massick Driving school and this husband wife team was awesome! Not…read moreonly where they nice people to work with from a parents perspective; they went out of their way to be invested in the student driver. Mr. Massick called to see how our son did after his drive test. I highly recommend Massick!