My younger sister and I used to go to BF Day, and our baby sister goes there now, and let me tell…read moreyou, that is dang good school. It's a small-ish school (as most elementary schools are) in Fremont, near the Woodland Park Zoo. BF Day is rather diverse in all meanings of the word, and does a good job of teaching kids that everyone is important and loved. The parents are generally lovely, as are the teachers, though many of my favorite staff members have retired. It can be a bit of a hippy school, but that is far from a negative, it just encourages kids to explore their creative sides and embrace themselves. I haven't heard a single negative thing about BF Day, though I do know that due to some zoning issues, a lot of kids have lost their transportation, which is a majorly sucky, but I don't believe that the school is at fault there. tl;dr BF Day is pretty much the best and everyone who went there loved it

NOT CLOSED, people! Not at all! When I moved my boys and me…read morenorthward from Portland to Seattle, I had researched the "cluster" school system (never was a name more appropriate for a system or situation), though my research was clearly insufficient. Because I made certain that I moved into what I thought would be the perfect cluster for my kids' schooling needs and profile...I just failed to realize that would make no difference whatsoever to where they went to school. My boys are half hispanic, and I wanted very much to continue with the Spanish language education I only sporadically inflict on them at home. So I moved into the Laurelhurst-ish "cluster." What Seattle did not advertise is that its school zoning situation is not just a cluster, but the mother of all godforsaken clusters. They found no availability in any ONE school for both my boys. That's because clusters at the time were only "suggestions" of where kids could attend schools. Suggestions that were largely completely ignored, and no matter where you lived in Seattle, your kid could be bussed into nearly any zone at all. So you can basically move your family onto a tent settlement ATOP a particular school, and not be allowed to enroll in it until the 300-child wait list of kids from a school 15 miles away takes their priority. W, as the kids say, TF. So the last years have been a constant cluster indeed, with my boys in two different schools and and in and out of several. Having tried or toured quite a few schools in the area now, I can say, this one is my favorite elementary school in Seattle so far. My son has a wonderful teacher, Miss Jackson (and yes, it is so punishingly hard not to say, or at least think, "If you're nasty!" every time I say her name) who despite being forced, as all teachers are, to teach to a strict test curriculum imposed by the lowest-common-denominator-encouraging "No Child Left Behind" legislation, is still highly dynamic, wildly flexible, and very encouraging of creativity in all its manifestations. I absolutely love her, and I love the diversity of the students and the parents--a graceful blend of the privileged and the struggling, chaotic and the orderly, the uber-hippies and the uber-hipsters who all somehow manage to be very empathic and very likable. It also sits at just the right notch on the spectrum of academic rigor. We tried John Stanford International with Nico, and he called them "The Von Trapp Family Singers." Whistles to encourage hallway lineups? No talking in the corridors? Boys' and Girls' lines for 5th graders? No dark sarcasm? In the CLASSROOM?! Yikes. Plus every mom I met there without a single exception kind of gave me the impression that the only hard decision she has to make in any three-week period is whether to give her cook, nanny and housekeeper massages or Lush bars as holiday gifts. I'm extremely grateful for this school and for how happy Maximo is to attend it. Teaching excellence here is clearly valued, as is parental involvement. If you're in the area AND in the market for an elementary school, stop in and say hi. They're great people.

Devi Ward is sexy and dangerous and probably one of the best Tibetan Tantra teachers around. It…read moretook years to find her but well worth it. One of the things she helped me do was regain my sexual confidence after a romantic rejection I took hard. Devi also guided me to regain my inner footing around sexuality. Rather than tell me to just go out and get lucky she supported me in developing my own inner sexual confidence without associating validation from another person. When the student is ready the teacher appears. After I cried out all the tears of feeling rejected as a woman, of rejecting my own femininity, but no thoughts of joining a convent entered my mind. Serendipity stepped in a month later when a friend of mine forwarded a newsletter to me via facebook. It was written by Devi Ward about Tibetan Tantra. Even though she is based in Seattle, Devi is able to teach the practices virtually via Skype. I just knew what healing remedy was that needed and wanted to do. My intuition compelled me to respond. The path was clear and glad I followed my intuition to start the steps towards Tantrika training.

Devi was awesome! She is very welcoming and warm and makes you feel comfortable. She was very…read morepatient with my husband and I. Very knowledgeable and we both learned a lot more than we thought we would have. Things that we didn't know were even a possibility. We learned how to connect in a completely different way, physically and spiritually. It was an awesome life changing experience! It will be a journey, for my husband and I, to get the best out of what she taught us and it will take a lot of practice but we for sure got more than we needed to succeed and achieve more than we can even imagine. We are so so grateful for her! She is currently located in Bellingham, WA but is looking to move to Seattle,WA, which is a lot closer to where we live. So we look forward in the possibility to attend any seminar or teachings she offer. Don't be afraid or too self conscious, just go for it. Devi is awesome!

We had such a great experience with SLC (Montlake) from 2022-2025. Both of our boys absolutely…read moreloved going there every day. The teachers are incredibly caring and truly invested in each child. Ms. Lily has built an amazing program with a great balance of learning, creativity, and fun. What really makes SLC special is how personal it feels. It's a close-knit group of teachers where you actually know everyone -- not a big, impersonal center. That warmth shows in everything they do. The activities are engaging and thoughtful, and even now our kids keep asking if they can go back and visit their teachers. We're very grateful for our time there and highly recommend it.

We loved our time with Seattle Learning Center so much. Our daughter attended SLC from age 1.5 to…read more5, and she became such a thoughtful, helpful, self-aware child in their care. The teachers and staff at SLC are wonderful; they really were "our village" for those years. I appreciated their focus on play-based learning and social emotional growth. My daughter's kindergarten teacher remarks on how mature and helpful she is in the classroom now, and I know SLC was a big part of that!

After narrowing my preschool search down to montessori style instruction, I visited 4 schools, all…read moreso very different. But what sold me on SPM were the kids. On my first visit, my son had jumped right into the classroom and was trying to muscle in on one girl's art project. She politely told him no and then showed him how he could do his own. She got better results than I ever did in getting him to listen to her! Seeing how well the other kids were obviously projecting the lessons of sharing & instruction that they'd learned was huge for me & I hadn't witnessed that at any of the previous schools.

I joined Yelp specifically to review small planet. I love, love this school. My daughter…read morethoroughly enjoyed going here for the one year that she did. Martha is a wonderful human being and teacher. My daughter has special needs and is a very nervous child. But she was always happy to go to school here and asks for Martha even though we have moved out of town. Her new school isn't nearly as good and we miss Martha dearly. I urge you to send your child here, you won't regret it.

We worked with NWES from our son's middle school years through high school. He received support for…read morehis math courses. The coaches that our son worked with were consistently excellent. He developed strong relationships with all of them. The rest of the team is excellent too. Everything about the place makes getting help easy. Can't recommend strongly enough!

Our family has worked with NWES for the last 4+ years. We started when our son needed a proctored…read moreexam for the online ed advanced Algebra class he took over the summer before starting high school and he continued to work regularly/weekly with NWES tutor Jason on various things for which he needed guidance over the 4 years in high school. Their sessions were centered on strategy and learning how to organize and develop good study habits and while content teaching was a part of it, our son's growth into a confident student was the most important benefit. The last session with Jason is next week. Our son will be graduating from Ballard High School next Wednesday (with straight As) and in fall he is starting at UW Engineering - majoring in MechEng and Industrial Design. My husband and I are very grateful to Greg and Jason for all the support in last 4+ years. It was really great to know that even though our sone would not really listen to us, Jason will likely get through him and point him in the right direction. It was wonderful to work with NWES. finding them was one of the luckiest accidents!