Surprisingly amazing for a small school in the boonies…read more Campus is all inclusive on 1 lot so no crossing roads. Very walkable even though rather large b/c buildings are strategically arranged around a pond. They have tons of dorms on the outer rim of the property. Most buildings are newer or updated. Very clean everywhere. The auditorium is gigantic & newer. The cafeteria is huge & brand new w/ stations of every fare & lotsa variety. All the food was impressive & even a cook your own station. Facilities & grounds were great. Athletic center was better than I expected too.

Our daughter attends here and so did my parents. Wonderful school, solid Christian faith and great…read moreopportunities to study many different areas of pathways in life.

My daughter has attended the older group for almost 2 years now. She's a 5th grader and absolutely…read moreloves learning. She looks forward to being on time every day and since I am not an on time person, she makes sure her father gets her to school so she can hopefully be the first one to arrive. I love her enthusiasm for learning. I love how the kids have a say in their education and

It is not an exaggeration to say that we loved the Antioch School so much we relocated across the…read morecountry for it. We were a family living in Los Angeles, raising 2 young kids and had learned enough about the values of grit, self-directed learning, and raising empowered kids that we knew the right school environment was of the utmost importance to us. The problem was, the only kinds of schools in Los Angeles that offer that kind of education cost LITERALLY 20-30 thousand dollars a year. For PRESCHOOL. That is insane, and it was impossible for us to consider. But when we discovered the Antioch School, their incredible teachers, the grounds, the philosophy, the history, etc. AND saw that it was not only much less expensive, but offers financial aid to nearly 50% of it's students, it sealed the deal for us. We moved here and have had our oldest in the school for 2 years and his transformation has been incredible. Getting to watch his social skills and capacity for play and learning, trying new things, etc. It's the greatest gift we could give him (and ourselves as parents.) If you're a parent who believes that the modern public system of over-testing and lack of exploration for kids is NOT the solution to raising well-adjusted, smart, capable kids or if you believe that playing outdoors is more important than spending 8 hours a day at a desk, this is the school for you. And you won't find a better one for hundreds of miles around.

My eye caught the marker in front of this fabulous brick building that could have been a church or…read morea city hall or a school. It turns out that it's a theological seminary and the marker in front points out the history. There is not much parking here but you can stop in the drive to read the marker. It reads, "Payne Theological Seminary was originally established as Union Seminary in West Jefferson, Ohio, by the Ohio Conference of the African Methodist Church (AME) on October 18, 1844. The Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church North met to establish a school for people of African descent, and in 1856, purchased Tawawa Springs, a defunct health resort, to open Wilberforce University, named for the early nineteenth century British abolitionist, William Wilberforce. In 1862 the institution closed due to low enrollment and dwindling funds. AME Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne purchased the school for $10,000, and the school was reopened in 1863 by closing the Union Seminary and merging the assets. In 1895, the department of theology separated from Wilberforce University and became Payne Theological Seminary, named in honor of Bishop Payne. Payne is the oldest, free standing African American Seminary in the United States." This is marker number 23-29 and it was erected in 2007 by the Payne Theological Seminary, Friends For Payne and The Ohio Historical Society. [Review 1322 of 2024 - 243 in Ohio - 22345 overall]