We have both our kudos at the Goddard School in chapel hill. It's conveniently located if you work…read moreon UNC campus and it's a nice clean facility... however the reason for the 5 stars is the TEACHER. They are all so fantasti! Ms. Michelle and Ms. Jamie and Ms. Shiniqua are so good with our 4 month old- it feels like she's with a family member. they know so much about child development and she's learning so much! our Toddler is also obsessed and painting, learming colors, sign language and more with Ms. Tonya and Ms. Dianna and Ms. Stella completely potty trained him in a week

Unfortunately this facility did not have the best communication skills and was very limited in the…read moreway that we were supposed to be helped.

We have loved sending our children to this preschool and kindergarten. It is such a loving, fun,…read moreand safe school. My kids have learned so much academically, emotionally, and socially. I highly recommend this school to any family looking for a preschool!

I'm a huge fan of the Raleigh School. When I first heard of it, I heard about the heavy parent…read moreinvolvement and I was a little skeptical... but once my little guy started in 2s class I realized I knew all his school mates, I knew their parents, and became part of an amazing community. We're all in! Both kids went to preschool, and now we're in the elementary school and so impressed with the teachers and staff. If you like project-based learning, group-learning, child-directed learning, outdoor learning... it's the best place around.

We love TRS. Our experience with pre-school and elementary school were amazing. Our youngest…read morechild is now in 5th grade and we are sad to end our time as part of TRS. My children have been at TRS since 2 and 4 years old. The pre-school is so sweet. The children learn through play. The elementary school curriculum challenged my children and created a love of learning in them. The environment is loving and inclusive. I highly recommend TRS.

I deeply regret enrolling my four-year-old son in the Cresset preschool as it turned out to be a…read more"nightmare" for him. Unfortunately, some of the classroom teachers lacked the necessary skills to effectively teach the children. My son was greatly anxious when he first enrolled, but his 4-year-old classroom teacher didn't pay attention to his feelings and instead tried to control him, causing him to rebel against her ways. She labeled him as a "problem child" and every day when we picked him up, she would tell us in front of him how problematic his behavior was, which deeply hurt him. She never paid any attention to the good things he did or the efforts he made. After two weeks of suffering, we decided to withdraw our son from the Cresset preschool as we realized it was a bad influence on his development. We were lucky to find a preschool in Durham where our son felt loved and understood. At that school, the teachers were empathetic and provided him with the appropriate amount of care and attention. He now loves his new preschool, and it is in this loving environment that he is growing the most. Enrolling our son in the Cresset preschool was the worst choice but withdrawing him turned out to be the best decision we could have made.

This is an amazing school with teachers that care. They focus on what your child strengths are and…read morebuild a desire to learn. It is truly a family atmosphere and my kids are safe. We tried public school in Durham and it was very bad. The religious aspect helps them with moral values and a healthy base. The most important thing to me is my kids are happy and learning. I highly recommend you take a look at this school. Tim Blancett

VERY DISAPPOINTED! Our opinion of the Family Preschool is as follows:…read more We were extremely disappointed with the manner in which our family, including our son, was treated. In our opinion the treatment was discriminatory from a racial, ethnic, and gender standpoint. We do not believe that this school fosters the level of "inclusion" that they proclaim. We were compelled to withdraw our son from the school in order to protect him and ensure his well-being.

We had two children enrolled at FPS during the 2021-22 school year. Our oldest was a 5day friend…read moreand our youngest was a Treefrog (2s). Our experience with our youngest was wonderful. Teacher Kim was lovely and kind and our daughter loved going to school and being part of the FPS community. Our experience with our oldest was the complete opposite. He was a 5day friend in Teacher Hannah's gathering and his experience was awful. He's neurodivergent and in therapy to support sensory sensitivities. We proactively offered support to his teacher before school even started. Our therapists observed his class on four separate occasions and raised their own concerns about what they saw. The classroom management was nonexistent and our son was ignored often, leading to dysregulation. At one point, he went outside unsupervised and at another point, he was wandering the hall when I overheard a child ask where he'd gone. His teacher responded, "I don't know and I don't care." Ultimately, we decided to withdraw him from FPS because they are ill-equipped to care for a neurodivergent child and his teacher called him bad to his face. We also withdrew our daughter because it wasn't the right place for our family. Our son has been processing his experience at FPS in play therapy and internalized quite a bit of shame during his three months as an FPS student. We're still very angry at his treatment. We switched our son to a local public school in a mainstream classroom. He's been there for more than two months now. He's had zero incidents of dysregulation. His teachers tell us that he's calm and consistently able to self-regulate. Every issue FPS blamed on him completely disappeared in his new environment, which leads us to conclude he was never the problem and that his teacher was the issue. Because of their treatment of our son, we cannot recommend FPS to any family, especially if you have a child who is neurodivergent.

The other 2 reviews can only attest to administration and not to the actual practice and therapy,…read moretherefore they need to be taken with a large grain of salt. Every organization will have administrative snafus on occasion. Our daughter has been going to the school for only a little over a month, so we can't comment on the results but we can say that the staff has been most helpful in seeing to our needs. They have been flexible with appointment times and the weekly therapy sessions for the parents have been invaluable to help us understand where our daughter is coming from when she acts up. Our daughter was originally referred to the Bridges school, run by Wake County, after having behavior problems in her regular elementary school. The Bridges is a good program but it's based heavily on CBT where there are daily point sheets, detailed records, automatic level drops that the children can't make up for certain behavior and time ins and time outs. This works for many kids, but with our daughter it felt like she was being judged all the time and with the automatic level drops she would have no incentive to behave the rest of the day. It felt very rigid with no flexibility in working with the children. So after a year at Bridges, it was time to look at other options. At Lucy Daniels they are very flexible with the children and come from a position of compassion to work with the children to help them understand and overcome their emotional challenges. There is no judgement, giving the child the space they need to figure things out. This does not mean they get out of learning responsibilities but it is done with patience and understanding and support. For some children the Bridges system works, for others, Lucy Daniels. For us, we feel that Lucy Daniels is the place for our daughter. There is regular contact with the teachers to discuss the goings on in the classroom which helps keep us informed with how we can support her at home. Would definitely recommend Lucy Daniels to others.

My son has been at Lucy Daniels from K through 5th grade. He has had amazing care and education…read morefrom Lucy Daniels. He has a team of staff working for him and with my husband and myself to meet his needs. My son has his own weekly therapy sessions as part of his support within the school, as do my husband and myself so that we are all aligned for his care and needs. The teachers have been creative and supportive of him throughout his time at Lucy Daniels. Throughout his entire time at the school the focus has been on meeting his needs where he is at, while giving him the opportunities to grow. I was honestly so surprised by some of the other reviews I've read here. We have relied on the support Lucy Daniels has provided us and our son for years and I really don't think he would have thrived as much as he has without Lucy Daniels.

PLEASE READ before you enroll with Our Playhouse Preschool…read more The philosophy is a dream and it all looks and feels picture perfect when you are there BUT the Owners are NOT trustworthy and have wreaked havoc on the Lexington KY community- where they opened a school in 2015 and suddenly closed it with a 2 week notice in January of 2019. To make a very long story short, the owners, without warning to parents or teachers, closed the school with a two week notice in January of 2019. They never paid any of the parents back their deposits, which they require for each student that enrolls unless you pay in full for the entire year. They never paid any of the parents back that had paid in full for the school year (through May). Mostly though, they crushed many people and good hearts in the process. They broke the contracts they had with each family and have never paid them back the money they are owed. Please, don't let this happen to your family! With the best intentions, I warn you about these people. Please, look out for yourselves.

My kids go to the Durham location (off of 15-501 and University Dr). I feel so relieved knowing…read morethat my kids are in a safe place, with teachers who truly love them and want to foster their social, cognitive, and emotional development. I look forward to them going to school every day knowing that they will come home with many stories to tell about their day (both my 2 and 4 year old). I can't express my gratitude to the OPH community. Very supportive and receptive to concerns and ideas.

Our family has been at ROCS for five years, with our child in elementary grades, and it remains the…read moreright choice for us. What's kept us here isn't just the public Waldorf curriculum, it's the community. This is a school full of families who genuinely show up for each other and their kids. Like any school, ROCS has had real challenges, and I won't pretend otherwise. You'll likely come across strong, emotionally charged opinions from a small number of former families online, amplified well beyond what a handful of voices would normally carry. Weigh that against the fact that the overwhelming majority of us, current families here day to day, have had a completely different experience. Don't take my word for it either. Visit, ask direct questions, talk to current families yourselves before letting anyone else's unresolved feelings make the decision for you. Our five years here have been real community, genuine teacher care, and a school worth staying invested in.

We've been at Raleigh Oak Charter for a while now and honestly, the community is what keeps us…read morehere. It's a Waldorf school, so there's this rhythm to everything, music and movement in the lessons, art all over the classrooms, festivals throughout the year that the whole school gets involved in. The amount of time they spend outside has made a real difference too. Between the naturalist class and the outdoor time built into every day, my kid gets to move their body and really settle into themselves, like there's something grounding about being outside that a regular classroom just can't offer. The teachers really get to know your child. Ours has stayed with the same class for two years now, and it shows, they pay close attention to my kid as a person, not just academically. There's a real effort toward inclusion here too, every kid feels like they belong. And the other families make it feel like a real community, everyone pitches in with festivals, school events, and volunteering, and it genuinely feels like we're raising these kids together. My kid has grown so much here, more confident, more creative, just happier. If you're looking for a school with a lot of heart, this is it.