As an adult I have been riding at The Equestrian Reserve since 2017. I cannot say enough good…read morethings about them. Donna, Hannah and all of the instructors have been incredible. I learn from them every day. Not just about riding, but about what it takes to own a horse. I learn from when the vet comes, and the farrier. I am a much more confident horse person. I have even been in their show team for 5 years. Showing at Wills Park and at GQHA shows. They run a tight ship, jeeping safety at the forefront. Plus one of the cleanest barns around! I am grateful for every moment I am there!

I absolutely love coming to ride here ! Its a great riding school for adults! The staff ,…read moreinstructors and horses are all great!

I went to this school as a student back in 2010-15 and I loved every year of it! Staff were very…read morefriendly, My peers were nice and I was in the after school program while waiting for my parents! Sadly nearly every staff member has left since I left but nice to see the place still thriving. For the parents reading this, I went out thinking I would forget or never see anyone BUT some kids went to the same Middle/High School as me! It was awesome to catch up with them after not seeing them for years!! Anyways, I loved this place and would 100% recommend this place to anyone.

This is a long and detailed review however please take the time to read it before enrolling your…read morechild in this school. This is also the very first review I have ever written on an online forum in my more than 40-year life, so please know this situation was a very impactful one to my son and our family as a whole. Our journey with Alpharetta International Academy (AIA) was mixed. My son attended for two and a half years, and the first two years were positive. The staff seemed attentive, and my son thrived in a supportive environment. During the third year, things changed. Because he was not fully potty-trained, AIA didn't promote him to the 3-year-old class, even though developmentally and academically he was capable of tasks well-suited to a preschool environment. Instead, he was placed in a class with toddlers as young as 18 months, which seemed overcrowded, leaving his teacher (what was perceived to be) overwhelmed. Her teaching style changed, as did her overall demeanor and patience level. As a result, our son became bored and unchallenged, which impacted his behavior. We began receiving calls to pick him up due to what we believe stemmed from the teacher's frustration. These calls came on two separate occasions, one for the teacher's inability to redirect him during circle time and once when he picked up a Montessori-sized chair and when he put it down, it came down on the teacher's foot. Mind you, these two times were the only time in now almost three years that we were called for these things or that there was any type of misbehavior communicated to us on behalf of the school. Both times we picked him up, we were assured by the head of school that his teacher would follow up with us about his behavior, but this never happened. We twice asked the teacher to move him into a developmentally appropriate class. Just two weeks prior to his withdrawal I urged her to move him into the developmentally appropriate class temporarily as a "trial". All of these suggestions and requests were refused. It was disappointing for the teacher to be so unresponsive to our requests to address this clear mismatch in placement. This was the same teacher who had worked wonderfully with him for two years and who had previously shown genuine care and understanding, so we were left confused as to her actions, or lack thereof. As a Licensed Professional Counselor with experience working with children, as well as the daughter of two Doctorate Level public school teachers, I understand that children are at their best when they're engaged in age-appropriate, stimulating settings. It was disheartening to see that the AIA staff now seemed unable to understand the impact a poorly suited classroom environment could have on our son's behavior and learning. To add to our distress and disappointment, the head of school sent a disingenuous response to my email with my intent to withdraw my son from her school due to a lack of a suitable and appropriate classroom environment. She did express regret at our decision, saying she loved our son and was committed to working with him. Her email response was a conflicting message, combining both overly kind and positive statements with underlying hurtful remarks. She informed us that we would still be responsible for paying a sizable early withdrawal fee, totaling thousands of dollars. Although we were aware of this fee in the enrollment agreement, my husband responded to explain that, given the circumstances leading to the change, we felt it was unfair to be held financially responsible for their choices and when we were already having to spent thousands to place him in a different learning environment. He also mentioned we would be leaving an honest review of our experience to better inform other families considering AIA. In response, the head of school reiterated the fee due and informed that we should "please understand that any communication perceived as a threat has been formally documented and will be addressed through the proper channels if necessary". This statement was unnecessary and upsetting to us, as we were simply expressing our intent to share our experience honestly. Ultimately, while we value the initial positive experience our son had at AIA, the handling of this final chapter left us with reservations regarding AIA's ability to make decisions that are best for the children they serve and questions regarding their authenticity in their mission statement. I hope this review helps AIA consider ways to better support students' needs and communicate open and in real time with parents. Lastly, I hope this review enables other parents considering AIA to make the most informed decision that leads to the most positive outcome for their child and family as a whole.

I love that the instructors are great and patient with the little ones my granddaughter looks…read moreforward to this each week and ask each is it gymnastics day?

The coaches are very positive and supportive of the kids. I appreciate the music added to the…read moreroutines. Coach Rose and Coach Ella are amazing with the kids! Coach Dillion's energy is awesome and the kids love him.

HNS apologizes for having phone issues in the past but we have corrected that problem…read more Within two years, thousands of youth and teenagers have walked through our doors and had a great time. We strive to grow our customer base and improve each and everyday. We look forward to continuing our services: community events, basketball and volleyball court rentals, birthday parties, travel teams, sleepovers and much more!!!! Team HNS

Do not come here if you want to get scammed. My nephew was signed up to attend basketball through…read morei9 sports. Samuel Hines was the so called "coach" for the "camp". I say "camp", because it wasn't. The "camp" was unorganized and not structured. This is what happened on the first day of camp. First off, about the facility, I really didn't get the concept of having a hardcourt floor and sand for volleyball together in the same facility because sand was transferring everywhere. Also the place is not sanitary. There are 2 restrooms. The one in the office had a ton of fruit flies flying around and the one in the gym had fruit flies and dead bugs. Plus, the place was tremendously hot. So about the "camp". First, he was the only instructor for the camp, with the exception of his son and another lady....not really sure what their roles were, because they really didn't do anything. There was no formal introductions and no daily agenda to explain what they would be doing for the week. Then he had all the kids lumped into one group... 5-12 year olds. A real basketball camp separates the kids into their own age groups. He also had everyone shoot on the very tall goals and the little kids not having the right size ball. At around 12 noon he separated the big kids and the little kids, but he had the big kids play 2 games and the little ones work on shooting with his son and the other lady. It seemed that he was more interested in the big kids, then everyone as a whole. I don't know who that female "coach" was, but she cannot teach at all. She had to look at her phone several times to figure out what to do. Little kids have a short attention span, and she didn't keep them entertained and the kids were bored. They had the kids together instead splitting them up. The majority of the kids were not focused...they were standing there not paying attention, playing on the net, and not learning anything. Then they broke for lunch at 1:30 pm and watched a show or a movie in the tiny break room. Then after lunch they played in the sandbox for the rest of "camp". Money wasn't paid for him to play in the sandbox for the majority of camp. The purpose of the camp was to learn about the rules and skills about basketball. On Tuesday, this is when I really knew that this was a scam because Mr. Hines was holding another basketball camp for a daycare center while the i9 basketball campers were playing in the sand volleyball court. When we got there, the camp didn't start on time which was scheduled at 9am. So my mom and I went for a walk, and my dad stayed in his truck. When we returned, my dad said that the door to the facility was locked. When the kids from the daycare center arrived they couldn't get in. So the daycare workers had to call Mr. Hines to unlock the door. My dad asked, "why was the door locked", and Mr. Hines replied "because of security reasons". But yesterday, the door to the facility remained unlocked the entire day. So, my mom had to go around to the back to enter into the facility. Once inside she observed that the i9 campers were not participating in their scheduled basketball camp, instead they were playing volleyball in the sand. It was the daycare children who were on the basketball court participating in their basketball camp. So, my mom left and told my dad what was going on, after much discussion she returned an hour later and discovered that they daycare kids were the only ones on the basketball court being taught about basketball, and the i9 campers were taking a break in the sandbox. At that point, my nephew was taken out of camp and did not return. My dad called i9 to explain what happened. I9 refunded our money, and they were going to discuss the situation with Mr. Hines.

I am very disappointed with the latest experience with this establishment. I thought the camp was…read moreopen today since I have registered and prepaid for the rest of the time my daughter was out for winter break. To my dismay, not only the door was closed I had to scramble around to find out later the camp was canceled and they failed to notify me in advance. It was a significant inconvenience to me being that I had to bring my daughter in to work with me until I could make spur of the moment back up care. It's a crying shame that they neglected to notify me and due to past shortcomings with this place I can definitely declare that I shall never enroll my child again with this establishment. My husband and I cannot entrust an establishment with the care of our child with this type of poor service. If I was not insistent on obtaining a refund they would continue to disappoint and provide substandard care.

This shaping minds doubles as a pro martial arts franchise. I initially went to tour the space and…read morethought the space to be extremely small and insufficient for the avg of 45 - 60 kids that go there after school. They completed an unauthorized $249 fee on my cc and when asked why Coach Al simply said I can return it no problem as we have other children on the waiting list. This also happened to another mom that I met that same day who was unsure about enrolling her child as well. Completely unethical business practices. My son wanted to go here badly so against my better judgement I thought to try it out for at least a month. Didn't last a week: There were a host of other problems: conducting additional classes with more kids that they never tell you about ( separate from after school program - karate class only) and cramming the after school kids in a small room in the back, who sit on the floor, with nothing to do while all this shouting is going on). telling my son on day 4 that he was irresponsible and couldn't play on his tablet b/c he didn't clean his cubby. When I asked another coach about this he said that the kids have certain policies that they have to abide by and if they don't they get points taken away. I asked him for copy of said policies and he said it's not written anywhere. So I send my son to a afterschool program to be disciplined by teenagers for not cleaning a cubby and he sits there for an hour with nothing to do all the while kids in the next room are being taught karate....loudly. There are no written policies, I'm sure no license to operate an after school program with this many kids and extremely poor communication in a shoddy make shift space with patched holes in the walls. When I questioned their practices over and over again the coach said well this is clearly not the right place for your son and I will refund you your money right now. Not, here is a copy of our policies and how can we make this right since our discipline practices make you feel uncomfortable. Oh and not to mention, they will not allow you to tour their space while classes are in session (hey don't want you to see how many kids are crammed in there) and will not allow you to come in the space if you just wanted to check in on your kid - also saying this is against their policy??? If my son wasn't so eager to try this place we would not have had to endure this nightmare. Parents beware!

My daughter attended this camp for many years and it has always been fabulous Fabulous. I hope…read morethey're still open because it is such a wonderful program for children

YTLC scammed me out of $1000! I have had the worst…read moreexperience dealing with this company. I had to cancel the summer camp I had signed my child up for and paid for. When I tried to contact them to cancel the camp within their cancellation period, the phone only rang and did not go to a voice mail. After a couple more attempts I e-mailed them and finally received acknowledgement that they would cancel her camp and issue a refund. After months of trying to contact with them asking for an update on my refund, I was only given excuses and was constantly told that the person responsible for issuing the refund was always busy and could not talk at that time. This place is a scam and I would never trust the care of my child to them.

We have the pleasure of having Ms Kara start our preschool at Messiah Johns Creek. She has been…read moresuch a wonderful addition to not only our church but also to our Preschool. She is so hands on with the kids and she has the most creative activities. She makes my 3 year old feel so special and comfortable. You can tell she is just amazing with kids. We are looking forward to starting this years school year with her!

Ms Kara is such a wonderful director and teacher. My oldest son was in her school for 2 yrs and he…read moreloved it. She created wonderful interactive lessons, fun crafts, catchy songs and a safe enviornment for the kids. She is so kind and knows each of her students so well. My son was more than prepared for TK/Kinder after being in her school. Our family is so grateful for the time we had.