My son began his high school career as an anonymous student going through the "assembly line"…read moreeducation provided by the NYC DOE. I knew he was capable of achieving higher grades but he was never challenged. The decision to transfer him to The Beekman School is one of the best investments I could ever have made for his future. Headmaster Higgins and his professional staff welcomed my son and provided the kind of attention only available in small class size settings. The educational staff helped my son realize his true potential and his grades soared. My son actually looked forward to waking up early and going to school because he thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The staff make you feel like family, and although my son graduates this year (with the highest grades of his academic career) I hope to continue the relationship as my daughter hopes to attend as a freshman this September.

My 5 year old son attended the summer school in June 2023 and had a such a positive educational…read morebased learning experience! He came home each day so exicted to share about all the different countries and enjoyed playing with the other campers as well. Ms. Brittany has such a talented teacher we will be back!

My son has been going here for the past year and he has loved every moment of it. He comes home…read morewith fun and engaging activities and always talks about how much fun he's had that day. Ms. Brittany and all of the teachers there are so kind and thoughtful. While we are moving and won't be attending anymore I would highly recommend them for anyone looking for summer camp or after school care!

Before my daughter turned two, my partner and I agreed that when the time came to look for a…read moreDaycare, we would pick one that would feel like an extension of our home, a place that felt welcoming, had specific creative energy and at least bi-lingual as we are tri-lingual at home. We set up multiple appointments around the area and visited several daycares, both expensive and lower-end daycares, and felt they were all missing something; they were either sterile or lacking a creative vibe we were looking for our child. As soon as we booked a walk-thru at Mi Escuelita, we knew it was the daycare for us. It felt like the perfect home- a space with a positive vibe, filled with art and happy children. The daycare is also in a brownstone with a beautiful private garden. Although our daughter has only been attending for 3 months (as she turned two late in the year), she has already accelerated development skills such as talking/singing/ counting, sharing, and being attentive to other children. She also now loves to paint and draw at home in her free time. We have discovered a fantastic community at the school, not only with the children but with the lovely parents whose educational needs aligned with ours. We only have the excellent and attentive Tia's to thank at Mi Escuelita and couldn't be happier to be a part of this rare community.

My child attended Mi Escuelita for two whole beautiful and happy years. He thrived there! This is a…read moremagical place, the staff is super professional, the curriculum is so rich and developed my child's love to music, painting and Spanish. He learned how to communicate and care for friends, and he was loved and taken care for all the time. This is the place you're looking for!

I'm looking for a good charter school for my kids. HEKETI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL 403 CONCORD…read moreAVENUE IN THE BRONX IS NOT THE SCHOOL FOR KIDS. I was so very disappointed with that charter school. So hopefully Family Life Academy is nothing like HEKETI. NO ONE should send their kids there if they truly care and love them. I took my kids out of Public School and they were making such great grades there. I still wanted something better for my kids. But I was not at all satisfied with HEKETI. Parents make sure you take your time and choose the right school for your kids. My kids were so very unhappy at that Heketi Charter school. So I'm crossing my fingers and looking for a better school.

My daughter goes to the FLACS II on East 140th and the education she gets is like I am paying for…read moreprivate school. She gets bussing, tutoring from the teacher three days a week, and now they just opened an afterschool program that accepts vouchers from HRA & ACS. Also they provide breakfast and lunch, which is organic. The principal is so sweet and undestanding. I love this school. They just petitioned to open a third school which is now accepting applications.

This school is very caring and dedicated to ensure your child is comfortable in a classroom…read moresetting. My son who was very afraid to go to school, overcame his anxiety and enjoys his teachers. I give a lot of thanks to Ivy as I am more comfortable that he will do well in elementary school.

I recently signed my daughter to this school and I have made the right choice after a long search…read morefor a school. The staff made her feel very welcome and safe which was my main concern for her . The classrooms are clean and they offer a wide range of activities. Will recommend this facility to parents who ate looking for a nice place for their little ones.

Manhattan Private School Advisors is a SCAM. Save your money. Its not worth the $20,000 fee, or…read moreeven $500. I'm ashamed to admit we contracted MPSA. The owner, Amanda Uhry, doesn't help you get into any school. She has no connections, no affiliations and no relationships. Its a lie when she says she can't speak to any schools on your behalf. She doesn't care about your family or child or where you actually get into. We met with her ONCE. She sat us down and opened up Victoria Goldman's Guide to Private Nursery Schools. She simply listed the schools nearby that we showed an interest in. She doesn't guide you to which school will be best for your child. She never meets with your family or observes your child. She won't even come to meet you in your home or office. She never followed up with us after admission notifications to see which schools we had been accepted to. All she did was edit some essays, but our essays were good to begin with, so she didn't help there either. Amanda emphasizes how incredibly busy she is and how competitive the market is, but has no personal knowledge of the current year's admissions processes. She's a great marketer of self. She feeds on your fear of not being able to get into a proper school, when the reality is, if you do the proper research and keep your family's best interests at heart, something will work out. Amanda pushes a numbers game. She will urge you to apply to as many schools as possible, because that increases your odds of getting in somewhere, anywhere. It doesn't matter whether or not its the best fit for your child and family. If you get in somewhere, anywhere, she can boast a 100% success rate. Do your own research. Join the Parents League. Buy the Victoria Goldman book. Know which schools to call the day after Labor Day. Attend all open houses and meetings. There are respectable placement specialists out there who do have relationships with schools who do not cost a fortune. Normal consultation fees cost $100-$200. Still expensive, but reasonable. Manhattan Private School Advisors is a farce and I'm shocked that no one else has reviewed it in all these years.

Manhattan Private School Advisors is a godsend! Our family was late to the admissions process…read morebecause my husband was transferred from London to New York. Amanda Uhry, the founder, met with us multiple times to ensure that we understood every aspect of the admissions process. The firm carefully went over every school option, edited parent statements (essays), prepared us for school tours, admissions interviews, and our children's roles in the admissions process. Private school admissions in New York is a complicated and very challenging experience, but Manhattan Private School Advisors broke the admissions process down into completely manageable segments for us. To our delight, our sons were accepted at the schools of our choice. We are in fact working with the firm for our oldest son's college admissions process. I would highly recommend Amanda Uhry and Manhattan Private School Advisors to any parent seeking quality educational counseling in New York and elsewhere.

My kids go here and I must say it's the best choice I have ever made for them. The teachers here…read moreare amazing and go above and beyond to help the kids. The programs the school offers like swimming , music, language are all top notch and my kids enjoy them all. The property is extremely well maintained and everything is quality.

Hunter College High School is a public academic magnet secondary school located in the Carnegie…read moreHill Upper East Side of Manhattan. That's my neighborhood. It is administered and funded by Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and no tuition is charged. According to Hunter, its 1,200 "students represent the top one-quarter of 1% of students in New York City, based on test scores. I know that's true because I've got a lot of friends that have children that applied for entrance and were overlooked. The school history is interesting. Originally Hunter was established in 1869 as "The Female Normal and High School", a private school to prepare young women to become teachers. The original school was composed of an elementary and a high school. There's a long list of notable graduates if you want to look them up. I love the building because it is a historic Armory. I recommend you visit the photogenic structure. If you are fortunate enough to have your family member attend I recommend you take advantage of every activity and opportunity you have to visit this school. I particularly recommend participating in their extracurricular activities in any form offered. I've enjoyed a few activities throughout the years.

A long time ago, on a subway far, far away*, I attended HCHS. Most of the great teachers I had…read morehave either retired or passed away. Last time I looked, my 9th grade math teacher was still soldiering on slinging the equations and one of my classmates is now continuing the tradition as a social studies teacher, following in the footsteps of Mr. Marienhoff (a great teacher and influence on many of us). Here are some facts about the school not often known outside the Hunter community. Every year, if you take the top 10% of 6th Grade kids in NYC (~2200-2500) that scored well on the 5th grade NYS ELA & math exams (what used to be called the city-wides), gave them the entrance exam and took the top 10% of those, you'd end up with the top 1%, which is roughly, a typical Hunter 7th grade class. Remember that this happens a full 2 years before they would take the Specialized High Schools exam (SHSAT). This gives Hunter the advantage of reaping the cream of the crop long before Stuyvesant, Bronx Science or Brooklyn Tech can get a crack at them. Over the first couple of years, some students will have personal, disciplinary or academic problems and will leave or be asked to leave, but their places are not filled by new students because they can only enter at the beginning of 7th grade. Those asked to leave go back and excel at their neighborhood schools. Like the other NYC specialized high schools, the education is tuition free and the best that the city can offer. Unlike those schools, you'll be staying for 6 years from grades 7-12. The Hunter College Campus Schools (including the Elementary School) is administered by Hunter College (CUNY) and not the NYC Dept of Education. This raises a whole load of other issues because Hunter is not subject to the Chancellor of the DOE nor receives funding like other NYC schools. Starting in 7th grade also gives students at Hunter the opportunity to finish their NYS Regents requirements by 10th or 11th grade and allows them to take more AP courses and to do an internship in their senior year. Completing both programs, the graduate receives both the Hunter and Regents diplomas. There has been a lot of press and allegations lately about the lack of diversity at Hunter and other Specialized schools that are groundless. If you can pass the test, you get in, end of story. Whether you received outside test prep or not, the bottom line is you were either prepared or not, no matter what your ethnic background. You better believe that if you attend Hunter, you will be going to college. With the Hunter name on your diploma, you stand a better than average chance to get into a top tier college or university. Hunter is known as the top feeder to the Ivy League and that is not a hollow statistic, but is proven every year. Among my class of 200, 10 students went to Cornell alone, with 4 to Harvard and others to Columbia, Princeton, UPenn, Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. We even had 3 going to MIT. Those are big percentages that is repeated year after year and that you will not find in any other school. I have very fond memories of my alma mater and appreciation for the place grows as you get older. So what I say to all the recent students and graduates that gripe about their experience at Hunter is that you'll be thankful for it in 10-20 years when all the bad experiences are in the past and you remember all the good things such as your life-long friends and the stellar education that you carry with you for the rest of your life. Here's an example of the work of some current students and a tour of the school. http://vimeo.com/62474345 And to make this a true Yelp review, what little cafeteria food we had was absolutely horrendous. You were better off going to any of the local delis (except the one we used to call the smelly deli). *Star Wars did come out about that time in ancient history and the records of us cutting class to go see it are lost in the mists of time. Han shot first!