After a lot of media attention related to day care issues all over the country and stories of…read morechildren being neglected/forgotten, I approached our day care options very carefully and cautiously. It is important to keep in mind that not everyone's experiences exemplify the all-around experience, and not every teacher is the same. The teachers in the classroom make a world of difference to the experience of the family entrusting them. With that said, we have been exceedingly fortunate to have had our nearly 2 year-old under the care of Ms. Ann, Ms. Kenisha, and Ms. Susan here. They have all shown what appears to be an honest interest and care for our child. They provide daily care sheets that let us know what he/she ate (of huge importance to me), how they engaged him/her 'academically' (at the toddler age, this would be like singing a certain song, learning about a certain color, working on please/thank you, etc.), diaper changes, naps, and communication to the parents if diapers or wipes are running low. It is an efficient system for communicating those things you are hoping your child is doing/eating/learning. We have popped in without notice on several occasions to really do our own form of 'random inspection,' if you will - really we wanted to verify that at random points midday that our child was being attended to as necessary, playing well, eating well, napping well, etc. So far each visit has been great and we have never experienced any issues with any of the staff that has cared for our child. The management has been wonderful as well. Ms. Stacey does a wonderful job of remembering you and your child's name, and any issues or questions with tuition, payments, general care questions that I have sent them via email have been responded to very promptly. You can research the facility/franchise online and see the technology available to the students. There's a great play town that the older kids get to take advantage of (our toddler is still too young at this point), there are two separate outdoor play areas complete with toys, slides, and ample room as well as seating and shade. They do apply sunblock to the kids, which is a nice touch. We have also been told that as our child gets older and moves up to the next class, they will work on potty training as well. We have seen our child's vocabulary and social skills absolutely BLOSSOM since we have started with this TLE. As I said, we have been so lucky to have the great teachers our child has right now. As our child grows and switches to another class, that story may or may not change, but I will update my review as necessary. For now, I am happy to report that we are extremely satisfied with the care, attention, and developmental/educational lessons that these caring teachers have provided for our child.

We have had a terrific experience at this daycare (TLE). Our daughter started at 13 weeks old…read more After the childcare situation we'd planned on since before she was born fell through at the last minute, I showed up at TLE a bit desperate. With three days left before I was supposed to start back at work, I count myself so lucky that they happened to have one spot open in the infant room! Ms. Regina in Infant Room B is a wonderful caregiver. She is always calm and steady, always positive and warm. Her classroom is peaceful, and the kiddos in there seem very content. I was worried that our daughter, who struggled with bottle feeding, would go hungry at daycare. Ms. Regina was willing to work with her and now our kiddo is happily taking five bottles a day. What's even more amazing is that, after I told Ms. Regina I was really struggling with missing my daughter while at work, she started writing extra notes in the daily report. In addition to knowing when my baby napped/ate/was changed, I get to read little details like, "She seems to be especially fond of one of the other babies in the room," or, "Today she smiled while her teacher held her up to the window and talked about the arrival of spring." Those little glimpses into her day show me that she's getting attention and love, and they make all the difference to my peace of mind. Overall, everyone at this center seems kind and sincere. While our daughter does spend some time in bouncy chairs (which is unavoidable when one person cares for multiple infants!), I was thrilled to see that she is more often being held or hanging out in a Boppy pillow on the floor while looking happily at the other babies. Ms. Wendi, the director, is very personable and patient with new parent concerns. She also called promptly on the two occasions that my daughter had an "incident" -- throwing up and getting a small scratch. This made me feel very secure that our kid was safe at TLE. Before enrolling, when I looked for reviews of this daycare online, I didn't find that many -- so I'm especially happy to add my opinion and say that I'd definitely recommend TLE to friends and would say it is worth every penny.

I love this sewing studio I learn so much and the teacher is the best my experience here has always…read morebeen amazing every time I come.I definitely recommend to anyone.

I've had a sewing machine for about five years with every intention to learn how to sew. It wasn't…read moreuntil my husband asked to use it (and knew how!) that I realized I needed to get on that! I went to the Beginner's Class and we made a pillow. It really gave a feel for the machine. Toni (the owner and instructor) was great and really helpful. She made it fun to learn. I think the best thing about this class is that it left me feeling really confident about using my machine (at least for simple things...for now!) I believe this was money WELL spent. When I get tired of making throw pillows, I'll go back for the next class!!!

I attended Emerson Waldorf School for 10 years. To say I loved my time there is an understatement…read more I went from crying everyday at my charter school in first grade to thriving academically, socially, and artistically. At Emerson, students are not only seen as learners, but also as whole people who have thoughts, ambitions, and capacities beyond memorizing formulas. In elementary school I learned through stories and to this day I am able to remember the content of the lessons- the math activities that helped me learn all my times tables forwards and backwards, the stories I wrote in cursive, the doll I knit in second grade. In middle school, I wasn't taking tests to measure my knowledge, but instead I was writing stories and drawing depictions based on the lessons of Ancient Egypt, Geography, History, etc. Thanks to Emerson I can write college level essays (I got A's on all of my first semester college papers), I play the cello, I sell crocheted hats and knitted socks, I love sports thanks to my years on the volleyball team, I honestly love math, and I have still kept the friendships from my years at Emerson. I think that is what I love most. The students are so kind and everyone is able to be their truest self without shame. There are no expectations to conform to what society (or social media) thinks is popular at the time. Every child deserves to attend Emerson Waldorf School.

Academics is delivered in a unique and creative way here. Using the Waldorf approach has proven…read morehighly effective for our son who has been there for 9 years now. Grateful to his teacher Mr. Wiley.

My daughter Hannah has been attending Legacy Academy since she was only 14 weeks old (Infant A),…read moreand she is now in the final classroom (4B) and will enroll in kindergarten August of 2025. My husband and I have had a great experience overall with all of Hannah's teachers going back to 2020 when her infant teachers made it easier for me to be confident that she was receiving wonderful care to now when Mr. Armando has been our favorite teacher for her yet. He is the assistant director but loves to work in the 4s too, so we have appreciated how much she learned from him when he was her teacher for a couple months last fall, and we are so glad he is currently covering while they look for a qualified replacement teacher after some recent turnover. Mr. Armando is kind and empathetic- he always treats the kids in his class well and is supportive to parents as well. My only complaint is that he is so great at his job that they keep pulling him out of the classroom because he is so good at his job as management too (and I just want Hannah to be lucky enough to have him be her full-time teacher). Mr. Armando is the best of the best! Wendy and Chris have treated Hannah so kindly over the years as well, and it's nice to know that the owners care about the students as well as their families. Hannah has loved so many of her teachers, and I wish that I could name them all, but I will settle for a few of her other top teachers in addition to Mr. Armando. She has loved Ms. Brooke (she always seemed to appreciate Hannah's quirky personality), Ms. Kat (they bonded over their shared love of Stitch), Ms. Arianne (so sweet with her and has always thought Hannah was funny), Ms. Lisa (has helped her grow in her writing skills and appreciates Hannah's chatty ways), Ms. Natalia (takes care of her at the end of the day and reads her all her favorite stories), and Ms. Riley (wrote Hannah the sweetest note about how much she enjoys taking care of her and coloring with her). I can never leave out one of the most important employees at Legacy in a review- Ms. Chari (the prep cook) has been with Legacy for over 3 years now, and she is amazing. She is so sweet and has such a warmth about her. Everyone in the building clearly loves her, and Hannah thinks she is the best. Hannah talks about Ms. Chari all the time at home, and it's so apparent how wonderful she is with her. I am getting reflective here at the beginning of her final year of preschool, and I am so grateful to everyone at Legacy who has helped us have such a great experience for our daughter. I highly recommend it to anyone in the Chapel Hill, Durham area (we drive 30 minutes from Graham, and it's worth it- the preschools in Graham are not as high quality as Legacy).

We immediately pulled our kids once we realized what was happening. They are now in a daycare which…read morehas not given us any similar complaints. Things seemed well for about a year here until my oldest son moved up a classroom. He was sad, a lot, which I assumed was from adjusting. (He also picked up the phrase "crying brat"). Immediately a surge of complaints came home every day. He was "impossible" to potty train, he was frustrating to deal with, he didn't nap long enough, etc. Never a positive. I wrote the teacher a long note trying to see what ways I could help. He's an extremely friendly kid and I didn't understand what was happening...I took their suggestions. Both my husband and I noticed negative interactions when my son was crying in the room...As though they were disgusted. We would stay behind and watch for a minute, and became concerned. I did everything I could to figure out what they were talking about and how I could help. Then they neglected diaper changes...Twice I picked my son up in the EXACT SAME diaper I dropped him off in. I have several witnesses to this, including Legacy staff. Diapers which fell apart into yellow slush when you tried to take their pants off. Almost immediately after finding this, the director spoke to me in her office in a very condescending way. She said she didn't know what to do anymore about my son, and that we should "give him rules and boundaries" (We are BIG on that at home) and "teach him not to run away". And said he had ran off the property into the parking lot. The day before. They hid it from me until then. He could have been hit by a car or gotten lost. She then described what she believed were "sensory issues" and said they couldn't help him anymore. I asked her if she meant autism...She said, maybe. I took him to two different pediatricians to get this assessed, both of which said there were not any flags for any disorders. The second asked me not to take this childcare center seriously. I'm still angry about this. My son was obviously running and not cooperating after months of mistreatment. They blamed us for the 3's teacher departure as well as the unhappiness of other staff who stepped in. Not any apologies or acknowledgement for the pain we went through, only pleasant when we withdrew. I still have nightmares about what he went through. It's hard to write this review because there actually are very good staff at Legacy, particularly the pre-K and infant rooms. But due to high turnover in some rooms, desperate hires, and the complete lack of responsibility or empathy from the Owner, I would never recommend this place.

Disfarmer Photographs from the Studio of Mike Disfarmer,…read moreHeber Springs, Arkansas 1939-1946 January 17-April 6, 2008 Lyndhurst Gallery Public Reception and Talk: Thursday, February 28, 7 p.m. Scholar/Collector Julia Scully There is much that we don't know about Mike Disfarmer, but what we do know makes for a great story. He was born Mike Meyer in Indiana in 1884. When he was eight, his family moved to Arkansas---though later in life he claimed to have been blown there by a tornado and dropped in the Meyers' yard. At the age of fifty, not long after his mother's death, he made the local paper when he legally changed his last name from Meyer to Disfarmer. The reporter explained the change this way: "Since 'meyer' means 'farmer' in German, and since the petitioner was not a farmer, he chanced upon the name 'Disfarmer.' 'Dis' is said to mean 'not' in German."). In adopting this new identity, Disfarmer distanced himself from his family and seemed to imply his superiority to other locals. A confirmed bachelor who made a point of telling people that he didn't believe in the Bible, he succeeded in creating a persona that was both insider and outsider in the small mountain town of Heber Springs, Arkansas, where he'd lived since 1914. This eccentric, reportedly friendless man chose to operate a portrait studio for forty years. He documented significant and random moments in the lives of rural Arkansas families through the end of the Depression and World War II. No warm conversation, no props, no frills; an irregular tack for the traditionally gregarious profession of portrait photographer. His neighbors, all white, predominantly working class, came as they were, and as they wanted to be remembered: in work clothes, in uniform, in their Sunday best. They are hearty individuals living through challenging times, sliced from a virtually homogenous life. The frank, arresting portraits Disfarmer made stand as a compelling record of the home front. The community he held at a distance; his camera, he caressed. This exhibition presents classic Disfarmer images--posthumous prints from glass-plate negatives made between 1939 and 1946--that were discovered two years after the photographer's death by former Heber Springs mayor Joe Albright when he purchased the contents of the studio for five dollars. A selection of these images was first published in the Arkansas Sun (Peter Miller, editor) and Modern Photography (Julia Scully, editor) in 1975. The Disfarmer Project, a reclamation effort launched in 2004 by Michael Mattis, has brought vintage prints spanning Disfarmer's full forty-year career in Heber Springs to the public's attention. A special thanks to the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City for the loan of these prints. This exhibition is presented in conversation with the Bill Frisell Trio's The Disfarmer Project: Musical Portraits from Heber Springs, March 1, 8 p.m., Reynolds Industries Theater, West Campus, Duke University--part of Statements of Fact: Documentary in Performance, a series offered by Duke Performances.

This is another college spot that's worth keeping a fairly consistent eye on. The Center for…read moreDocumentary Studies houses special screenings and exhibitions of some thought-provoking documentary gold. Their screening rooms are not ideal, but in this case what's on the screen is normally worth it. They run workshops and continuing education courses for those who are interested in things further than just watching a doc as well.

Both of our children, our son and daughter, attended The Goddard School of Durham, and we have…read moreconsistently been impressed with the quality of care and education they received. The teaching staff is knowledgeable, caring, and skilled at fostering each child's development. Our kids grew tremendously in confidence, social skills, and academic readiness during their time here. The teachers took the time to understand each child's individual needs and learning style, which made a significant difference in their progress. The curriculum is well-structured and age-appropriate. Daily communication kept us informed about our kids' activities and development. We also loved the constant stream of photos we received through their app; it helped us put faces to the names of our children's friends and sparked conversations at dinnertime. The facilities are clean, safe, and well-maintained with great outdoor play areas. As working parents, we appreciated the reliability and peace of mind that come with quality childcare. The staff treated our children with genuine care and helped create a positive foundation for their future learning. Our son is transitioning out after several years, and we are confident--just as we were with our daughter--that the skills and preparation he has gained at Goddard will serve him well. We would definitely recommend this school to other families seeking quality early childhood education.

I have visited the Durham Goddard several times and this particular teacher in the Preschool is not…read morevery friendly with the teachers that is her classroom and she is very rude and disrespectful, she believes in yelling at her students and the teachers and wonder why she doesn't have a teacher in her classroom

This is your typical community college. My only issue is that the class schedules are not as…read moreflexible as you would hope for from a community college and there are not as many online learning options as I would have expected.

As a student .. I hate it! The financial aid office is ridiculous! They are a sorry excuse for an…read moreeducational institute! Of course they far from professional .

My friend and I finally got a chance to book a rug making class with Safe n Sound Rugs located in…read moreRaleigh for her birthday! It was such a fun class where they walk you step-by-step on how to make your own rug. Before the class, you'll send in your design and color requests. They'll let you know if your design is too hard for a beginner level class. It was a fun class and quite challenging. You do have to stand while you tuft which makes you more tired especially after a few hours, so dress for comfort and breath lability as you might get hot! You can bring snacks and something to drink but keep in mind it's a small space. Once you're all done, they'll take your rug to be finished. Takes about two weeks before it's done for either pick-up or they can also mail it to you. Definitely a good idea for a date night, birthday activity, or just a fun activity with your friends or solo. Almost forgot - they also offer classes in the CLT area as well!