BEST COLLEGE EVER! I am right in the middle of the collage and absolutely amazing all the stores…read moreand restaurants are so close and affordable for all the students and plus they can work at any of the businesses and so many activities and etc for all the students and make sure they stay fit healthy and my neighbor's daughter came to this college and had the most amazing unbelievable experience and so proud of all the staff and students and keep up the good work and they all deserve awards and especially this school! They are all very responsible and caring kind and committed to students and teaching and health safety and always very devoted to keeping updated on things Weather related and or traffic etc and the staff always are positive happy hard working and so sweet and very wonderful. Keep up the fabulous work to all the students and teachers and KICK ASS SCHOOL EVER!! You all are blessings and angels and miracles and so proud of you all congratulations on everything you accomplished so far this year! From Lauren

We've been in the college hunt since our daughter started her junior year this year. Have visited…read morequite a few Virginia schools, small ones and big ones. This school tour/orientation BLEW our socks off! Easily went to the #1 spot for her and us. From the attendant at the parking garage to their awesome grounds, everything was fantastic. The inbrief was very well orchestrated. You could tell a lot of time and effort went into making sure we understood what the school stands for and how proud each of them are of being DUKE! The campus is breathtaking enriched in history. Our ambassador Matt Rowe (tour guide) was top notch! He's right with 22,000 students this big school, definitely has a small school vibe. Great job JMU!

A nice college in a small town, this is a great small school for your student. It's really close…read moreknit, and the student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, meaning there's lots of support and personal attention. The school is also really diverse, much more than expected in this region. It's worth a look!

Years ago - Festival was the only game in town for those of us living on this side of campus. It…read morewas a food wasteland aside from the top floor food court of Festival. Who remembers the waffles on the weekend and the pretzel roll sandwiches?! Festival had a small convenience store, a coffee shop where live music could be played, several hangout spots, and spaces that could be rented for events and conferences. The food court and coffee-type hangout remains. It's a large complex and is well-maintained.

A great place for a wedding, theater show, awards dinner, job fair, and pep rally. Extremely…read moreversatile! Everyone has love for the Festival Conference Center!

I truly feel that this is a company that places a lot of love and care into developing their…read morematerials. Each course is carefully designed and put together with a true understanding of the nature of children in mind. The love of children and teaching them well shines through without a doubt. There is a lot of wonderful guidance for the parents/teachers in the teacher's guides, the Homeschool Handbook, and their seminar offerings and correspondence courses. I have no doubt you could call this company and ask for any help or guidance in teaching their programs and you would not be disappointed. Everything is so well put together I have never needed to consult them! The programs are very comprehensive and it is difficult to imagine anyone completing them and not attaining a very good level of mastery on the subject studied. They offer so many fantastic subjects and electives for all grade levels that I have found myself buying a few courses for myself to learn and explore. I must add that they are engaging, challenging, and very useful for everyday life. This might surprise some people because the materials are not fancy by any means but rather they are plain and practical and too many people find themselves won over by packaging rather than content. The programs are very enjoyable for myself as well as my children. Most subjects have little workbooks called lightunits that are stand alone work-texts or workbooks to accompany a textbook. My children love the joy of completing a light unit and progressing to another throughout the year. It is quite motivating. The workbooks are also divided into lessons of very reasonable lengths for the age/stage of child it is intended for. There is no prattle or useless items to be found. Everything is as concise as possible, in the most child-friendly way, and to the point. Every part of the content has a good purpose in preparing the student for life as well as the next level of courses. For children who need more practice the teacher's guide is always a good resource for ideas on how to achieve this. For a faster and highly motivated student it is easy to combine lessons and work through things a little faster. Up until High School all the math lightunits are write in workbooks. It has taken the burden of having to copy tons of problems out for each lesson and put more emphasis on actually learning and understanding the process behind the math. Learning to copy problems neatly is something that provided little by little each grade level. I have learned a lot from these math courses and many times I have encountered a very unique perspective on a concept that I had never seen before but which is far superior to anything I learned in my schooling. I am looking forward to the updates they are making for the High School math programs. I use the readers to read aloud as character building family story time but not as a complete reading program. I love the new Kindergarten materials as well as the learning to read set. My children love the letter rhymes and the number rhymes and still go around saying them for fun. They have a nice way of teaching the concept of blending and it really helped with my child who was struggling with every other program. The Home Economics courses are fabulous and I loved learning from them. I will certainly be using them with my daughters and I am looking forward to the next installments of level II. I highly recommend this company!

Raptor Hill was the best birthday adventure! Jennifer was incredible the entire time - we learned…read moreso much about falconry, her birds, and raptors. We loved hearing about her devotion to positive reinforcement and getting to see the results of her work in action. All the birds were incredible and we'll remember this experience for the rest of our lives. We're already talking about going back because we didn't get enough of our feathered friends with just the one visit! If you're looking for a unique experience, look no further!

I cannot get over how incredible this experience was. My husband gifted me the Owl Experience and…read moreit was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Jennifer is so kind, knowledgeable and wonderful. You can tell how much she cares and loves for the birds and how much that respect/trust is reciprocal. I absolutely love all the positive reinforcement training she does with the birds to raise such confident and sweet birds. Although we were there for only two hours, we had a falcon and owl fly onto our gloved arms multiple times!! Jennifer shared so much information about how the birds are raised, their habitat, their diet, etc and patiently answered our numerous questions. I recommend this experience 100/100.

This is a super random review of a school's facility…read more We were traveling to Massenutten and along this road there is literally no where to stop and use the rest room. We were passing this school and spotted a porta potty. Not ideal - but it was an oasis in the desert. The baseball field is extremely well-groomed. The track is in perfect condition. There is ample parking. The middle school and the high school are on the same property. They have a special handicap seating area to watch the football game. The view is amazing. Now...the porta potty. There was only one. It was handicap accessible. It wasn't locked even though it was 6:30 pm on a Friday night and no one was around. It was the cleanest porta potty ever. I felt like I was the first to use it. Strange, right? It saved our road trip.