My daughter attended in 2011-2012 and this is still her favorite care experience of all time, which…read moreis saying quite a lot considering she's loved them all! The staff really engaged with her on a whole different level and she learned so easily there. Love love love!

From the owner: At Arcadia we promote a strong peace & environmental curriculum and appreciate the importance of…read morenon-violent communication in our classroom as well as the world. We realize the importance of the children learning & living outdoors. We have created a large garden that the children till, weed, plant, water, harvest and eat from.

ETA: The new leadership team is amazing. The school went through some challenging times, but it's…read moreback to feeling like a home away from home again.

Think hard, don't lie to yourself... Does your child need a bit of support academically? Do you…read morethink they might? Do you want small class sizes? Are they on meds that need to be administered at school? Are they Neurodiverse (Dyslexic, Anxiety, ADHD, Autistic, Dyscalculia, etc.)? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, this school probably isn't for you. We really loved the school when the kid was younger. But, partway through the lower school, supports and amenities suddenly got a lot more scarce! The Middle School is even worse. Were the staff at fault? Usually not. Decisions were made and the kids that needed a bit of help paid the price. There isn't a school nurse. They have remodeled some of the specialist-type classrooms to convert them into classrooms. There has been quite a bit of staff leaving in the last 5 years. There isn't a real 9:1 kid to teacher ratio in practice, they use alternative accounting practices including counting staff members like the librarian (kids see the librarian for an hour or less per week while most teachers rush back to their rooms for preparation time leaving the librarian often alone with the kids). Teacher assistants in the lower school are not necessarily full time and are often pulled from class to cover teachers and things like playground duties. The administration is actively trying to add more students per class, and more classes overall, as all administrators are prone to do. In short, while it is a beautiful school, it isn't for everyone. Try not to be dazzled and ask the hard questions. See if this is right for your family. It is an expensive question to get wrong.

This is an excellent school. It is our 2nd year there and our three year old can't wait for…read morepreschool each day. Teacher Diana is wonderful!

NOD is the best cooperative preschool! We sent our first daughter to the preschool and she…read moreabsolutely thrived. Our second daughter is finishing up her first year. We will be continuing to send her to NOD until she's in kindergarten. Teacher Diana is helpful, encouraging and extremely understanding to both the children and the parents. My children and I feel safe and welcome. Because it's a co-op, we have plenty of opportunities to volunteer and give our time as members and to make decisions that shape and form the school.

It's hard to fully express my disappointment with this daycare. To make short, kids are not allowed…read moreto act like kids. Children will never be found running, never being loud. My, then 5yo, was yelled at for accidentally spilling milk. Agreements made during our initial interview were reneged and when we asked why, we were angrily told that's how it is. Later that night an email was sent to us with request that we never ask again even though that was the first time we had ever asked. I'm not going to go into detail as I respect their privacy. If you're looking for authoritarian style child care, this is for you, but I sure wasn't.

Our daughter started at Wee One's when she was 4 months old, she is now 3. We have been very…read morepleased with the incredible professionalism, patience and love that Mr. Tim and Mrs. Barbara show our daughter. My husband and I feel so fortunate to have found such an amazing developmental and learning environment for our child. Wee One's regularly posts photos and videos of their daily activities and has great communication with parents. If you are considering preschool or child care in the Tacoma area, I strongly recommend!

Anne the director/ owner is a skilled educator with over 20 years of experience in childcare and…read morecertifications in the Montessori method. I have toured Rising Star Montessori is clean, well organized home preschool with tons of hands-on materials. There is a beautiful fenced play area in the backyard too. Take a tour and see for yourself!

From the owner: Rising Star Montessori is a small preschool in a beautiful home located in University Place…read moreWashington. Come check us out!

Teacher Anna is absolutely amazing. She is so calm with the kids- she is like the preschool…read morewhisperer. My kiddo happens to be the only child, which means occasionally (a lot...) she gets into an only child emotional temper tantrum over toys. She has improved immensely since starting preschool here. Since this is a co-op, parents are expected to work at least once a month in the classroom. If you like being involved in your child's education, a co-op is a great place to start. Dues each month are extremely low due to the tremendous fundraisers and work the board does to maintain the school. Highly recommended. Sad that we have to move- but happy that we had the opportunity to be in Wapato!

From the owner: Our cooperative preschool program provides developmentally appropriate learning experiences for…read morechildren ages 2 - 5 years old. Our program supports the development of the whole child, including physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth.

I have taken much time and pondered my thoughts extensively as it pertains to writing this review…read more Please know that it comes from a place of passion, hurt and confusion. This review will be extensively, but I urge you to read it in its entirety. Firstly, I want to say that my wife and I had high hopes for this school when enrolling our three-year-old daughter. My name is Gerry Gordon and I am writing and advocating for my wife and daughter who have been tremendously affected by the misconduct of Annie Wright schools. Secondly, I want to address that due to the numerous accounts of negligence and social injustice my daughter endured I am convinced there is no diversity inclusion training or awareness within the Lower school staff, before and after school staff and its counterparts. Why do I say these things? Here are the things my daughter had to endure in only a 6-month period. Not in any particular order. 1. My daughter got ill with the flu due to the Annie Wrights lack of communication. To expound on this topic, I received an email stating that my daughter was "out of sorts", lethargic and not herself. Still having trust in the educators and nurse at this point, my wife and I took their advice to "monitor" her and check for a fever. We asked their opinion if we should come and they said NO she doesn't have a fever. Mind you we were never called but emailed and who knows how long she was sick. Come to find out she was in the nurse's office for over an hour maybe more. Long story short, my daughter ends up with the flu because I decided to take her to the doctor because the next day she returned to school and got a fever. On multiple occasions, we have seen her outside in the cold without a jacket. WE WERE NEVER CALLED ONCE while she exhibited concerning health signs. The nurse and the teachers refused to call and said email their primary form of contacting parents, even after I BOLDY requested phone calls due to the nature of my job and my wife's schooling. My daughter getting the flu could have been avoided with better communication. Once we gave them the requested doctors note it was questioned by the nurse. There was a lack of empathy and most importantly again we were never called. 2. My daughter was walking around barefoot I'm not sure how long this took place because we were never told or notified. The school requires extra shows and socks and she has rainboots. There is no reason for my child to walk around school for who knows how long without any shows or socks on. Once again it was treated as a simple thing and hardly addressed. 3. My daughter told us she was hit by a door from one of the staff that works directly with her. This concerned us, and we always follow up with the staff when our daughter tells us something. This said the staff has treated my wife and very different when trying to communicate simple things like "good morning". She even said Bria didn't like her for some odd reason. When confronted about the door situation her response we "it was an accident". 4. My daughter went an entire day without eating lunch. This was the final straw for us. I picked my daughter up at 5 pm and the first thing she said to me was "Daddy I didn't eat lunch today". I was concerned but questioned her and she insisted she didn't eat. Upon arriving home, I checked her lunchbox to validate her claim and there was a sticky note on there from her ticker that read, "We still don't have power for our microwave... Likely not tomorrow as well. Thanks!! Mrs. Peterson". This is wrong on so many levels. We never received a phone call so that we could possibly provide another meal. There were so many options that were not explored for my daughter to eat. Heating the meal up in another class. Giving her the paid hot lunch, the school provides and so many others. Instead, her teacher gave her a graham cracker or two and let her watch all the other kids in the class eat their lunch because she was the only one that didn't get a feed that day. Mind you she is the only African American shouldn't in her class, so this is more than just negligence of a child but socially bias behavior. When confronted by my wife, the teacher showed a lack of empathy. She stated, "I didn't think it was that big of a deal". Once my wife explained her distaste for her lack of empathy, I clam but passionate way, the teacher began to weep and blamed it on her being pregnant. Please refer to photos for the rest of my review

The academic program is top notch , the teachers for most part enthused with the joy of learning…read moreand sharing . The boarding program has introduced my kids to future leaders from around the world . My children have thrived here in the past but not now . The school is coping very poorly with the pandemic this January . They failed to reopen the high school divisions after Christmas in Jan 2021 due to Covid fears . All other HS schools in the area are in session . Remote schooling is terrible for the kids , for the vaccinated no school is far worse than the virus . This school is a presently a very expensive virtual experience .

I'm visiting my daughter and 18-mo old grandson for Thanksgiving. We were looking for something to…read moredo that would occupy him without requiring our constant supervision, and Discovery Village was the perfect place. It's very clean (the staff is constantly walking around, picking up abandoned toys, sweeping and wiping the tables) and has various walled-in play areas suited for kids of different ages ages. For occasional visitors, it's $8.50 per child and zero for adult companions - which is a great price if you plan on spending more than an hour or two. Memberships are available. One section is carpeted with thick padding and vinyl covered foam "pillows" in various shapes for infants and young toddlers. The large central play area has low fiberglass climbing structures and slides for older toddlers and young children who need to run. Another area is divided into four sections. One has costumes, another has a Brio layout, there's a "grocery" store and a tactile play area with astroturf nailed to the walls and a variety of latches and closures. In the center of this is a toddler-height table with Lincoln Logs. They also have a small cafe serving sandwiches, snacks, wraps and salads. We spent about two hours there and Isaac, once he got the idea, didn't run out of things to do. The reason I'm giving it only four stars is because I have nothing to compare it to. Is there something else, somewhere else that's better? I dunno. Maybe.

Why do i keep reading reviews about people going there with their kids on an afternoon to have open…read moreplay?. Misleading yelp reviews.. they do NOT offer Open play for children. They are also rude and only answered me because it was the second time i emailed them and probably annoyed them.

My daughter attended NTMC Ruston for 2 years (toddler class, then preschool)…read more Waitlist: I attended a mandatory intro meeting in Sep and we started the following September. The person leading that session mentioned if you contact a couple times to check-in for status, your wait time might drop as spots open up. Initially, I was informed we had a 2 yr wait, and then we were admitted after 12 months (I emailed twice - once in February and once in May). Part of the wait is if you have a specific location. I think emailing to check helped clarify what locations were acceptable for us. Communications were good, particularly in the younger class, which had more notes. I felt like I could talk to my daughter's teachers and the director if I had any questions. My kiddo loved NTMC. She had a couple teachers in her toddler class, and a couple teachers in the large preschool class (3-4 teachers at any given time). Teachers cared about all the kids and they had fun. The director of the location switched 3-4 times and my kids teachers changed a few times. It is run as a business, but I'm ok with that. I have heard of other peoples experiences that are not similar to ours - like not having class staffing for a few weeks, or that it's not Montessori enough. I just never personally experienced those things. My kid loved teachers Makhayla, Rhonda, Kristin, Gaby, and Yenny. She told me yesterday she missed Teacher Rhonda! I thought it was reasonably secure and the schedule was age appropriate. Potty training was easy with help from NTMC. We switched to another preschool to have more structured education and try to get into a school so we wouldn't have to apply at K.

So, my daughter attended this school before Covid. She was born in 2015 and I believe we enrolled…read moreher in the school sometime around 2017/18. Not one time was I ever given a schedule or told that she had to be dropped off by a particular time in order for her to be accepted that day. I believed it was a typical daycare setting, where you could drop your kids off and pick them up at your own free will! At least that's what I THOUGHT I was PAYING for. BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE PAYING THE ENORMOUS BILL EVERY MONTH!! BUT WHAT I ACTUALLY PAID FOR WAS TO BE MADE TO FEEL LIKE ABSOLUTE SHIT WHEN I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER OFF 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR LATER THAN THEIR DESIGNATED DROP OFF TIME that was NOT communicated to me. And instead of politely pulling me aside to tell me this, I was very rudely told in front of the STAFF and my own child to "just leave"!!! making me cry and feel like a horrible parent that day! When all it would've taken was a little compassion and courtesy, a kind conversation and understanding that I was basically a single (FIRST TIME) parent even though she had her dad involved. But instead, what I got was a ruthless dictator apparently! I believe her name was Lori, if I remember correctly. She was not very nice! I do remember that! There were other instances as well, but instead of asking me what they could help me with, they made me feel more like I was the problem than them. Even though we PAID THEM. Never once giving me resources or offering any kind of help or compassion towards what the situation was. Which they didn't even know what the situation was because they didn't even reach out to ask! And then I still paid part of her tuition, even after Covid began! After some time I had to discontinue payments because she wasn't attending and we couldn't afford it anymore! But then later, when I inquired again about the school and placement for my daughter,all I got was crickets! Nobody cared, nobody responded, please AVOID this place at all costs!!!! If you care at all about your children, I would leave the space alone! There are definitely a lot more places out there with ACTUAL REAL teachers with better CREDENTIALS than this place AND actually have some compassion. And this is coming from somebody who just got their master's degree in 2021 in education and has been teaching sped for seven years now! AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!

This school is beyond fantastic. The cooperative preschool program is amazing, and the people are…read moreall super awesome and helpful. Tuition is totally reasonable which is an added bonus!