Bullying at this school has become an issue and not addressed. Each child is seen as profit so…read moretherefore if one child is bullying they will allow the child to stay and persist in bullying rather than remove the bully from the school. Being a private school you expect more, because each child is so profitable from the monthly income they bring into the school, they will keep a bully vs removing them. Both of my children were bullied, the principal would tell me it will be talked about every time I came for help to protect my child. The bullying continued, so bad my children had to be forced to go to school to not get behind as they felt they endured mental abuse. The rate at which students are leaving this school for another school is high. The principal allows the best students to leave by not addressing the problem students. Every student causing problems can stay and persist in problems rather than being removed permanently as the parents talk in groups about how everyone pulls from the school because the principal is allowing the problem students to maintain bullying. My son now has to be removed from the school because he is crying himself to sleep. the child harassing him has been allowed to do so the entire year no change only empty promises. If your child is harassed, you'll be forced to leave because the harasser will never be asked to leave. Shameful

First of all if your kid didn't go here then why are you leaving a review?…read more Excellent school and excellent staff. Son went here for Pre K and Kinder. Little dude can read incredibly well. He loves his school as we do too. It is structured which is expected and exactly what we wanted. My kids thrive in this environment and can't thank Challenger and staff enough.

My 4 year old has been going to this school for almost a year now. All I can say is wow, one of the…read morebest preschools I've ever had my kids attend. The teachers are all great and so friendly, and academically, my daughter has just excelled in her speech, phonics, letters, numbers, shapes, writing, coloring, science, history, etc. We will most likely keep our daughter here when she starts kindergarten because we are so pleased.

I have two daughters who have participated in Challenger School (Bloom Campus). My oldest attended…read moretwo years of preschool and is finishing up kindergarten. First and foremost, the teachers and staff do a wonderful job supporting and teaching the kids. The environment is positive and respectful. Both daughters learned to read at three years old. Even more impressive is the culture where kids learn respect, accountability and self reliance. The teachers have cultivated a love of learning and my daughters know they can do hard things. I highly recommend the curriculum as it incorporates song, art and play into academics..

I had my daughter in the Eagle location for over a year. In that time, they went through 3…read moredifferent Principals, countless staff, and possibly the best front office person a company could ask for! You can definitely tell that admin is a mess here, even the teachers agree (side conversations). Everyone just leaves, not even a resignation period? Just odd! For the amount of private tuition you pay here, I would go somewhere else. The communication to parents is spotty at best, the amount of time off at the school has been ridiculous. I pulled my kiddo out this past week and headed to public school in August, and I truly feel she will benefit from this move.

Montessori Park has exceeded what we expected when we enrolled our 4 year-old COVID kid. Previously…read morea rather uncertain child, she counts to 20, is spelling and writing, and takes personal pride in her own growth and independence. She takes joy in her work and the jobs she has in the classroom. She talks excitedly about all of her friends. I cannot wait to watch her soar further. The school offers great after school programs and our daughter has had exposure to in-depth art class, music glass, ballet, sports, etc. The unexpected benefit beyond all of this has been the learnings available to parents. My husband and I have enjoyed several opportunities to learn more about the Montessori approach to learning and spent several classes on positive discipline, much of which we have applied to our home. It has been an absolute joy to watch the person our 4 year-old is becoming in her first year here. You can feel how much teachers and administrators care about their role in the kids' lives. Her teacher Ms Laura is highly respected by our daughter and we enjoy playing school at home (with her as Ms Laura and us as the students). Feel free to DM me if you are looking into Montessori and want to hear more!

This center is the worst unfortunately. The director, Jenn Coleman, is very deceiving. She's…read moreunprofessional to a very high level. She was caught in a lie and upon trying to make it correct, she hung up on me AS MY SON WAS IN HER FACILITY. I was forced to immediately withdrawal my son same day. They never inforce structural developmental education since my son has attended. The teachers, such as a "teacher" Olivia, are very disrespectful & fortunately got it on audio in which will be raising concern higher, and the teachers are on their phones ALL day, inattentive to their class. I do not recommend taking your child here. The facility is never clean and working in childcare in the past myself, never see any sanitary state procedures done. The staff smoke cigarettes behind the trash on their breaks, yuck!. Do not recommend!

I've never met a more loving and devoted business owner in our community. Jenn always puts others…read moreneeds before her own! She is continually serving others and her love for the children shines in all she does!!!

We were so excited that my daughter was able to get her little 5K boy into Sage. It works so well…read morefor their schedules and even offers extended-day for working parents. This keeps them from having to send in the am to a daycare, have him transported to school, picked up by the daycare at school and transported back. E-Sage has been fun for him and he has learned so much from their programs. We have liked both his 5k and his 1st grade teachers and he is happy and learning. Couldn't ask for more. I also like the top stop of the classroom sizes.

Sage High School is an authorized IB (International Baccalaureate Program) World School and offers…read morethe IB Diploma Program (DP). I originally became interested in Sage because my daughter left 6th grade at Christine Donnell School of the Arts (a charter school in Meridian Joint District 2) and entered Lake Hazel Middle School as a 7th grader. Lake Hazel is so overcrowded that I felt that the curriculum wasn't being taught very efficiently - my daughter wasn't being challenged. In addition to that issue, the overcrowding was obnoxious to the point of severe frustration and anger. (But that's a whole different review). So, Sage attracted my attention because of the small class sizes and challenging curriculum. It has been wonderful! Sage is a school where a student can really push his or herself. My daughter is in 8th grade, but most of her classes are combined with 9th graders, and she's in 10th grade advance math. Not to brag, but it's nice to have the option of moving ahead if you're smart enough. By staying challenged and pushing herself, I know that she's not getting into trouble. In addition, Sage doesn't have a gym. instead they go out into the community for Urban PE. The also don't have a library, but instead take walking field trips as often as needed to the city library (conveniently located in their neighborhood). This has helped my somewhat shy daughter become more comfortable in an urban (yes, I know it's not Seattle or LA) environment. I did take off one star because they don't offer traditional sports programs. My daughter plays soccer and runs cross country, but Sage doesn't get out until after 4pm (they have longer hours, but then no school on Friday's). Because of their longer hours, my daughter can't even participate in sports at another school - she can't get there early enough for practices or games/meets. There are work arounds of course. She has been able to play soccer in a community league and Sage has implemented a lunch time running club. I also took off a star because Sage only offers French. I feel like the reality is that we live in a country where a huge percentage of the population speaks Spanish and it should at least be an option. The work around has been to take Spanish during school hours with the IDLA system. It's not ideal. She is an advanced Spanish student and was forced to take beginning Spanish this year, as you have to start IDLA at the beginning, but at least its something. Sage also has an Elementary/Middle school. It's at a different location, on Parkcenter Blvd. They just opened the new campus this years, having taken over the old Parkcenter Mall location.

The indoor play yard is the best-kept secret in Boise! Seriously - such an awesome place for kids…read moreto get their energy out. Our friends send their kids to preschool here and they love it too! Their new pickleball courts are also awesome- you can work out and play pickleball while your kids run around!

We came this morning to play before picking up someone at the airport…read more My kids always have fun running around here and getting energy out. It cost us just over $26 for my 2 kids over 5 to play today.

We signed up for swim lessons hoping to nurture my daughter's love of the water. Instead, we ended…read moreup with weekly tears. The program isn't adaptable to the child's needs at all. Instead, they expect very young kids to conform to a rigid teaching style, regardless of how it affects them. I eventually requested to cancel our membership. I hadn't planned to share how disappointed I was, I just wanted to walk away quietly. But when the receptionist pressed for a reason, I calmly explained that it simply wasn't a good fit for my family. Her response? She told me my 3-year-old daughter was "too sensitive." That was not only completely unprofessional, but also incredibly inappropriate. I wasn't asking for feedback. I was trying to protect my child from an environment where the teacher was far too serious for a toddler and clearly not the right match. Swimming should be fun, especially at this age. Period. This place missed the mark, and then doubled down on the failure by dismissing a parent's concern. We won't be back.

We were very disappointed with our experience at this swim school. Our kids weren't making any real…read moreprogress, and the lessons just didn't seem effective. When we decided to stop attending, management showed no willingness to offer a refund--instead, they only provided a credit for future use. What they don't make clear is that using that credit later requires paying a new enrollment fee, which feels very misleading. Overall, we're frustrated with both the lack of results and the poor customer service.

i went here for preschool almost 14 years ago and it was awful, I remember there were two teachers…read moreone was a Hispanic lady and the other was a heavier old lady with glasses, they were incredibly combative and would yell a lot especially the lady with the glasses. I dreaded going here everyday, even after I graduated prek my parents still made me go here after school in kindergarten and everytime I'd see the daycare bus i would start bawling.

We have been with NHA at this location for almost 3 years - currently with 2 children. Even through…read moresome of the bumpy milestones and transitions I am in awe of the way Ms Terra handles everything on a day to day basis. Ms Mackenzie doesn't miss a step when Terra is out. The teachers truly care about your children - in any of the rooms. We have been in the infants/twos/threes and going into fours and especially right now I would have no qualms about my kids being in any of the rooms. So many teachers are tenured and have the experience needed to keep the kids engaged, learning and productive. They were so accommodating and great to work with for potty training. We love NHA and look forward to seeing what they are up to each day. Proud to have them as part of our "Village".

TLDR: Punished our 3 year old for potty accidents by making him sit in his own poop until I could…read moreget there to pick him up (despite having clean clothes for him and telling us they would help our newly potty trained 3 year old with accidents). If I could leave zero stars, I would. We have a child who just turned 3 years old in June that we enrolled at Northwest Montessori in August 2025. He had been potty trained for about 2 months before we started but with the change, completely regressed. But we were working on it, asking the teachers for guidance on how to handle it, etc. Our child came home telling me one day that his teachers (Miss Rebecca and Miss Beverly) wouldn't let him play at the station he liked because he had an accident (pooped his pants). But I just thought maybe that's just how a 3 year old tells stories... But then yesterday, I got a call from the school. He had another accident. Now we have extra clothes at the school and in the past the teachers have helped him get cleaned up and change his clothes. This was actually something we SPECIFICALLY asked about during our tour (how accidents would be handled, if they would help with wiping since he's still learning, etc and we were told oh, yes absolutely). Then yesterday I got a very rude call from their "director" Debbie who was angry that my child had another potty accident. She was not kind or apologetic but actually snapped "it's not the teacher's job to do this" ... But this "montessori" has 1 year olds as well. So they are a daycare. They change diapers. They had actually mentioned moving him down a class if we needed to when we started but that was as close as they ever came to working with us to find a good solution. *** And when we enrolled, we specifically asked about this and they said they would make him put on his own clothes but they would help clean him up. She then told me that I needed to come pick him up. When I got there, he was pulled out of his room and sitting in a chair, sitting in his own poop. His clean clothes were literally on the floor next to him that they refused to help him with. Because they were mad that he had an accident, they decided to punish him by making him sit in his poop. Three grown women thought it was appropriate to punish a three year old for a bathroom accident by making him sit with a turd in his pants until I could get there (and btw she initially left me a voicemail so they had no idea how long it would take me to get there or to even get their message).

We feel so lucky to have found an amazing school and community through Northview Montessori! When…read morewe were moving out to Boise, mid-pandemic, it was hard to navigate getting our son in school in a place that we had no real parent network in place. At the recommendation of a colleague, we looked into Northview and we could not be happier. After months of hard-to-navigate online pre-k programs back home, we enrolled our son in the in-person program at Northview mid-year. The teachers and staff were patient, attentive and showed extra care in getting our son situated and back in the "groove" of attending school. We kept our son there over the summer, where they did an amazing job balancing active play and lots of outdoor time, with the right amount of learning to stave off the summer learning loss. Now, our guy is in Miss. Debbie's kindergarten class and we are so impressed, seriously... she is a child-whisperer. Patient, understanding, calm, smart, creative and loving. Miss. Debbie does a wonderful job setting up her curriculum to incorporate many Montessori principles while also preparing students to enter into 1st grade in a more traditional setting. Added bonus, the before and after school care that is still developmentally stimulating and fun! The size, access, communication and flexibility of the staff make this school a working parent's dream! Finally, while I know people are in many different places when it comes to things like COVID policies and masking, I appreciate the thought and care that Northview takes in constantly reviewing the latest guidance and working on ways to keep students and their families safe. For me, this has provided incredible piece of mind. In a time of a lot of change and chaos, Northview has been one of the absolute best things we've found in moving to Boise and we will forever be grateful for the foundational love of learning they have helped to spark in our son.

I recommend Heroes Academy to anyone I meet! Why? Because Heroes Academy provides the type of…read moreenvironment and child-lead learning that I wanted for my kids, yet I didn't know it existed until a few years ago when our full-time traveling family decided to take some time off the road. Now we are settled into Idaho and at Heroes and I don't think our kids will let us ever leave (not that I want to). As an Acton Academy, Heroes encourages every child to think and behave like a hero, not a victim, while embarking on a self-growth journey. They encourage every family and child to be proactive, begin with the end in mind, to hold themselves and others accountable and to high standards. It's a place where children discover their own passions, gifts and begin to lead meaningful and purposeful lives. I have seen incredible growth in all 4 of our children over the last 2 years while attending Heroes Academy. They have developed real life skills such as how to have a meaningful conversation with an adult; how to fail and get back up again; how to speak in front of a large crowd; how to begin finding a passion or start a small business, all without our help. If you're worried that your child isn't actually learning much by completing so many assignments, doing homework each day, taking tests and getting 'good' grades in the assembly line of a traditional public education system, then Heroes Academy might be great for your family. I couldn't be happier with Heroes Academy and all that they have done for our entire family. You see, being a family at Heroes has encouraged my husband and I to continue on our own self-growth journey and to push ourselves each day, while our kids grow right alongside of us.

I'm a hero currently attending the Adventure studio and let me say this school has changed my life…read more I had a rough start for my first year but I came back being a different person after being given my second chance. This school made me discover my passions and really let me focus on what I am interested in. Coming to this school gives you the opportunities no other school would. you get to learn new things every session and it has challenges that teach you to learn, not to remember. i highly recommend this school especially if your child has adhd, add, autism, or anxiety because this place is very welcoming and helped me so much mentally.