We are new to the sylvan family but have felt an abundance of acceptance already in the beginning…read moreof our process. Colleen has being very welcoming and informative. She was quick to get us in for our first appointment and to test my little guy for his placement. I look forward to working with sylvan to further his educational career. Thank you!

Our daughter has shown great improvement since starting at Sylvan. Her confidence has gone up and…read moreshe enjoys her time there.

Their "Inclusion Philosophy" states that they welcome children of all abilities; however, they made…read moreit pretty clear that my niece with autism could not come back this summer because your staff does not know how to handle her. I would avoid this daycare if your child has special needs.

Lack of supervision of children!!! My child has come home almost every week with an incident…read morereport! Several of them have been head injuries! Teachers need to have more education and training! Way overpriced for the care your child will receive. The Director and Teachers also favor some families and children over others. It is very noticeable when you walk in the center. Please think twice before subjecting your child to this daycare. :(

I appreciated the thorough initial evaluation and assessment that helped us figure target the areas…read morethat my daughter needed help with. The program is well structured and helped her master the skills she needed to gain the confidence to perform well in school. She went from a low 70's student to a mid 90's. I would highly recommend this program for kids of any age that need any amount of help with math.

From the owner: Hello. I'm Tim Madden, of Mathnasium of Mechanicsburg, your neighborhood math-only learning center…read more We help kids in grades pre K - 12th grade understand math by teaching the way that makes sense to them. When math makes sense, kids leap way ahead - whether they started out far behind or already ahead in math. Our formula for teaching kids math, the Mathnasium Method™ has transformed the way kids learn math for over a decade across 800+ centers in the US and Canada. We know how to teach your child math -Our specially trained math instructors will teach your child how to understand math in an individual setting - our unique approach enables us to effectively explain math concepts and lend a helping hand to every student. Our tutors foster a caring, encouraging environment that helps kids thrive and learn! We pinpoint your child's learning needs, meet them where they are, and take them where they need to go - Mathnasium instructors use our unique assessment process to determine (with great accuracy) exactly what each child knows and what they need to learn. Next, we design a customized learning plan for teaching the concepts the student needs to master. It doesn't stop there - our encouraging instructors continually check progress along the way to make sure kids truly understand and retain the concepts we've taught. The results are transformative - kids will see measurable changes in attitude, confidence, and school progress.

Horrible staff. Mistreated my children. Didn't change diapers. Denied to eat. Then threaten me that…read morei can't post a review on Google or my social media or "I'll get in trouble". Last time I checked, we had freedom of speech in America. The owner, in my opinion, is allowing the director to run this once nice daycare into the ground. I wish I could post the pictures of how bad my baby's diaper rash was. They stole money that was given during covid (over 1k) from my account because she felt like it I guess. My baby got a black eye, that was so bad it lasted over 2 weeks. I was given 3 different answers to what happened. Then denied to see the camera footage. They are very unprofessional and they need Jesus because the evil hearts of the staff here is palpable. Please protect your babies. Pick another daycare. Oh yeah they took all my diapers too on my last day they must need them more than I do. A single mother. With 4 kids. Good luck with your karma.

DO NOT SEND YOUR PRECIOUS BABY HERE! I watched my immobile baby drop his bottle, and another…read more"crawling" baby picked it and began to drink it. The caregiver took it and gave it right back to my baby. It was NOT cleaned or sanitized. Now my baby has a sinus and ear infections, so I wonder how many times this action was done. They claimed my baby cried all day. So I started watching to see what may be going on, and I was angered by what I saw. Never did I see my son be put down for a nap. I watched my baby sit in one spot for 30 minutes playing with his hair (his cue that he is tired). Not one caregiver acknowledged him. He just sat there turning in their direction as they walked by him several times. I even observed another baby younger than mine laying in a bouncer for over two hours straight. These poor babies are ignored and neglected. There is no assisting these young ones to do anything besides sitting in one spot watching caregivers walk back and forth over top of them.

Honestly Cumberland Valley kids and staff have it the absolute best. I am a former student and I…read moreheard everyone (staff and students) always complaining about any and everything. We have one of the best schools in the country. You're not teaching in an inner city school or even dealing with a lot of problem children. The staff should be so appreciative of what they have. The students should never take for granted the education provided because you are truely getting the best. We have the highest tech. possible and we have a nicer facility than half of the colleges in the area. Cumberland Valley offers the most worth while education.

The middle school is absolutely terrible. The kids are very cruel and if someone gets bullied, the…read morestaff/office doesn't care. They say "if it happens again, let me know.". They don't care. The school is also very dirty, and I felt very unsafe their. A boy kept on harassing me and I have told many times but they did nothing to stop it. I won't be at the middle school anymore, as I'm moving onto high school. I hope I will have a much better time at the high school than I did at the middle school. :(

When 5 dads working the grill at the football concession stand tell you "you need to call Daryl at…read moreShepherd's", you listen to the five dads. Daryl was amazing to work with. He is patient, calm, confident, and reassuring. And even though he and I coordinated to start my son's lessons, after that first one he made my son "adult" by scheduling the rest of his lessons and I appreciated that immensely. I'm typing this from the passenger seat because my son just passed his test on the first try, so needless to say, we are thrilled with the work Daryl did. Those dads were not wrong and we are all glad we listened!

Shout out to Shepherd's Driver Consulting! Our son passed his driver's license exam on the first…read moretry. Mr. Shepherd worked with him to help him get more comfortable being on the road as well as the highway. He was very supportive and encouraging throughout the process. We'll be contacting him again when it's our daughter's turn for driving lessons. We highly recommend.

My son who is 2.5 has been attending Goddard since 7 months old. I toured many local facilities and…read morewas extremely nervous and upset to have to put him in any daycare setting. I actually left two in tears. The teachers in the infant room- Ms. Kayla and Ms. Jaime were so fantastic and calmed all my nerves about placing my son in daycare. They showed him all the love I would and all his needs were met. He has moved through pre-tods with and tods with another group of amazing teachers who taught him so much! Ms. Lily, Ms. Ciara and Ms. Paige were so great! He is way ahead of other kiddos his age and he amazes me every single day with how much he learns. Ms. Rachel is just amazing and so sweet. She is so patient and kind- always smiling! My babe loves giving her hugs and can't wait to see his friends and teachers everyday. Ms. Ani is new and so far she has been such a great hire/addition! I have been so pleased that I will be enrolling my newest addition into Goddard in Mechanicsburg.

The owner is rude and a liar. She would say that certain information had been communicated to us…read more"multiple times" and, upon reviewing all communications we had from her or anyone else at the school, nothing had been received in ANY of our email accounts. The staff turnover is insane because people don't want to work for her. At one point a teacher asked parents to please consider not sending in peanut butter products because one child was allergic (if you know anything about peanut allergies, even peanut residue in the air can cause BIG problems) and was yelled at by the owner that they could not ask that of the parents. The classrooms are constantly at or over capacity because of the inability to keep staff, and thankfully the former director did have the foresight to shut down one day because they legally did not have the help to be open. There were plenty of other times this probably should have happened too. I haven't felt like my child was truly safe at that school for a while and started looking for other options once the ones I felt did keep him safe left. Oh there was also the COVID scare where they did not enforce their own policy that parents had to wear a mask to drop off and pick up their child(ren) which resulted in said parent coming in direct contact with teachers while infected, but also resulted in said parent sending the child (in my son's room) to school while infected. There were also two teachers infected by other sources and that fact was NEVER officially communicates to parents. There is also the mandatory super camp activities that are NOT in the enrollment agreement and add an extra $200 one month to the cost of tuition. I would recommend that anyone with other options steers clear of this particular school. If you like the Goddard curriculum, try to enroll in one of the other ones in the area, as they do have a different owner. This is school does not live up to the standards I had heard about for YEARS for Goddard.