We are thrilled to have our son at a school that looks at what he can do instead of what he cannot…read more Things are constantly changing for the better as our son progresses. Having a child that is non verbal can be very hard in school settings. CHILD is supportive with his AAC device and any other resources to make our son successful at school. He is actually in a program that is catered for him as an individual. We feel the school cares about all of their students no matter of what differences their are.

Our 11-year old son has difficulties with emotional regulation, attention, transitions, and other…read moredifficulties related to severe neglect and abuse in his biological family. He spent too much time non-educative time in isolation in the Seattle Public Schools and did not learn new skills to help him regulate himself or interact with others. I spent most of every school day at his Seattle elementary school trying to help him get his school work done in his self-contained classroom. The Children's Institute has been a life-saver in terms of allowing him a safe place to learn these skills as well as move on academically. They are able to accept him the way he is and have never called me to come and get him. If he does have outbursts, they are able to staff to allow time for someone to spend time with him out of the classroom without putting him by himself in the "quiet room" Plus, he loves it there! I highly recommend this school if your child is not doing well in a traditional public school due to emotional/behavioral differences.

My son goes here. He has excelled here since the 8th grade. He is now a senior. If you're child has…read morea learning disorder or disability this school is geared towards that.

Great place for children with learning differences to explore and thrive in their individual…read morelearning styles. Helpful teachers, low teacher to student ratio, and numerous student lead ASB activities gives the feel of a larger welcoming education community. Their mission states this is a place where students come first and it's definitely apparent in the effort and caring attitude of their office personnel and staff.

The school has an excellent teaching staff, and the teachers have a great relationship with the…read morechildren. My child enjoys going to school very much

We used this place for 'emergency' child care need. Very thankful to certain employers to have this…read morebenefit. Very nice and clean facility. Administrator are very prideful and helpful. My child had a good time over summer. Projects weee fun and facilities are spacious to accommodate a variety of activities. A great place for older kids (kindergarten and above) Would return for sure. Thank you for providing a safe and fun place for this community.

My two children went to BWS. While there were several aspects that were delightful including…read morespecific teachers and the community, as some of the only people of color - it was a very damaging experience. Unfortunately, one of the faculty that was responsible for the most humiliation and damage is still teaching at the school. That is quite unfortunate. I would not recommend the school for BIPOC kiddos.

The best of the Waldorf Schools, all 3 of my children graduated here. One is a molecular biologist…read moreplanning on medical school, the other an award winning Industrial Designer, the third an honors student entering the University of Oregon. Believe in your kids, believe in yourself as a parent. Unplug as much as you can. Slow down and teach your children a love of the outdoors. Come to this school and transform your family. We did.

Awesome playground. My kids love the variety of things to do on this playground. My daughter ran…read morethe entire time, from one play structure to another. She just wanted to try it all as fast as she could. Different areas for kids of different ages. The playground's icon is a 25-foot-long colorful caterpillar climbing sculpture. Kids can climb, exercise their fine and gross motor skills, and really feel their accomplishment as they climb to the nose of the caterpillar. All play areas have adjacent paths for continuous easy movement. The colorful park has a tree and meadow motif, with plants and creatures depicted in the equipment and the poured-in-place rubber surfacing. The playground includes features designed to encourage healthy physical development, such as slides, swings, spinners, and climbing rocks, as well as nontraditional playground activities designed for sensory development. The playground is divided into three areas: One play area focuses on early childhood, one focuses on children ages 5 to 12, and one is easily used by both groups for climbing, swinging, spinning and sliding. Children can play anywhere on the playground, but the design allows younger children to play independently from older children. The early childhood areas feature equipment that helps young children develop balance, coordination, social skills, and imagination. They can climb on a sculpted ladybug, and spin in an Omni Spinner and on a ring-like Super Nova. A glider swing is big enough to accommodate a pile of kids. They can try the balance beam and play in a little house. In the painted-games area, children can hopscotch on a dragonfly or balance on a bee flying to a flower. The Rolling Hills synthetic turf mound invites them to climb up and roll down, and in a climbing area, they can travel the circular walk or climb the tree to the top of a play structure and slide down the slide. Children on tricycles or in wheelchairs rolling on the Wavy Walk can stop at a stop sign, fill up at the gas station, and slow down in the school zone. They can also enjoy the sensory delight of making music on oversized instruments. A central covered area with picnic tables allows parents to sit in the shade and see almost every play area. Benches are also scattered around the periphery. A bathroom was clean and close by. This park is definitely worth the trip. Bring a picnic, but don't bring your dog. Dogs (other than service animals) aren't allowed.

great school we had out child attend here for 2 years really essential for special needs. He was so…read morecomfortable that we wish they extended to 5th grade lol

"Happy Zone" provides very low quality childcare and no child development. Miss Felicia, the owner,…read moreis dismissive of parents' concerns, often discusses inappropriate topics in front of children, and is fully aware that there are bullies in her daycare but does nothing about it. Felicia is often unreachable during business hours, including during the frequent times the van fails to pick up kids from school on time, leading the schools to make phone calls to confused and panicked parents. Felicia is aware that many of the parents she serves are immigrants, have low incomes, and/or have few options. She exploits this to take generous state subsidies while being rude and officious to parents without actually addressing their needs. The outdoor play area is very small, mostly made of concrete, and has only a very small play structure and very few toys. The indoor space is maze-like, extremely cramped, and claustrophobic with no natural light. It smells bad. There is minimal actual "learning" done at the daycare; it's staffed by babysitters--many of whom are under 18 and unsupervised. There are no cameras in the facility. The food offered is inadequate and unhealthy.

I am very happy that my son is going to this day care. My son has been in another day care for 2…read moreyears and wasn't happy and was always sad and feared going to the other day care.Now that I have taken him to Happy Zone he is always looking forward to go to the day care and is always happy. It is fascinating how the teachers have been able to make the day care feel like his second home. I really like the system they have to teach the children and my son is very happy and so am I.

Was recommended this place by my sons primary care provider. When you call to speak to someone your…read morealways forced to leave a message. No one picks up. After back and forth with voicemails I was told by the Bellevue intake coordinator that my address is outside of their service area. This is different since i actually live in Renton and they have a Renton location. I've never heard of a facility not serving anyone because they don't live in the part of the city they serve?!

We started with Kindering last October after it became evident that our son would require…read moreadditional help in his development. He is practically a new kid. We can't say enough about every person we've interacted with, especially Erin, Lindsey, Sommer and Rachel. They have not only helped our son reach milestone after milestone but have provided so much support for my family, encouraging us and letting us know that we aren't alone in this. Thank you so much for being so amazing!

Terrible school system. Teachers teach to state minimum standards. So long as teachers have a…read morespecific percentage that pass the class quarterly they could care less about those left behind. It is rare to have found teachers that have compassion towards their job. Just like any other job those new in the field get so beaten down by the pointless burroccratic rules that they too after a few yrs become miserable husks of individuals. The renton school district leaves a ton of kids behind and they could care less. If you average c's or b's in this school system you'll pretty much end up struggling your whole working career because you did not gain enough smarts to go onto the more advanced jobs. Please consider college after high school. It opens up a whole new academia world and teaches you skills that you other wise would not of gained. Working with a high school degree can only get you so far in life. If you find a trade or field you are like really good in then you can go far. Do not feel sorry for your bullies. Just because you get the short end of the stick in your youth will mean if they continue that path they will get the short stick of the path in their adult hood. I keep crossing paths with many of my once upon a time bullies and: They struggle keeping employment, end up getting addicted to drugs that destroy their life, bounce from one relationship to another, have poor financial skills and often end up homeless alot. Don't feel sorry for your bullies. This is their path if they continue it. I keep crossing paths with one lady who is an absolute drunk and could care less about personal hygiene so she's sweaty and frumpy half the time. The other half of the time she can't even talk without spitting. I attended renton school district in my academic yrs and despised it. The only fun part of the school system was elementary school. Kids can be cruel and even cruller if you are low functioning, have any sort of physical visual disability or impairment be it visual or not. Kids are not held accountable for their actions and system fails to properly discipline those that deserve it. Middle school was so cruel to me that I blocked it for most of my life and can't even remember it. High school was okay but I felt abandoned in my studies. When I got to college I realized how little I really knew. I hate to say it but the school system needs to start teaching tolerance classes to society. Not just the you have a physical disability. It goes for everything else too: glbt group, being obese, nationality background, physical impairment.... If the state taught tolerance classes to kids these days I think society would be less arrogant and belittling towards these groups. I got beaten up a lot in middle school because of my disability being very noticeable. It got so bad my parents were considering home schooling. The school agreed to suspend the kids for 2 weeks assaulting me. Sorry but that's just a slap on the wrist. The kids parents didn't even take it seriously. If it were not for my parents assisting me in my academic studies I would of failed school or averaged c's and b's most of my life. I hate to say it but kids these days have too much of a controlled environment. I had food allergies growing up and knew not to eat this or that or be extra careful if I saw a kid eating a pbj sandwich. Kids these days are so damn clueless. No they have to have helicopter state parenting because the parents can't teach them these basic life skills. I work retail and have tweens entering the work force and have absolutely zero clue how to manage their food allergies because of this controlled environment. By 4th grade I knew which foods were a no-no. And I was low functioning more so then than as an adult. Math. I hate to say it but the school needs to teach all math levels to everyone. I am currently tackling the math program in college (later in life) and I'm finding just how much the renton school district screwed my math academia. Stop separating kids from "normal" level math into "advanced" math. There is zero reason for this b.s. Anyone can learn math. I hate to say it but Please teach kids cursive. Since when did the school system decide cursive was obsolete. B.s. You still need to teach it to kids these days as they will not be able to read important documents such as our founding father's documents. It is still vital. I can not tell you how frustrating it is to know how to write cursive at work and companies are considering people being cursive illiterate a disability. B.s. it's not. It's you dumbing down society.

Went here from 2003 to 2007…read more Felt like it was More of a community center, for teenagers during the day more so then anything Else. But I loved how Diverse it was and don't regret going to this school at all! But the renton school District did Rob me of my education and I might as well gone to an alternative school. This school did not challenge me in the way that I needed. They shoved me into "special Ed" classes so I had enough credits to graduate but even then I didn't graduate on time. I graduated leaving my mind with a Freshmen's education, leaving me so far behind once I went into college. This just shows you how messed up the public school system is. Love their performance arts programs. And love the Ikea performance arts center. Go Indians!