My boys love going to school here! They do fun activities everyday and are learning so much…read more Recently they have been learning about plants and next is a unit on bugs. Everything is very thoughtful and age appropriate. They also love their teachers very much

Daughter has gone here for a year now. I like their learning curriculum and themes for toddler…read morelearning. Kind and great staff. Some turn over issues (possible due to covid restrictions) but I trust my daughter is in good hands at this facility!

Here is a haiku about Puddletown: Perfect, wonderful…read more and exciting just as well you should join right now! I joke, but it really is an amazing school. I have attended for 9 years and the community, the experiences and the curriculum are all great. Please enroll in the middle school program there so I am not a lonely 8th grader next year... - A Puddletown Student

My daughter joined the Elementary program at age 6 after enjoying several years at another…read moreMontessori preschool. The transition was very smooth and now in her 3rd year there, she's still doing wonderfully. The community (parents, administration, teachers, support staff) are all relaxed and intelligent people that clearly love and value children. The Montessori philosophy and learning environments are authentic and beloved by the children. There's plenty of interaction between the children and the outdoors, with fun interactive garden experiences and an interesting outdoor play area. Tuition is the same as most other Montessori schools, and they offer before and after care, and plenty of opportunities for parents to volunteer. Good times!

I was searching for a co-op for my 4 year old son after some Covid limitations had lifted. My…read moredaughter was in a different co-op but it closed down at the beginning of the pandemic and unfortunately never opened back up. I wanted to find a co-op because I love the fact that I can ease my child into learning. You get to be a part of the class and get to know the kids, families and the fabulous teacher Amy! There was actual information about how they are CONTINUING to keep our kids safe and masking. It's so helpful for keeping those little fingers out of noses and mouths I love that the school is so inclusive and has so much information available on their site. Teacher Amy is so kind and gentle with the kids, you can tell it's her passion to teach kids! She rotates the activities for the kids to do so that there little minds are constantly inspired. I am so so thankful to have found the school. My son can't WAIT to go to school and see his friends, it brings such a beautiful sense of normalcy that I cannot express enough how big of a difference it makes for our family! If you're looking for a school for a few days a week to help prepare your little one and socialize them and for countless other reasons too I highly HIGHLY recommend Mt tabor preschool!!

It is with bittersweet joy that we are soon to be graduates of Mt Tabor Preschool! My daughter is a…read morestage 5 clinger and had a very difficult transition to preschool after being at home with me full-time. While other schools treated this as a problem to be quickly solved with many tears and quick drop offs, Teacher Amy had a different approach - work with the child on their time table, meet them where they are at. I spent months sitting and staying in the classroom until my kiddo was comfortable and now she has absolutely no issues and adores school! The space is lovely and bright, the other parents are kind and supportive and form a loving community, and my daughter is more than prepared for kindergarten, already reading and writing! The play-based philosophy and emphasis on building personal and interpersonal skills was just perfect for us and I wish I had more kids to sent to MTP!

Evelyn (the owner) was amazing with our daughter, she grew so much in a year and is still using the…read moretechniques she learned from Evelyn. Taking our child to impact learning was the best decision we ever made for her.

Impact Learning is great. They offer camps over spring break for kids that are out of school with…read moreparents who still have to work. The place is really clean, the atmosphere is really fun and the rates are reasonable considering all you're getting for them. Kids have a blast and the owner and staff are all really great. You can tell they actually like what they do.

We've benefited so much from Ms. Fleming's coaching and supplemental math instruction for our first…read moregrader. Heather brings a lot of positive energy, thoughtful lesson plans, thorough progress notes, and a genuine desire to see our daughter grow and learn. Ms. Fleming is open to partnering with both our daughter's school teacher and our ideas for topics to cover (e.g. counting money, learning to tell time, etc.) in the lesson plan. Would highly recommend!

This school contains many stellar educators. However, the administrative functions are…read moredisorganized, capricious, incompetent and outright disrespectful to their teachers and parents. We had a child in their preschool program. Enrollment was complete chaos: they promised us space in the after care program, assured us there would be plenty, then forgot to add our name to an email list serv for families so we never received the email asking to register. We had to beg and plead for a spot for extended day so that I could continue full time at my work. Their emails to families never come from one person, sometimes it's the head of school, sometimes the CEO, sometimes the librarian. It makes it so confusing and to this day my husband is still not receiving emails that I do, and vice versa, seemingly randomly. During our year of enrollment the preschool encountered numerous challenges and communication to parents was abysmal. Our classroom flooded and randomly had to be closed for more than a week. There were issues with the "lunch program" which is I guess adequate calorie wise, but truly pitiful. Many staff and families feel that the admin leadership, Director of School to be specific, sees the PFA program as a cash cow, but does very little to improve or support the preschool division. (And there's a question about whether they really are in compliance with all of PFA mandates). Half of the enrollment at this school is the preschool. Our beloved teacher raised many concerns with their leadership team and was ultimately fired for being a squeaky wheel, and she was literally the only reason we could recommend this place. After this school year none of the families I know will re enroll and many of the preschool staff are planning on quitting. All that said, I believe that TM has the ability to reform and I sincerely hope they do, because I believe that the educators have skills and experience and the grounds of the school are incredible.

Tucker Maxon... catering to Deaf and Hard of Hearing children but charging them significantly more…read morein tuition than typically hearing kids. Do better.

I disagree with previous reviewer about shaming the students! It is an academically focused school…read moreand they're doing exactly that. I've got 3 kids attending and am very proud of their work as are my kids.

My son is graduating from the PAA. Yes, his reading and math are strong. So is his anxiety, shame,…read moreand fear. They use group punishment, breeds discontentment between peers. Students grade each other's work, teachers are not super aware of how kids are doing. The principle at PAA uses yelling and fear to get results, doesn't have the skills to talk to kids and doesn't take the time to get to know where they are coming from. She often makes up new rules on the spot, no talking during lunch, no running during recess, etc with inconsistent enforcement. Staff retention is very low as well. We went through so many changes in one year. We were flat out told that "school was not for learning social skills." One learns social skills regardless of intention, and their lack of intentional work taught kids to bully, hide things, and dislike school and learning in general. Facilities for lunch and recess sorely lacking at the Portland Arthur Academy.

Wonderful teacher training provided at my schooL by PDX Reading Specialists. Many practical, fun…read moreand hands-on approaches to learning. More students need this kind of learning. Thank you for helping students reach their full potential.