I just transferred over here from New Hope Christian College. This is a great school with lots of…read moredegrees. My degree is in Psychology. They have an excellent Nursing program and great sports program now including men's and women's wrestling

I have been so blessed by the staff, faculty, and students of NCU over the four years I have been…read morehere. The classes are small and you get individualized attention by professors. You aren't just a number here, you are a name, with a face and a story, and a journey. The staff is the same too, they take care of you and know you beyond your academics--the entire self is emphasized here. Your social, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health are important. I will be so sad to walk the stage for graduation in May, but so impacted by what I have learned here!

It would really be great if you could have doors on all the bathrooms and all the bathrooms at your…read morehigh school. It is absolutely disgusting that the staff bathrooms look really nice and have their own doors but you for some reason because in you're amazingly highly educated minds think that there shouldn't be doors on the bathrooms and certain parts of your campus is absolutely ridiculous.

I am completely bias because I coach the color guard here but this school is great. The staff I've…read moremet are all so kind and really care about the students who go here. It's kind of a maze but once you get use to it it's fine. I love the football field and it's perfect for games. There is lots of extra curricular activities for students here. Students can take full IB courses and there are lots of language options. The students here are also great. I would highly recommend checking out some home games here!

I love it here, don't listen to the other reviews they're angry parents that don't know what…read morethey're talking about. This is the best school i've been to, and the best school many people i know have been to. If your kid struggles in regular public schools, is interested in some form of art/STEM, i highly recommend this school.

I just can't say how much I love this school. Mrs. Heather in the office is beyond amazing. She…read morereturns emails or calls if you questions. If their is a incident she will contact you right away. Mr. Sebastian the principle is a awesome asset to the school and I real believe he is trying his best to make sure no child is left behind. He is always our front welcoming all the kids and you can tell he generally cares. The school is also really involved in your child's learning ability and is always offering solutions so your child gets the most out of their days. The lunches have always been amazing and Mrs.Tracy In the cafeteria is always their to insure the kids get a great breakfast or lunch with a veggie or fruit included. This is honestly the only reason why we haven't moved back to our home in San Diego because this school is so amazing. Also I love there is a ZERO Bully policy and they have a buddy bench for when a child is feeling sad or has no one to play with that child can go sit down and that signals he or she needs a friend. We definitely need more schools like this.

Our daughter has gone to this school for 3 years. We have built a personal relationship with the…read moreteachers there. They are caring, understanding and accommodating. The teachers care so much about their students and I am incredibly grateful for each of them. Katie, Tammy, Carla, Jordan, and April-Kay (Yes you, too), you all have made a huge impact on our daughters education and have always been incredibly kind. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have done and continue do for her and all the other kids, every single day.

My son took private SAT lessons and he really liked working with AAC. They were professional and…read moreflexible with his very constrained schedule. He scored extremely well on EBRW but Math score was so-so. Retook SAT 3 months later and both scores were extremely strong

I sent my grandson to a 3 hour afternoon "Animation Camp" in July. On the second day I dropped him…read moreoff to find no supervisor in the area with the children. I walked around and found one, who did not appear to know anything about his class, and vaguely waved him over to join the other children sitting around. On the third day, I discovered that the children were at the center for only the first 2 hours each afternoon, then taken to a park and left, apparently unsupervised, for the remaining hour. While there, my grandson was bullied, including being physically hit below the belt. After this, he refused to return. I paid $180 for this opportunity for him to learn computer animation, and the result was (possibly) 6 hours of instruction, and his humiliation and physical hurt. Shame on this place for allowing this to happen to children.

I am greatly appreciative of the sta and support I received from this school to become a part of…read morethe health care system in Oregon. I wouldn't have a great sence of nursing skills if it wasn't for this progra.

I went in for my CNA skills test today and everything seemed perfectly fine. I checked in at the…read morefront desk and the instructor seemed nice at first. I was waiting in the designated waiting area and over heard the instructor bitching about a student who was not there yet. Apparently the student was running a couple minutes late due to the really bad weather. Once the student arrived I heated the instructor being extremely rude to the student. So, after that ordeal another student in the waiting area decided to leave due to over hearing everything that had just happened. Due to the attitude and energy the instructor displayed it made everyone else extremely nervous and honestly made me have very bad anxiety going into my skills. Once in the skills testing area the instructor was very rude to me as well. I understand everyone has bad days but I hope the instructor realizes that a lot of the students are nervous because they are taking their state skills test and her acting the way she did and treating the students the way she did was unacceptable. Hopefully this place will get a new instructor soon!

I might update this as we've been there longer, but I'm surprised to find that no one else has…read morewritten anything about Far Horizons yet, since they've been in town for so long. They are a well established Montessori style school that serves kids 3-12 (potty trained and up). They have a primary level and an elementary level. I'm pleased with many things about their program, and just as perplexed about other things. We've experienced so many of the educational options for the under 5 crowd in town so I'll compare it to those. The good: 1)The teachers seem happy and relaxed and they don't experience the staffing turnover that other schools do. They are not a daycare and more of a real school, so it comes from a place of treating the staff as professionals, which they are. This is a huge plus 2)The playground is awesome! Their garden is awesome! 3) Their classes are kept tidy and organized 4) I'm a fan of montessori methods, so that's a huge plus 5) There is a large space to exercise and play inside when it's bad weather. The bad: 1) The security there is alarming -- I don't want to give anyone any ideas, but parents need to know that there is no level of security there and they don't check on who is picking up your child either, so that's a huge minus for FHM. 2)They seem to be very old school administratively -- no electronic payments, no front office person, their website is among the worst I've ever experienced 3) They have a LOT of picky rules and procedures, like no super heroes allowed on clothes.Nothing that generates any garbage in the packed lunch (don't even think about Chobani yogurt or a juice box!) and you have to leave boots and slippers at the school... 4) Their check in and check out procedure is highly inefficient and relatively inconvenient, and like I said before, also insecure/dangerous. 5) "summer camps," despite their ambitious themes, are actually just the kids doing whatever they feel like. 6) They are much more lax about things like applying sunscreen/hats, proper rain gear than at any other place we've been, as well as making my kid wear his prescribed glasses all the time. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with Far Horizons as the next step for the kiddo in a school, but my hairs go up when I think about the security there, which is a top-level concern, thus the three stars. If that were fixed, some of the policies relaxed, and some of the administrative things streamlined, this would be a 5 star review. I thought about 4 stars, but when we're talking about kids security must come first.

Far Horizons Montessori is fantastic. If you are looking for a place where your child will be well…read morecared for and learn in a nurturing environment, you have found it. My daughter first started going to FHM at the age of 3 and was in Lisa Cairo's class (I've dubbed Lisa the child whisperer!) for 3 years. My daughter loved it! She loved Ms. Lisa, loved all the school activities, forged close friendships and was so excited about reading and learning. For 1st grade we made the transition to public school. The joy of learning and reading was quickly snuffed out to the point where she didn't care if she had bedtime stories anymore. She did well academically and liked her teacher, but she hated that all activities (especially recess!) were rushed. The punitive nature of the public school with being tardy (to my daughter it meant she had to walk to class without a parent), the overcrowded and very congested classrooms, the high teacher to student ratios, the lack of music program (sometimes they sit and watch tv if the music teacher was absent) created a stressful environment which contributed to her lack of excitement in going to school. My daughter is very social and makes friends where ever she goes, yet she spent 7 months without making a single friend. At FH, they have large classrooms, a primary teacher and a secondary teacher with each class, time to complete their work, fantastic projects and a style of pedagogy that meets the individual needs of each student. I am so glad my daughter is back at FH. She's her happy, social, confident self again and has gone back to embracing her heritage, our culture, and begs for bedtime stories. She reads and does her workbook pages without being asked. She reads all the time, loves chapter books, and has started to write a few of her own. The owner, Lynn Rodrick, is a sweet person who knows how to run a school and educate kids. Lynn took over FH during my daughters 3rd year (December 2018) and has revamped the school. Door are now locked, website is much better, and she has set up an online pay system. Lynn changed the check-in system within months after she stared but now she has staggered drop off and pick up times. She personally checks-in each students, measures their temp, and assess for signs and symptoms or exposure to COVID. Lynn and the teachers' transition during COVID was exemplary. My daughter had in person school (there was an online option but my daughter needed to be around other kids) since Sept. 2020. All safety and precautionary measures were taken and Lynn and her team of teachers did what the other school districts in the area couldn't. The school went to great measures, incurring extra costs, to protect our kids without triggering anxiety in the kids. This school is truly a community. My daughter continues to thrive at this school and has done so well with the support of Ms. Kelli and Ms. Tarsa this past year. We are indebted to the school, to Lynn, and to the teachers. I have only one wish, and that's for Lynn to find a way to accept kids up to the age of 14!!! It would be amazing if our daughter could go through the tumultuous teenagers years under the care and supervision of great educators.