My child is thriving academically and socially at this amazing school. Our family love being part…read moreof the community. We highly recommend this school.

We have been happily attending this school for the last 2.5 years. We're a small warm school with a…read morefantastic community. Though it is a Catholic school, most kids are not Catholic. All are welcome.

This school is an amazing school.All of the teachers are amazing and are very kind and humble. The…read moreeducation there is very amazing. All the teachers help each and every student. This is one of the best schools ever.

My child goes to the Villa Academy…read more We want our kid to be a decent citizen. If she becomes a corporate tycoon, a brilliant scientist or an astronaut, great. But we would like her to do those things while leading a life that respects her fellow man/woman. Next to the door of one of the kindergarten rooms at Villa, the teacher has created a mural with the words, "Respect, Compassion, Self-Discipline, Citizenship, Trustworthiness, Honesty, Responsibility, Fairness, Perseverance, Integrity". The Villa Academy is not some haven for rich kids that merely gives lip service to these values. They walk the walk. Even the earliest preschool classes have seasonal projects that focus on helping others. Service to others is a main focal point. Our child's teachers have all been excellent. Small class sizes with classroom assistants keeps the classroom environment orderly and focused on learning. Mrs Olson, you ROCK. To an outsider, I'm sure Villa might appear to be a bastion of the WASPs. Be careful. As soon as you drop your guard, and stop viewing people as wealthy snobs, you just might discover that most parents at Villa are really very warm hearted folks. People go out of their way to help each other out. And Villa parents are very, very dedicated to both the kids and the school. While my child has benefited from Villa, I think I have grown as a person as well. For what its worth, there are plenty of folks who are not Catholic who send their kids to Villa, and quite a few who are not Christians. We are very, very happy Villa parents. I won't make light of the cost, its not cheap. But people send their children there for a reason, and its not to brag to the neighbors. Its an excellent school, and an excellent community.

I really wanted to like Fairview. It was reasonably priced, directly on the way to my work, and I…read morewanted my daughters to get a Christian education there. We had a tour of the facility and were enamored of it before we were accepted. One of our daughters was in the Pre-K class, the other in preschool, and they went there nearly a full year. The teachers themselves were great. We loved them, they seemed very good at their jobs. The facilities were also good. The kids get a lot of opportunities to do some really cool stuff, and there are frequent field trips. The initial downside was that their communication skills were terrible. Emails from the administration wouldn't distinguish that the school part was closed (but not the childcare facility) for holidays. Our youngest wasn't potty trained (we tried!) before she started, and they refused to let her stay in pull-ups, so we ended up going through as many as four sets of clothes per day. The staff was terrible at telling us if we were running low on clothes and I ended up having to leave work mid-afternoon one day because my daughter was out of clean clothes. A fund-raiser we signed up for was pizza lunches every Wednesday. It was advertised as "skip making a lunch once a week", but when I stopped sending in lunches, I got an email from them telling me I wasn't meeting the state requirements on lunches and needed to supplement the pizza meals. We raised the discrepancy between the promises on the fundraiser promo-sheet and the reality with the childcare center's director, only to see the exact same flier used the next semester. The worst part of the experience was the early-morning drop-off. Before 8am, all of the children (regardless of age) were placed in the same room. Washington State laws require that in mixed groups, you use the age of the youngest child to determine required ratios. There were 2 year olds in with 5+ year olds, and the required ratio of 1 teacher for every 7 students was almost always violated during this time, or nearly violated. There was usually 2-3 teachers for 20+ children, and it was very chaotic. My girls ended up hating being left in the morning, and we ended up spending 5-15 minutes consoling them before feeling comfortable leaving them. The final straw that made us take the girls out was the morning we arrived and there was only 1 teacher for 16+ 2-4 year olds in the room. Older kids were taking toys from the younger, boys were rough-housing in the corner, the room was pure chaos. After waiting 5 minutes for another teacher to show up, I ended up having to go to the school principle to get more staff in the room before I felt comfortable leaving my daughters there. When I complained about the teacher ratios and having to track down extra staff, I was given a non-apology and told that if my daughters had difficult with the early-morning hour that I should bring them into school at a later time of the day. We took the girls out of Fairview shortly after that. It pains me to have to write up a review such as this one, but I don't think it's fair for any of the future parents considering this school to not have some insights into the problems that we had to deal with there.

This is my son's second year at Fairview, and first year in kindergarten. This school has an…read moreexcellent child care center with the most reasonable prices I've found in Seattle, and the teachers in the child care center genuinely care for the children under their watch. When my son was in the child care center part of the school, he was always excited to get to school in the morning, which is a great feeling if you are a parent, to know that your son loves where he spends the majority of his day. Mrs. Foster was his teacher in the Frog class, and I have nothing but good things to say about her. My review is about the kindergarten program. I chose Fairview partly because of their small class sizes, and when I met Mrs. McGuire, the kindergarten teacher, I was really excited for what was to come. She definitely does not disappoint! My son can be a handful, and Mrs. McGuire is firm but kind in her expectations of her class and doesn't let him get away with his antics. He has absolutely thrived in the environment she has created. She has helped him grow in his love for God, makes learning incredibly fun, and is a loving, invested teacher. Every one of her students loves her! The other great thing about this school is that they have both before and after care on site, due to the fact that they are a child care center as well. This is very helpful as I am not out of work at 3:15 every day. To anyone considering Fairview, I would highly recommend enrolling your child there!

I'm a recent grad [2005] and there have been a lot of structural improvements since I left. Really,…read morethough, the building itself is inconsequential when compared to the amazing teachers there. Sure, there are duds in the staff, as there are in other schools, but when I visited a couple weeks ago, many teachers who I never even had recognized me and greeted me with hugs and congratulations on my impending graduation... and I wasn't exactly the type to stand out for any reason. This is a school where the faculty and staff seconds as a family, which may be awkward for those of us who are public school students beginning the private school track in high school. When I graduated there were only a handful of AP classes. From what I can tell, the course catalog hasn't really expanded much [read: at all] during that time. Blanchet is well known for its drama department, and I enjoyed my time participating in extracurriculars -- particularly choir and the Japanese club. Blanchet has four languages available, which is on par with public schools in the area -- German, Spanish, French and Japanese. Watanabe-sensei, the Japanese instructor, is amazing and makes language learning fun. Going from Blanchet to the UW was not a difficult transition. Although when I was in high school I wasn't particularly fond, I am glad that I had the experience of attending Blanchet and realize just how lucky I was to have such a nurturing teaching environment. God this sounds so cheesy! But it's true. Sure, like every school there are lots of improvements to be made -- but it could be worse. After all, it could be Prep ;)

One star because zero isn't an option, this is the reason I hate living in this neighborhood. Not…read moreonly do the parents of kids attending this school suck at driving and my kid can't walk to their school anymore because they've almost been hit over 10 times by students and parents alike but the students are terrible drivers and incredibly disrespectful of the community around them. Typically when you live next to a school sure there are some annoying things but you get the benefits of community spaces and groups. Not with this private religious school, all you get is knowing a catholic person somewhere is rich and no you can't use their field or gym. I want to move out of the neighborhood I've loved for 10 years because of this school. The staff I've contacted about this are incredibly rude. The students I have seen doing some incredibly questionable projects over the years. All in all, Blanchet makes this Seattle neighborhood absolute garbage.

Weird to review a religious community but when I moved to Seattle they were such a welcoming,…read moreinclusive community and I have always felt safe and welcomed.

From the owner: Seattle's premiere progressive Jewish Community. Offering Shabbat and holidays, programs,…read morecelebrations, social activism and alternatives in Jewish education for all ages, in a warm welcoming Reconstructionist community.

The 4th grade teacher and some office staff were not very friendly…read more Ms. Ibrahim is the best. Overall not very pleased. But still one of the good schools in the city as WA is the most unchurched state.

Our daughter has been at ECS since 1st grade and is now in 2nd. She's built such strong bonds with…read moreher classmates, and we've seen how much those friendships actually help her in the classroom. When they hit tough topics--like some of the more advanced math concepts--having that supportive group of friends keeps her motivated and makes the challenges feel much more manageable. We also really value how the school handles social growth. When a conflict came up, the teachers and the principal didn't just 'fix' it; they helped her develop a real strategy for resolution and taught her how to navigate things in the future. It gave her so much confidence. Most importantly, we love that the school is centered on God and faith. Seeing her so excited to talk about Jesus after chapel is a huge blessing to our family. It's a wonderful, supportive community and we're so glad to be part of it.

Hope has a small school feel in a big city! My family chose this school because it reinforces the…read morevery things that my family values- empathy, honesty, loyalty, integrity, patience, responsibility, respect- all while providing a rigorous education. I cannot imagine sending my child anywhere else.

I went to Hope School two decades ago and I still feel like part of the family. The kids there are…read moreloved and consistently supported by Hope Church.

I dropped into Bet Alef on a whim while traveling through Seattle on my way up north. I was looking…read morefor something calm, reflective, and a meditative shul sounded unique! I was immediately greeted by a very warm community. The Rabbi is intelligently blending traditional Jewish thought, new age spirituality and Kabbalistic ritual. During the meditative part of service... I got lost... When I came back, I was in a wonderful place. I highly recommend checking out Bet Alef with an open mind, you will leave with an open heart and soul.

Inclusive and supportive Jewish community with strong Tikkun Olam efforts - make sure you download…read moretheir app or n your favorite app store!

As far as I know, no one ever complains about going there. They all seem to like it. The school…read moreoffers lots of extracurriculars, including a Soundcloud Rappers club. I wish my school had that. I'd go there, but I don't want to.

My 9th grade son attends SAAS and it has been a good fit for him. Great student support services,…read moreathletics, and a well rounded education. I would highly recommend the school.