Our son started at SMES in 2nd grade and just graduated from 8th grade. He is a better person for…read morehaving gone to SMES. There have been bumps, challenges and big changes along the way, and obviously we went thru COVID, but in the end the full St Martin's Community is rich with love, care, and passion focused on building kids with character that can go out into the world and make it better. There is every kind of sports and activity you can imagine (they are always working to come up with new options) & it's very inclusive...for kids of all skill levels that want to have fun. The school is rigorous but not cut throat. The kids are pushed but aren't stressed 24/7. At Smes your kids is in a community that lets them be a kid and stumble and grow. I grew up in public school (which I loved!) but having seen one of our kids go thru a K-8th independent school education (and one not) there is a noticeable difference in their confidence and readiness to jump into high school!

Warning, if cliques form within the middle school campus the admin, staff and parents will place…read moretheir heads in the sand. For a school that professes a caring, God centered community, the values do not match the actions, leaving much to be desired from this learning environment. There are teachers who demonstrate professionalism but the average middle school social drama is at a toxic level and you can tell that admin doesn't know how to keep up. Girls in middle school are even teasing a teacher who had their name changed due to a divorce.

It is one of the best things for my life to go to Gunston. I went their as a their as a transfer…read morestudent and was welcomed with open arms. The teachers and administrators Are what make the school what is. It is a life changing opportunity.

Gunston is truly a blessing. The staff and teachers have one goal, to have each student the best…read morethey can be. The guidance is one on one. The level of caring is heartwarming. This is consistent all the way through to the beginning of their collage life. The student population is well rounded and diverse with several international students. The campus is beautiful, inspirational and growing. High schools/collage prep schools don't get better than this school.

I'm class of '97, my oldest sister class of '88. Additionally, Martin O'Malley's wife is an alumna…read more& their daughters currently attend. I chose this school because of the curriculum, it's traditions, it's service to the community and the level of decorum it promotes. This school is an All Girls College Prep Catholic school. The school is for grades 6-12. They've won the Blue Ribbon quite a few times. They teach girls to strive for excellence, loyalty, respect themselves (and others) and to be true. The college admission and professional success rate of all alumnae is over 95% for all graduates. If you care about the future success of your daughter and you have the means, this is the school to attend.

Our daughter is extremely happy at NDP and is thriving. Academics are challenging and rigorous,…read moreteachers and staff are amazing. Lots of clubs and sports to choose from, and plenty of service opportunities.

My daughter loves going here. She gets so excited for "school" when we go. Staff very responsive to…read moreany requests and emails. Love Ms Rachel Ms Gina in the 3 year old room. So glad we found this daycare.

I was back on 10/04/2012 to meet my sons mentor. TransAmerica partners with this school for a…read morementoring program. My son was part of this program last year. The principal Craig Rivers was also in attendance tonight to support this program. He really cares about his students. The meet the mentors went very well. Ralph Arnold from TransAmerica welcomed both the students, parent, new mentors and old mentors. This is going to be a great year for our children who are in the program. Shout out again to Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School. Education is so important.

We have had both of our kids at Govans for one full school year, in the PreK class and the 2s…read moreclass. We moved to town a year ago and were lucky to find this great preschool! Both of our kids settled in well, were cared for, challenged, and more. They are play-based as a school, especially for the younger ages, and spend a lot of time doing play, music, crafts, etc. And our son in PreK made excellent progress on "academic" curriculum as well -- Spanish, sight words, writing, math, etc. In addition, the teachers and admins make investments in their character development -- learning to be empathetic, kind to others, etc. They've also been very easy-going in terms of scheduling the care we need for the kids. They are willing to work with part-time schedules, and you can take weeks "off" from preschool/childcare during the Summer for vacations without having to pay for the spot. We've been very pleased and would recommend this preschool to other parents without hesitation.

I am deeply saddened that this will be the last year that my son attends ABBS…read more He will be done with 8th grade and we will have to move on. His experience at the school has been excellent. He has been challenged academically and has been cared for and nurtured there. The amount of support that I had from both the teachers and the administration were superb and even unexpected. He adores all his teachers and all staff, they are caring and more than fair. I love that ABBS is a smaller school, they really get to know all the kids and parents have an easy access to all teachers and staff. Although we all loved and miss Miss Marshall, the new Principal, Miss Freeman has brought in so many positive ideas and excitement into the school. If you are considering ABBS look no further. Oh I also have to say that although we love every teacher at the school, I must specifically mention Miss A. since she has been my son's homeroom teacher for the past two years and had to put up with us on regular basis. Miss A is the perfect combination of fun but a teacher that keeps her class in order and focused, we simply will miss her terribly!

Great tradition at this school - good education for all of those who want it. They have AP courses…read morethat will challenge. Sports are well organized and football is like none other, just look at the last 10 years of accomplishments. The school isn't up to date as far as astetics, but the strong "family" feel can't be built with new drywall and paint.