My kids and I have been part of Elysian since 2009. The staff, the scratch-made meal program, the…read morenew facility, and the Seven Habits program teaching life-long lessons makes it a positive and encouraging atmosphere. Parents are welcome to be involved and teachers are given the resources they need to educate. The middle school program is improving every year as more and more kids enter those grades. My son is now in high school and had no trouble transitioning after 7 years at Elysian.

Switching schools in the middle of the year was incredibly easy. All staff that I have come into…read morecontact with over the past year have been incredibly warm and have the whole student in mind. Homework is minimal allowing my children to have time to play and be kids after school. Conferences and open houses have well orchestrated and therefore highly effective. Elsyian's sports program continues to grow under a competent athletic director. The school is always super clean and my kids LOVE eating breakfast and lunch at school. Being new to Montana, my only negative comment about my fifth and six graders' education is the curriculum is far behind where we were in Louisiana. The school does their best to accommodate faster learners by pairing them up with upper grade teachers in the subjects they excel in.

Stopped by here shortly to see the night view of Montana. It was snowy winter and love hanging out…read morehere! School was on winter break there was no one at school.

Worst school ever. It was decent until about 3rd grade. Maybe 4th. Then from 5th grade on, it was…read moreterrible. I'm thankful I didn't attend high school at this crappy place. And I feel sorry for anyone who wastes their money here. It doesn't even deserve one star. Save your money and if you're thinking about having your child attend, just don't. You will regret it but luckily, I won't be around to say, "I told you so." Plus you would be buying uniforms on top of regular clothes. Yep, uniforms are required all the time. Not worth it at all. If I could go back in time, I would never attend. I do not understand how or why people consider this to be a higher degree of education, compared to public schools. It just simply is not. I attended a public school halfway through 8th grade. I liked it so much better. I already knew private Catholic Schools were a mistake. I'd rather have gone to a public school, where I could have had just as great of an education, if not a better one.

I have an 8 month old daughter and occasionally need daycare. I was told they now take drop-ins so…read moreI wanted to check it out. It is an in-home-ish facility, in a duplex. When I got there were several men (early twenties maybe) smoking in the front yard of the adjoining home. The gate around the daycare side was not closed. I got to the door and all I could hear is a woman SCREAMING at the kids. She told one to shut up, another that he should be sleeping and when another said her name she shouted WHAT at him. It was terrible. I rang the bell three times and knocked twice and no one heard me over all of the adult screaming and kids crying. I left. I would rather quit my job than leave my child at a place like that.