Kimber Hawkey is a great instructor of both French and Spanish. I have taken lessons from her in…read moreboth languages. She is flexible and able to tailor the content to the needs of the learner. And she has a great sense of humor!

From the owner: Fun, Effective, Personalized lessons in Spanish, French, English, ESL, and Swahili. Real-life…read moreCultural lessons to prepare you for your trip. We offer Cooking Classes as well as Food + Wine Pairing Classes with an expert French winemaker. Academic Support + Test Preparation. One-on-one + group classes. Online lessons available. All ages + levels are welcome. We also offer services in editing/writing as well as translations. Let's talk about taking off on your language adventure!

Georgetown Learning Center worked with us a in a flexible and responsive way so that we could…read moremaximize our son's SAT prep work. We appreciated the flexibility and proactive efforts! This has been a stressful time, with the pandemic and remote school and not knowing if our son even needs to take the SAT so it was wonderful to have a company who just made approaching this as simple and straightforward as possible.

GLC's Director and tutors have been an enormous help to our son / our family since his 10th grade…read moreyear, when grades in two courses were sliding downward. Each of his tutors has had excellent rapport with him. GLC's SAT Prep class in fall semester of his senior year also helped him achieve significant gains in his scores. Session schedules are very reliable, and rescheduling a session when a (sports) conflict arose was usually not difficult. Recommend them highly.

Our experience at Charlottesville Waldorf School has been an absolutely wonderful introduction to…read morelearning for our child. The teachers create such a peaceful, loving environment where children feel safe, seen, and truly cared for. We've been especially impressed by how thoughtfully the teachers nurture imagination and creativity through play and storytelling. The seasonal celebrations and daily rhythm bring a sense of magic and consistency that our child looks forward to. The extensive time spent outdoors each day is a huge bonus. We heartily recommend the early childhood program to Central Virginia families.

The Waldorf School has been an incredible experience for our family. What stands out most is the…read moregenuine care for each child--not just in terms of schedule and directed learning, but as a whole person. There is a strong emphasis on human connection, creativity, and meaningful interaction, which feels increasingly rare in today's fast-paced, technology-driven world. I deeply appreciate how the school encourages children to step away from "machine life" and instead develop a true sense of self. Rather than focusing solely on productivity or outcomes, the approach nurtures curiosity, imagination, and emotional growth. While inspired by Waldorf principles, the school does not promote any specific ideology of Steiner, but instead captures the essence of holistic childhood development in a thoughtful and inclusive way. Equally wonderful is the sense of community and support among teachers, students, and families. It's a warm, thoughtful environment where children are truly seen and valued. We couldn't be happier.

Presents the material very well. Really helped me on my LSAT prep journey, especially on the harder…read morelogic games.

I worked with the director, Clay, to prepare for the December 2017 LSAT. I found him to be an…read moreincredibly effective tutor -- knowledgable and communicative -- who clearly cares about his students' success and wellbeing. Given the degree of hands-on instruction and study plan customization, I found Clayborne to be well worth the investment. I was able to bump my scores up dramatically, and was accepted to my top choice for Law School. Highly recommend to anyone looking for premium test-prep.

I personally hate this school. I'm a freshman in the class of 2023. I'm boarding as well. I am one…read moreof six boarding students that are domestic and we don't get a luxury experience that the other 97 Asian boarders get. They have an off campus medical building and get to leave whenever they want. They do not speak English except during the day and then we have to put up with all of the Mandarin Chinese all fucking night. I'm sorry for my language but I've had to deal with this for all of my time at school this year. I am just fed up with it. I put up with being treated differently because I'm from the same country as the school. I don't understand why and I'm completely done with this school.

I am a former Student at Oakland School. Neither my parents nor I were impressed…read more My Review and thoughts on this school: Dump! Social Services should shut this place down for numerous, obvious reasons upon a closer look at this place or residing or working at this place. I am surprised they haven't yet just well done that. This place couldn't have possibly passed inspections when I was there and was deplorable. I have heard through credible sources there has been no improvement over the years! I attended this school for two consecutive years and it was an absolute joke for a boarding school especially considering the annual price. Student living/residential conditions are extremely poor. Additionally no air conditioning in the hot sweltering southern summers with some students residing in a trailer plus not well vetted dorm counselors or faculty. I have attended considerably better schools following this terrible experience at this lousy place and graduated high school valedictorian with no credit to my experience at this school. I then graduated with a double bachelor of science degree in Communicative Disorders, BS, and Psychology, BS, and I am now a master's degree student at a prestigious university ranked right under Vanderbilt in speech-language pathology. The educational "school" aspect of this place is not any better or any improvement in my opinion from what you can find for your child with a learning disability in a public school special education program, or private tutor. Definitely seek out a better quality boarding school and do your research and take a closer look. I can tell you right now there is no question in my mind and in the minds of numerous people I met and know from here, who have had the misfortune of passing through this place as either students, or employees, this place is an overrated, low quality school. Investigate carefully before sending your children here, is my recommendation. For God's sake, you can find "Wordly- Wise" books on amazon.com and you have been able to for the past 20 years! Please Note: In private chat rooms online there are similar sentiments to mine outlined above and similar rating's to mine voiced. I just thought it was long overdue for someone to be a little more forthright with voicing-writing about or verbalizing what actually goes on at this place. Things simply do not add up..."Where does all of the money go?" was a common question and sentiment of numerous staff members when I attended Oakland School and the staff morale was very low with a considerably high staff turnover particularly in the dormitories, where stability is needed the most. The staff members commonly voiced concerns about how the dormitory staff and teacher's pay at Oakland was low, the living conditions were poor to deplorable for the students who boarded and resided on campus, the cafeteria food was terrible, again, no air conditioning in the dormitories and majority of the classrooms, where does the $30k+annually for each student who boards there go actually? I believe one very positive, good and highly constructive idea would be for the parents of the students who attend Oakland currently and may share my concerns, together and request/demand an annual accounting as to where this money goes. Those are my thoughts on this anyway.

Our child began at Oakland in the summer program---we were looking for a camp-like environment…read morewhich could combine fun summer activities like swimming and riding with academic reinforcement for our child who struggles with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and working memory issues. After a very successful summer session, we decided to enroll for the winter boarding program and have been thrilled with the progress we have seen. Oakland is small, nurturing, and really "gets" kids with ADHD and learning differences. The calming rural setting and extremely small and personalized classes have resulted in our child loving school and making great progress both academically and with executive functioning skills. Oakland focuses on making sure that children obtain strong foundations in reading, writing and math---albeit at each child's unique pace. Perhaps more importantly, Oakland teaches children how to self-advocate and learn to manage their particular learning challenges---setting them up for future success in high school is one of the school's goals. Oakland's summer program is open to students from other schools who need academic reinforcement during the summer, and the regular program also operates on a rolling admissions basis for families seeking an alternative to their current educational situation. Tuition-wise, even Oakland's boarding program is comparable to the tuition of SN day schools in the DC area.

This preschool had good reviews,on the UVA law school site however it did not live up to any…read moreexpectation. What they describe on website and tour is a dog and pony show. The director is poorly trained as well as several poorly trained teachers who can not manage all children in the classroom. There was a lack of learning for our child as well as a lack of caring by the teachers with blatant favorites so if your child is not a class favorite ie a perfectly behaved girl don't expect them to have any repoire with your child. Add in extra fees for enrichment programs with only music as a special time and no foriegn language instruction which is standard at other preschools in town Go to another preschool and don't waste your child's time in this learning environment . We are going to first baptist next year and wish we had went there instead.