The Valley School is a truly amazing place. Our family relocated from the east coast to Seattle…read morelast year and our kids started Valley in PreK and 1st grade. The Valley School has been the MOST warm, loving and supportive environment for our whole family. Our kids both love school, absolutely adore their teachers and have made fabulous friends. They say every weekend, "I wish we had school today". Both of my kids are truly jazzed about learning and I love that they get deep into their work, especially when it means that they come home covered head to toe in dirt! I can't recommend Valley highly enough.

The faculty at The Valley School are highly skilled and very professional. On a daily basis, I am…read moreimpressed by the creativity and patience of the teachers. It is a nurturing community and a wonderful place for children to grow and learn.

My son attended this school for only a few months but the teachers as well as the staff was always…read morewilling to help. Mr. Daniel Lee was my sons counselor and when contacted he also responded in a timely manner and was always willing to help. I expressed to him that I've never experienced a staff member at any school who has was as helpful as he was. The professionalism , empathy and kindness he exuded was a plus. This is what schools need; people willing to take those extra steps to ensure that the kids are acknowledged and supported! As I've communicated with him I appreciate that and will be forever grateful! Thank you.

This is to the principal especially Ms Byrne I say no to the no phone policy it it's annoying for…read moresome students who are desperate for the sure some have found another freedom to get around the policy but why fucking bother with that #End the policy NOW!

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.

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.

The best education for young women in Seattle and beyond! Great teachers - gorgeous facility and a…read morehistory as a catholic institution that is supportive to a wide variety of religions. Excellent in sports, science, music, drama, languages and mathematics. A Blue Ribbon Award winning school! You'll be happy if your daughter is accepted - and so will she! (Oh and a beautiful chapel to get married in years later!)

www.holynames-sea.org . Holy Names Academy recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies to work…read morefor in 2008 by WA CEO Magazine.

Our twins attend NWS. It is an amazing education with a great matriculation track record. This…read moreschool is small and humble, but the experience feels big and important. I have visited the other private schools in the area. They have all the bells and whistles, for sure! But the rigourous STEM and humanities programs taught by esteemed faculty that are highly ranked in their perspective fields is unmatched at The Northwest School. Private School is not cheap, but NWS is worth every penny!

My eigth grade twins really love this small school with BIG personality. They feel supported and…read moreacademically challenged.

I did not have a good freshman year of HS here, the dean was very rude and disrespectful, don't…read moresend your kids here.

not a very welcoming or loving environment. you can find much better for less. does not foster…read morecreativity and is much more faith-based than future-based instead of combining those elements.

Good school, but some of the teachers are part of the "click" culture…read more Blanchett, and Roosevelt ... better.

Worst school I have ever attended. I think this school should be shut down for producing the most…read moredisrespectful and punk kids on the l Planet. Dean of Academics Rich Sterns is an awful human being that I hope never teaches in any academia field for the rest of his lifetime. The price is school is way too high. 98% of students are very rude and mean. 75% of teachers are awful. Only teacher I actually enjoyed here was Chris Kiehn. Terrible experience here at this school and will never recommend anyone to attend here. I wish I would have gone to Roosevelt or Garfield High school instead and met some honest nice people who are down to earth.

My little guy (9yo) has dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD. He is also perhaps the most stubborn human…read moreI've ever met. Traditional school + tutoring was unable to teach him to read, especially because he was stubbornly against learning to read. Homeschooling with him was frankly a disaster. I'm very tenacious and resilient normally, but his stubbornness just kept defeating my efforts. Morningside is pricy, but in our extreme case we needed real help. My son is now reading and the relief is hard to convey. He's still behind his grade level, but showing truly amazing progress. Thank you Morningside!

I don't often write a review, but after reading the previous review of Nikki, I felt I had to write…read morethis. Let's be real, people. Nikki did the responsible thing and called the school. The school listened and said they would take action. End of story. From reading the review, Nikki knows absolutely nothing about this wonderful school. My daughter came from a school that failed to teach her to read, and blamed the problem all on her. My daughter is thriving at Morningside, and is now a reader. No, the problem was not with her, it was with her old school. Morningside did what seemed impossible last year - they accepted a kid who was struggling to read in the sixth grade, and have turned her into a seventh grader reading above grade level and thriving in all her other subjects. Last year she felt like a failure, and that was backed up by the school she attended. This year, she is feeling like a success, and dreaming big of one day becoming a vet. I've heard story after story of success stories at Morningside. Before enrolling my daughter at Morningside, I knew of one boy that came out of her previous school reading at 3rd grade level in 6th grade, and is now in a Seattle Public high school with a B+ average. I also spoke with many extremely satisfied parents before enrolling my daughter. Morningside is dedicated to helping their students to reach their full potential, then sending them on their way when they are ready. The teachers are first rate, know their students inside and out, and the school supports the kids 100% academically and socially. One bad review from someone who knows nothing about the school should not dissuade prospective parents. I was in tears at our first Morningside parent/teacher conference when I heard my daughter was now reading above grade level. Not only that, she's met a great group of friends. That's just our family's story. There is hope and help out there for struggling kids, and Morningside is a superb choice.