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    The Ivy Preparatory School

    4.4 (13 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Ann and Anna are extremely passionate about their work and you sense that from the moment you meet them.

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    Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten - Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten

    Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten

    5.0(5 reviews)
    1.1 mi

    Some people might get mad for sharing this, but this is a great school. We have sent all of our…read morekids to Pre-K there and maybe sending them to kindergarten as well. It's kind of competitive to get in, as there is a lottery. When I say it's a great school, both my kids who didn't go anywhere else prior to here and are very clingy, it was an insanely easy transition for them. they loved school to the point they didn't want to miss days, always proud of their projects and enjoyed seeing their friends outside of school. As expected, it kind of depends who's going to the school, as far as the events outside of school. Parent involvement/initiative fluctuate as well as affluence, e.g., one year end of year celebration/fundraiser for the parents was a golf course and then the following year at the school, etc...

    We enrolled our 2 1/2 year old in LANK's Junior Preschool program a few years ago and were very…read morepleased how well he did there. The teachers have been there for years and years and they enthusiastically love what they do and the children in their care. I regularly received email updates on what the class was learning, they shared photos and even did conferences to outline their curriculum goals and my son's progress as it reached to them. I shared this with my best friend and cousin who is a preschool teacher and she was blown away by the level of engagement and communication we told her we had with not only his teachers but the directors. The curriculum is play-based, which is what we wanted. Learning through play has many benefits and we wanted this to be a fun and engaging experience for our little guy. And it was! I was initially thinking it was crazy to send a 2 year old to preschool but it turned out it was so much fun and he loved leaving to go to "school" each week. In addition to LANK being a fantastic educational experience for my son, it feels like a really close-knit community of caring parents and caregivers. Both my husband and I have met so many families that we have now become friends with through the many activities for families throughout the year. An added bonus! I highly recommend this wonderful school - a cornerstone in the Reston/Herndon community.

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    Primrose School of Reston

    Primrose School of Reston

    3.2(6 reviews)
    2.8 mi

    From Hero to Zero. Our daughter attended this school July…read more2020 - Nov 2021, and unfortunately what started as a great experience and a happy child running to school each morning became a place looking to save money at the expense of anything and most importantly children's physical and emotional well-being. We've been patient and understanding over the past few months with the school's shortcomings, hoping these were all temporary issues, but came to believe that with the current management there is not much hope for the situation to improve. My husband gave this school 5 stars rating last year on Google - a year later we no longer feel this way. Between February 2021 and October 2021 I can name 10 people (staff) who quit. Even though high turnover is pretty typical for this industry, it is definitely a warning sign when people quit in double digits in less than a year's time frame. At some point management shared that they had a hard time finding people to fill open positions as "no one was coming to interviews''. Check the reviews from ex-employees on Indeed.com, you will understand why. The unanimity of the reviews and the issues specified is astounding. When we joined, the school was proudly advertising having their own chef on premises who was preparing fresh nutritious meals. Fast forward to summer/fall 2021 - there is no more chef, there is frozen cheap food from outside supplier. At some point our daughter started having stomach issues and we attribute it to the poor quality of food she was getting throughout the day. The epitome of how school was saving on food was when they denied my daughter her 5pm snack when I picked her up at 4:45 citing concerns for staff and students health as a reason. How handing out a prepackaged bag of crackers to kids on their way out before 5pm would be a health concern to anyone is still a mystery to us. Not to mention, that the weekly tuition included 5 meals a day, and handing the prepackaged snack does not require much extra work for anyone and was never an issue until recently. Last year kids were engaged in all sorts of activities - scientific experiments, gardening, cookie elections on Election Day, Halloween events for families. It surely felt like the school was putting effort into making their students' time meaningful, exciting and engaging. Over the past few months this all went to zero too. Not a single day of waterplay during hot summer days - the kids and the teachers were just stuck inside. Nothing for Halloween or any other holiday they put on the monthly calendar. Their daily activities started being repetitive and primitive. Lately whenever we asked our daughter about her day at preschool she would mostly share with us who was hurt during the day and who needed ice because they were hurt. We reached out to the teachers who left and asked their experience and their opinion on the situation. After what was shared with us, it becomes quite understandable why school stopped being a pleasurable experience for our daughter on all counts. If the teachers are overworked, overstressed, underpaid, not given an opportunity to take bio breaks when needed, not provided with materials to be able to do fun educational activities with the kids, how do you expect the teachers to provide high quality education? As great as they were, our teachers looked exhausted by the time we dropped our daughter off in the morning - how can you expect them to go above and beyond when they are constantly stressed and tired? We spoke with other families about their experience and heard more stories, including using timeout as a discipline method and management not communicating transmittable diseases going in other classes. We are very grateful to the teachers that our daughter had during her time at Primrose Reston, but we are very sad and disappointed in the management and how they made once great school the one that not just employees, but families started fleeing.

    We paid a premium for childhood development and in the two years we've been there it has become a…read morepoorly managed daycare. We had no other choice but to abruptly pull our kids out in fear for their mental health, lack of classroom structure and control, lack of communication from management and overall a careless, heartless environment. After a slew of red flags I connected the dots and believe the mental health, and potentially physical health, of the children in this school are not prioritized. Until the current management is no longer associated with this business I would not trust my children going here. The teachers are the only opportunity you have for your child to have a good experience, and all of them end up leaving. Just look at Indeed.com reviews. The owner uses Covid as an excuse for everything when really it is just very poor management. After months of vague or unresponsive communication regarding curriculum and class structure I started digging. Through the children in the classroom and other parents I learned that my daughters teacher allowed several girls to call themselves and each other "bad girls". The teacher confirmed she knew this was going on to my face the day we pulled them out. I also learned there is a table dedicated to timeout, when ownership states time out is never used to discipline. Over a six week period I asked my daughter the same questions on her experience at school; "Who did you play with, who was kind to you, who were you kind to...", and began seeing concerning patterns of negative self talk, resistance to answer and anger. I talked to other parents and several were also having other issues ie. their younger kids being covered in pee at pick up repetitively, lack of kindness to their upset daughter, teachers being too rough, etc. The straw that broke my back was the night my usually sweet, upbeat almost 4 year old told me on the brink of tears that she was a "bad girl". This is where my one-star review begins. Primrose teachers can not babysit for kids that attend the school. I started asking teachers that had left about their experiences and why they left and OMG I CANT EVEN TELL YOU how mad I became. Teachers don't have enough material to perform the activities planned for each day, much less have necessary training from leadership. Then I learned MORE about the lack of support from leadership ie. not coming when they needed to go to the bathroom, editing the daily reports and incident reports, I could go on and on. The teachers are over worked, under paid and stressed. A year ago the school highlighted their onsite chef and fresh food prepared daily. Now the food is whatever is cheapest for the business. Everything feels like that. Cheap cheap cheap. They stopped putting effort into keeping this school what it used to be. They did nothing for 2021 graduation or Halloween. Since 2020 they have done nothing to help parents meet each other or connect. The owner sits in their office with no mask, with their dog, and requires anyone three and older to wear a mask for the entire day. We are so grateful to have had good teachers while we did, they shielded us from all of this...but once we were no longer with them (Sept 2021) it got bad QUICKLY. Oh, and it's way over priced. $3,000 a month for two kids? Now I'm pivoting work to homeschool till we find a better spot for my amazing kids. This school is NOT what Primrose corporate says it offers. There a million other schools in our area, keep looking!!!

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    Reston Montessori School

    Reston Montessori School

    3.5(8 reviews)
    1.1 mi

    My two children attended RMS for the 2024-2025 school year and will attend this upcoming school…read moreyear. They are now 2.5 and 7, and were 1.5 and 6 when they started. They both love the school and their teachers. My older child has several health issues and the public school was not able to keep him safe and learning there for kindergarten, and we are so grateful to the RMS staff for their wonderful care and support for him during his 1st grade year. Before we found them, I wasn't sure if I'd have to figure out how to homeschool him (while working) but he's very social and I really hoped to find a school environment for him that would work. I am grateful we did. They have been very flexible to meet his needs and integrate him into the school community. This was the first daycare/school setting for my 2.5yo and she cried the first two weeks but then adjusted and is happy there. She is very attached to her teachers and classmates. She loves going to weekly French class, music class and PE, doing her work and going to recess each day. RMS has many engaging school-wide events for the children, from the International Peace Day celebration to the International Day luncheon, from the Thanksgiving potluck to the Mother's Day and Father's Day events. The upper classes have many activities too, including monthly field trips, ice skating lessons for 8 weeks in the winter, a spring play and spring art show and more. The director is kind, personable, and always makes time to talk. I was so impressed that during the first week of school, she already knew all the children by name and took time to greet them. We are looking forward to another wonderful year at RMS.

    Teaching quality at RMS is outstanding. Our children have excelled being a part of the community…read more Unfortunately, however, communication from the administration is poor and consists primarily of solicitations for continuing our "montessori journey". Emails or phone calls to the administration go ignored. Policies, procedures, and school calendars are changed frequently with little warning and no parental input. The school PTA means well, but has no communication with the administration. The owner has provided no contact information and is unreachable. To date during the current COVID-19 crisis, we have only received one email from the administration telling us they are "brainstorming ideas". No information on tuition, virtual learning options, summer plans, etc. FCPS sends out daily emails, by contrast.

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    YMCA

    YMCA

    3.2(84 reviews)
    1.4 mi

    I wish one of the YMCA's in Maryland had an indoor track (well, let me add, I haven't done a full…read moresearch, but the one's I've visited do not). It's small, but it's a good option on cold days when you'd rather NOT get on a treadmill. This is a pretty big Y! I was here to perform a PT test for some applicants. They allowed us to use their space, which is great. Kenny at the front desk was very helpful in pointing me to where I needed to be. The trainer was also very helpful in assisting us with dedicating one lane of the track to the applicants. I would love to work out here. I didn't do a full tour, but I never met a gym I didn't like! There was plenty of equipment and again, the indoor track is a plus. I saw women in what appeared to be an aerobics class and I must say, that room is huge! There's plenty of space for anybody who wants to join a class. It's also very bright and airy. I see that they also have childcare which is huge! I saw them playing outside. It appears to be a pretty spacious area. Some kids were down on the basketball court going through a workout. Too cute. But yeah, I'm a fan of the Y and this one looks pretty inviting.

    Joined online to use the pool. Received several calls within the day to provide credit card payment…read moreinfo. Even went in to get an ID card. Then...nothing. No required orientation. After a month, I wrote the membership desk to ask why I hadn't been contacted. Nothing. Waiting another week. Nothing. Cancelled the membership. Paid for three months and was unable to use any of the equipment or services. They should really look at their new member on-boarding process.

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    Sunset Hills Montessori School

    Sunset Hills Montessori School

    4.0(6 reviews)
    1.0 mi

    We absolutely love SHMS!! Our two children have attended since they were 18 months old (my oldest…read moreis entering Kindergarten at SHMS this fall!). The staff and teachers are warm, caring and kind but also encourage academic growth in a challenging and developmentally appropriate way. It was the perfect way to start their schooling! We love SHMS and highly highly suggest it!! I wish there were more stars to give this special place!!

    SHMS is an amazing place. Our son attended in pre-primary and I've never seen a child so excited…read moreto go to school every day. The staff is wonderful, supportive, kind...top notch. The school's founder, Ms. Minarik, sits at the front door every single morning to greet each student with a handshake and engages them in conversation. Our son was only 2 when he was there but that routine became one of his favorites and we loved watching the way staff interacted with the children. This is a school where every child feels special and the children have wonderful role models in school to learn from. Staff turnover is low because people love working here and it is evident from the moment you walk through the front door. The classrooms are set up beautifully and class sizes are quite small in comparison to some other schools we visited. Our son's teacher knew how to find the strengths in each child and make them shine. The assistants were there because they wanted to be there and it was very clear they love children and the work they do. We had to move at the end of the year but if we had stayed near Reston, we would have kept our child at SHMS as long as possible. This is a school with heart.

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