My husband and I have been trying to schedule a virtual tour of this facility and to no avail. The…read morefollow-up by the director is horrible. We have tried twice to schedule a tour, the first time we received no response. The second time we attempted, the director gave us a date and time, we confirmed immediately back, but then it was silence from the director. We contacted her again for the virtual meeting information and still received no response. Needless to say, my family will be looking elsewhere for a daycare facility!!

These people create fees for everything. After I just signed up my child for this daycare, paid the…read moreregistration, etc; two months later they tell us we need to pay summer fees of $165. And they tell you it's mandatory if your child will be in the school for the summer. Nevermind the regular tuition you have to pay or just paid, but if you don't pay the summer fees, the warning was, your child cannot be in the school. Then they tell you music class is $12.50 and phonics classes are $25.

I enrolled my son in St. John based on wonderful reviews from parents I knew through my sons karate…read moreclasses. I was looking for a private school education that was religion based. When we toured the school everything looked to be in order the principal Mrs. Scott was very pleasant and had really updated the school over the last few years. The school was organized which my sons other school lacked. The beginning of school was great, orientation new parents learned all the rules of the school and the kids got a chance to meet their teacher and classmates. The week before school started at a meeting with the parents and teachers we found out that the kindergarten class had 28 kids in the class, mouths dropped and you heard a big gasp in the classroom. After the announcement parents started to look around and talk in smaller groups about how we are paying for a private school why are the classes so large. We were told that the classroom can hold up to 30 kids and if 2 more enrolled they would accept them at any time during the school year. This should have been my first red flag clue and I should have run for the hills with my refund check in my back pocket. The class size was so large they had to convert the library into the kindergarten room in order to accommodate everyone. The kindergarten class had 2 teachers in the room so should I say 1 main teacher and 1 aid. The first couple weeks of school went pretty smoothly my son was happy and during well, after those 2 weeks passed that was it his mood had changed. I begin getting phone calls on a daily basis from him teacher saying that he wasn't paying attention and making strange noises in class. This wasn't my kid they were talking about, he had been to school prior and they only thing he would get a note home for is talking to much (he's a chatty boy). The phone calls went on like this for days finally I met with the teacher and the lady really got under my skin saying that maybe there are problems at home that are causing him to behave this way and maybe you should have him speak with a professional. As a parent who has raised your child for 5 1/2 years with no prior problems like this you start to get a little red in the face and want to go on attack mode. I calmly told her thank you for suggestions I'll talk with my son. After a long conversation he told me he was disrupting the class because that was the only way to get the teachers attention. He never got called on to answer questions or write on the smart board for 56 days (the class did calendar every morning so they knew how many days they had been in school). It broke my heart to know that everyday a question was called on and his had would be up he was being picked over. This is a private school with 28 5-6 year olds, after looking at the other classes and talking with the parents it seemed that the class sizes were growing in every classroom and parents were frustrated. Besides the class size the curriculum was sub-par, my son was bringing home work he had done when he was 3 in pre-school. Oh the principal Mrs. Scott was a reputation of dodging parents and avoiding any questions. It's amazing what you find out after you get in the school, just because the wrapping on the outside is pretty doesn't mean the pieces inside aren't broken. I pulled my son from St. John the end of November and moved him into a wonderful Christian school where he has 13 kids in the class and his behavior changed over night. St. John was not a good fit for my family so good luck to you if you sign your child up. Also please ignore your child's teacher when they say he or she may be ADHD, I've been told multiple times those initials get thrown around a lot when a child "acts out" in class.

We moved to DC in OCT. We are living on Andrews AFB and had to put our 4th grader into Francis T…read more Evans Elementary. First appearances were good, but after a month things went bad. Our daughter went from an A student to a C student. My wife sat in the class for 10 minutes and could not believe how disrespectful the students were to the teacher. The teacher had no control and the learning environment was bad. The Principal did nothing. We pulled our daughter out and enrolled her in to St John's. The staff is great and we are very happy with the school. Down side is the 500.00 monthly payment. You get what you pay for.

Most of the teachers at TLE have been awesome with my Two Children. Patient when necessary,…read moreteaching them different languages and redirecting if needed

If I could give this daycare center no stars, I would but to post a review, I had to give at least…read moreone star. I would not recommend taking your child to this establishment. It is very unprofessional, and the owner does not care about the children's well-being. My nephew was attending this facility for a few months, and I was very displeased at how the staff interact with the children and parents. Do not bring your child here!

My children are alumni of Corkran Preschool & Kindergarten. If you are looking for a family…read moreatmosphere for your children to grow, learn, and thrive, then this is the place for you! They attended from the time they were two years old through kindergarten. I am thrilled with the foundation the preschool provided them to set them up for success during their educational journey!

This school and its faculty and staff have been a true blessing to our family. My five-year-old's…read moreacademic abilities have grown leaps and bounds since he started here in August. We were unable to get him into public school because of his birth date. But, once my husband and I visited the school, met the teachers and learned more about their curriculum and teaching methods, we knew that not being able to send him straight to kindergarten was a true blessing in disguise. My son is very bright and has excellent communication skills. So, I didn't realize that he just wasn't ready for kindergarten at that time. But, within a month at Corkran, my son showed tremendous improvement in his writing and phonetics and other skills that are essential for kids to succeed. Corkran is a fantastic place for a child to learn--and the Christian emphasis is an added benefit. The only reason I shorted them a star is the fact that they close at 5:30 and trend to close for the whole week during every major holiday. This could present a problem for some working parents. Other than that, they're awesome! I highly recommend!

I am happy their methods work for some but I don't find they work for kids with learning…read moredisabilities. If you want to help your child with a learning disability do better in school, don't go to these people as they are not trained to help children with learning disabilities. My reasosns are they try to use rote memorization techniques and standard teaching techniques to teach every child, which don't work with kids with learning disabilities. I was going to just let it go since they did offer me some accomodations to get my son's testing done and were trying to offer me a discount to start tutoring and I appreciated that but then Susie K. tried to shame me and make me out to be a bad parent that didn't care about my son's education. It started off bad and just never improved. They tried to have my son who has ADHD do too much in one sitting (an hour for a pretest without any breaks) so we had trouble even getting the pretesting done because my son was frustrated and in tears from too much pushing him to do the test! This showed me they had no idea about learning disabilities or IEP modifications so I stopped going to them and wasn't going to give them a bad review but then I got an insulting email from Susie K. I sent an email to request they stop emailing me since I had asked them to do this a few times already. In response, she tried to shame me as not caring about my child or education because I simply requested she no longer email me about their services. She has never once tried to find out why I no longer wanted to know about or use their tutoring services, she just sends an insulting email because I got tired of her not listening to my requests to not email me anymore. I had to threaten to contact the Better Business Bureau to get her to stop and in retaliation she sent a nasty email back that said that she didn't want to bother parents who didn't care about their children or education! Her insulting and unfounded accusation is why I am now writing this review! IAs a trained and successful teacher with 15 years experience teaching Social Studies and Elementary Science, I think I might know a thing or two about teaching and serving the public. Having taught that long, I know how to administer IEP accommodations, recognize signs of learning problems, and how to help kids do well as long as they know how to read the basics but I did not know how to teach my son how to overcome his learning disabilities to learn to read because I am not a reading teacher or Special Education teacher. I came to them with tears and a desire to help my son but didn't get the help he needed so I took another avenue and she doesn't like that. After the first disasterous testing session, I talked to some excellent Special Education teachers who told me the centers' approach was all wrong for his learing disabilities so I cancelled any tutoring they had scheduled, despite pressure from Susie K. in several calls for them to continue the test and tutoring, and never went back. From my experience with Susie K., all I can say is she is all about making money, not doing what helps the child.

We were very happy with C2 SAT tutoring. With only 12 hours of tutoring, my son's SAT score…read moreimproved by almost 200 points. They provided lots of helpful "tips & tricks," and my son really liked the tutors and staff.

One of the teachers allowed another child to report to me about my son's behavior during dismissal…read more She watched and nodded along as the child reported. This is extremely unprofessional. A teacher had a man that DOES NOT work at the school sitting in the school with her watching her work during after care hours. I did not know who this man was and I am sure he did not pass the necessary background check required for educators. That same teacher was vacuuming in one room while the children were alone in another room. My son was 3 or 4 years old at the time and the other students were young as well. If there had been a problem would she have been able to hear the emergency? The leader is rude to parents and students. In addition, for many years she has not had a proper board of directors. The board consisted of the founder and two of her relatives. This is a huge conflict of interest reflected in the schools inability to grow and adapt to relevant educational research. The Beddow School is supposed to be a non-profit. However, the school clearly ran in the best interest of the founder as opposed to the organization. Beddow operates like a for-profit business that mostly just benefits the founder. For example, the founder benefits by cutting costs and making staff that should be watching children clean instead. My son was left in a classroom with other students alone. Definitely, not what I signed up for. I am sad that I enrolled my child at this school. The first red flag for me is that the school is not named after someone who is a great educator. It is named after the founder, a shriveling woman that is alive and well. I am a teacher. It is not a career path for people that are self absorbed. Teaching requires a level of humility that puts students in the spotlight, which is why most schools are named for a mission or a person that has already proven themselves (like Mary McLeod Bethune or Maria Montessori). The first sign that the school operates in the interest of the founder is the school's name!

This is a wonderful school! The HOS is very caring and she puts the children first! The…read moreMontessori environment cultivates individualism and promotes a child's development and respect for other people. My kids loved this school an my granddaughter loves it!

The caring love and patience they have shown my children will leave a lasting mark on their…read moreemotional and intellectual development. Their diverse, peaceful environment is a unique school that I cherish deeply!

We came to Potomac Crescent Waldorf School looking for something we couldn't quite name -- and…read morefound it immediately. As a bilingual family raising kids in Northern Virginia, we wanted an environment where learning would feel joyful and rooted. PCWS has delivered that and more. Our daughter genuinely looks forward to going to school every single day. Getting a kindergartener to bound out the door in the morning is its own kind of report card. The faculty and staff don't just tend to the children; they genuinely know each one. The nature-based learning and screen-free environment aligned perfectly with how we want our kids to experience childhood -- but what's kept us is the community. It's one of the most welcoming groups of families and educators we've encountered. If you're searching for a private school in Alexandria that takes the whole child seriously, this is it. One of the top schools in Alexandria for families who care about depth and heart.

Do not use for HSPT tutoring! They overpromise, charge exorbitant prices, and underdeliver…read more Michael told me that with the proper amount of tutoring my child could push her score up to the 90's. Suffice to say that did not happen. We saw almost no change in scores, despite spending many thousands of dollars on tutoring. Instead of admitting that what they were doing was not working, when questioned about the lack of improvement in scores, I was told that it was due to factors outside their control, such as fatigue during the long test, which is not true. I will not be recommending this company to anyone. I would give them zero stars if possible.

Total Waste of Time and Money......Very Bad Experience…read more.. We took our daughter to Huntington because she was struggling in Math and we were looking for a program that would improve her confidence in Math. She was tested and based on the test results they said she needed about 170 hours of Math and Reading Comprehension at the rate of $8300.00. Since payment is required in advance, we signed up for half the hours. What a complete waste of time and money. Our daughter 's grades decreased. The time spent on the 'drill and practice' work at Huntington negatively impacted her school work. So, after we received her report card we asked for a refund. We were refunded about $400.00 out of the $3500.00. It took several months, meetings and a letter to Huntington's corporate office to actually get the refund. BEWARE, the staff and owner seem nice, polite and professional, but the it's all a scam. READ THE CONTRACT and ensure you understand all the terms and conditions.