This building formerly housed both Princess Anne Middle School and Old Donation Center MS. Located…read moreon Seaboard Rd. and off Princess Anne Rd. My son attended three years under ODS that is home to Virginia Beach gifted middle. The school, staff and students are like no other at the beach. Testing is required for admittance and they take only 200 per grade level which is a recent increase. The school is now closed and very recently demolished. The new ODS is located off Independence Blvd in the Bayside area of VB. This property will be utilized by Princess Anne MS once again. No time table on when construction will begin of a new school ,but the information is usually posted on the district website if interested.

It snowed two days ago and the school systems are extremely bad at clearing the area. I slipped 2…read moretimes in the matter of a minute and now my tailbone is bruised. I demand something be done!!!

My daughter was a student at this school and i have to come write a review my baby till the day…read moretalks about the lady who grab her by her arm! when she first started the school she really enjoyed it ,she was in the 2 year old class room . when she moved over to the 3 year old classroom that's where all of the problems had begun i started getting phone calls 15 mins after i dropped her off saying she throwing chairs ect,(not true at all she never even throws things at the house when she upset or not getting her way) as well know Colonial day school states they been helping and severing children for the past 20 something years but for some reason can make adjustments or do not have affective ways of guiding our babies into the right direction! I have to say when i did go pick up my baby the teacher where all sitting on there asses or talking with the other teachers ! the way my baby is 5 and still talks about what the school did to her at 3 is really heart breaking ! i wish i called someone who could of helped me get justice for my baby ! unless you white or in the military they will make your child seem like NOTHING ! a list of everything they said my 3 year old did. run out the class room run out the school thew a chair across the room my baby has been at a different school since this horrific incident and has truly flourish she has not had any complaints on her as colonial day school put o her, she is the only child she sharing was the only thing we ever had to work on!

I have both my daughters in this school and since starting they have both been excelling greatly…read more My youngest was told to have a developmental delay as far as speech goes and since starting her speech has increased dramatically and she has become a lot more social with her peers and feels a lot more comfortable around children her age.

My 9-month old daughter has been attending Thalia Day School in the infant classroom for about 7…read moremonths (started there when she was 2.5 months old). This is our first child so we were extremely anxious about entrusting others to care for her while we work. That anxiety quickly dwindled when we saw how they care for our daughter and how happy she is to be there. I consider our family very fortunate to have found TDS and their wonderful teachers and staff there! We would recommend to other parents.

Our son has been going to Thalia since he was 2 months old and we have loved every minute of it!!!…read moreHe is in the infant room and they do a wonderful job with him! They love him so much! Even the teachers in other rooms know him well! The admin (Ms. Diane and Ms. Katie) are fantastic and incredibly helpful! Would highly recommend Thalia to anyone!

I have zero complaints about this school. Ms. Amanda is my son's teacher, she is wonderful. My…read moreson has attended this school for almost two years. It's very clean and they seem very good about communicating in general.

MAV was a great experience for our daughter's first year in a school setting. We are so proud of…read moreher and how much she's learned since joining MAV. We are so happy we chose them. We love the Montessori approach and feel that it helps children develop very comfortably at their own pace. All of the teachers, TA's, and administrative staff have been easy to communicate with and helped us with any concerns over the year. Being that it was her first year, I admit that I did have a lot of questions, but the staff was understanding and as the weeks went on, I felt more and more comfortable that she was safe and well taken care of and she became very comfortable with her teachers, as well as her peers. I saw how much she learned just after two months. The schedules work and have helped her thrive academically and socially. I can see her problem-solving skills have really developed, as well as her thinking. The monthly newsletters kept us informed throughout the year. The school programs are all fun to attend and see the children work together, and also see their individual personalities shine. I feel that the facility is very clean and that she's picked up some good habits over the year. She's also made some good friends with her peers and learned good manners. We love hearing about her day, her lessons, and activities when we pick her up. The pick-up and drop-off system works fairly quickly. We also love that they do STEM, art projects to bring home, gym, outdoor activities, and trips to the farm. It's a great facility and we do love the diverse staff, who are all friendly and helpful. We have enrolled her next year and can't wait to see how much more she learns and grows over the next few years with MAV.

VICA is a wonderful school. Mrs. Hawkins is a wonderful woman of God. I was taught well. I enjoyed…read morethe students, teachers and the quieter environment. I enjoyed theology class as well. I was in the graduating class of 2006. I was also chosen to be the salutatorian of my class. I was happy to have that opportunity. Thank u so much for the wonderful school.

Be aware!! This environment is not suited to all children or to all families. We could live with…read morethe cloth napkins required for lunch but there are many aspects we feel are vital to development that are missing. There are no activities to foster imaginative play or free exploration. There is no housekeeping corner, no dress up center, no sand table, no water table, no block center. The structure of the program is to the extreme. Children have choice in their activities; however, the activities are extremely regimented and structured. You may use an activity but only following the highly specific instructions. For example, you may use blocks but only to sort by size. You may not build a tower or wall. Communication is a serious problem. On a day to day basis, you will have no idea what your child is working or what skills they are mastering. There are no written notes sent home at the end of the week describing the books they read, or the songs they sing, or how your child's day is going. Unless you initiate communication, there is none. Children here develop skills and are high achieving. However, at what cost. OBSERVE and decide for yourself. BE CONCERNED

Such a wonderful school! If you are looking for teachings in the true Montessori style,…read moreprofessional, certified teachers, and a loving environment, CMS is the place. The staff is caring, highly trained, and truly love their jobs. Children are encouraged , and cherished here.

My daughter has now been attending Strelitz for over a year. She started at around 8 months old…read more(as a little bub) and is now 20 months old in an early years/toddler program. She is thriving. They are teaching her so much! She is loving playing, singing, reading, and running around. She has learned to sit at a table, clean up after herself, say words and sign "more" and "eat". I'm so impressed. They send us weekly newsletters with tons and tons of photos and there is an app for parent updates and so we can interact with teachers throughout the day. They are very responsive. There is also a nurse on staff at all times and the administration (Elyssa and Natalie) are also very responsive and attentive, knowing every single child's name in the halls (I am impressed). The staff for the babies and toddlers are wonderful, loving and caring people. Bianca, Janae, Raven and Marisol as well as now Jaime and Sydnee are all stellar and I am happy to have my baby girl in a location with such attentive and caring people. They are always coming up with creative crafts and fun, letting the children explore with their senses, and teaching them to be kind and caring individuals. My daughter is happy about coming here every day and that is all I need to know. My parents and her other grandparent attended their grandparents day together around the Thanksgiving holiday and were super impressed with the school as well as the teachers. There was a welcome reception and then activity in the rooms where the grandparents got to see their spaces and do crafts with them. They had made each grandparent a thoughtful, personalize gift with photos to keep and my daughter's grandparents are obsessed. The facility, as mentioned before, is wonderful. It's a large building with secured entry and security who take their jobs very seriously - they have everyone scan in (and a photo shows up) and if you don't have your fob you must show ID and be on a list. I know this bc once my husband used my fob and they hunted him down bc his picture wasn't mine. LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. The school is K-5th grade and they take babies as old as weeks to care for. A wonderful, wonderful establishment. Well-run and the best I've seen throughout the area. I could not be happier that my baby girl is here.

Babies to 5th grade. I'm pretty sure it's the only international baccalaureate grade school in the…read morearea. They learn Hebrew at an early age which will help with language skills when they're older. Violin is taught starting at kinder. Kids of all faiths and backgrounds go to school here. Small class size. Very caring teachers and councilors that care about the kids. Playground, pool, fun gym time and after school activities. I could go on and on but... All I'm going to say is I'm zoned for one of the best public elementary schools in the area and continue to keep my kid in this school. They actually TEACH my kid. Not just plop them in front of a computer. Worth every cent!

A little over a year ago we brought my son in for assessment. Unfortunately, the tutoring cost was…read morenot fit for our budget. When the VA tutoring grant came out, sylvan of Chesapeake reached out to us to let us know about it with detailed instructions on how to sign up! I couldn't believe that after all that time they were still there, ready and waiting to help us. My son was approved for the grant (we would not have known about it without sylvan!). He has been doing tutoring for a few weeks now and we are already seeing big improvements in his reading. He enjoys going and is excited each morning when we are headed there. The teachers and staff are all so friendly and helpful. We are so thankful to have been given the opportunity provide help to our son. This is truly life changing

My daughter was part of the SAT prep class. She had made a 1350 on her first SAT without any…read morestudying and had some gaps in math knowledge based on the way her math courses had been laid out. After only 2 moths in the SAT prep class, she took the SAT again and scored a 1450! We couldn't be happier!