Private Schools

La KMS est l'école ski-étude dont tous les parents et les athlètes rêvent. Un équipement et un encadrement qui n'ont pas d'équivalent en Europe. Des remontées mécaniques à 1 km de l'école et une saison qui démarre dès novembre. La possibilité pour nos jeunes d'apprendre et de vivre quelques mois dans un environnement américain avec l'esprit inculqué à leur jeunesse : rigueur, sens de l'effort, camaraderie, esprit d'équipe

Best groming on the northeast.

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We toured our public school (twice) and several private schools before settling on Pinecrest. We liked the full-day academic kindergarten, after-care (now before-care also available), and reasonable tuition. The fact that our son didn’t want to leave his evaluation won us over completely. We were overjoyed with our first year. Every day I would think “we were so lucky to find this place,” so, we re-enrolled each year and started our younger son in the preschool program. Although our oldest was accepted into the FCPS AP program we thought Pinecrest would do a better job challenging and preparing him for future academic success. He attended through 6th grade and is well prepared for advanced courses in middle school. The school is small but leadership does a great job of encouraging socialization. (Note: another plus is that the student body is very diverse.) Preschoolers are mostly kept separate (except attending and even putting on their own assemblies!) but there are lots of ways the K – 6 kids help and mentor one another. There are plenty of social and academic opportunities for the kids to interact with lots of different groups. Every child knows all the other kids and every teacher knows every student. I have found all the teachers to be dedicated, professional, caring, accessible and accommodating. They easily adapt lessons to student interest, usually covering more ground than public school curricula with small class sizes and no SOLs. How well the teachers instruct and care for the students is a direct testament to the Head of School. She provides wonderful vision and oversees implementation of routine and new efforts alike. I used to wonder why anyone would choose a private elementary school. Now that I see how these foundational years have shaped the kind of learners and people my kids have become, I understand. I have no doubt that we made the right decision with Pinecrest. I only wish more people could experience the same.

It can be hard for students, but they always have a good time like going to the pool and spirit days as well as finishing their homework, their are even things like competitions for fun, yet Best Academy is educational and academic

I have been acquainted with the Lorien Wood School faculty and staff for over four years, observing how they treat their students and how they treat each other. I simply cannot say enough good things about Lorien Wood School!! If me and my wife lived closer, this would be the school of choice for our children.

The teachers are dedicated to make this a comforting place for the parents and a good education for the kids. The school rates for private school is the best you may find in the area.

Sadly I have to rate this otherwise great academy poorly because of their summer program with Pottery Playground. I signed my daughter up over the summer and NEVER received the project she made. I was told repeatedly by the very rude woman running the program that I would receive it soon, but alas we never did. She had her daughter act as an assistant but all she did was braid my daughters hair too tightly and make inappropriate jokes my daughter would repeat later on DO NOT WASTE TIME ON THIS PROGRAM. What should have been a fun memory still has me shaking with rage and has added quite a bit of colorful language to my daughters vocabulary. Because her company has no official review page I unfortunately have to leave this here, if Browne has any sense they'll find a better program to host this summer.