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Our son is having an extraordinary time in Miss Amy’s kindergarten class because it extends beyond kindergarten. I am writing about our experience because often great teachers, like Miss Amy, don’t get the accolades they deserve and this is my way to publicly thank Miss Amy and Miss Tara for their outstanding work. We’ve been in kindergarten now for 5 months and WE ARE THANKFUL EVERY DAY when we pick up our son from school. My son leaves school excited about what he has learned and shares his knowledge with us by recreating the experiments, art projects, chess plays, writing essays, reading 2nd grade level books, singing songs with ASL, showing us his new fitness exercises, telling analog time to a minute, monetary system, decimal system, art concepts and creating art shows with purchasing potential, building robots, solar system, multiplication,fractions, …... , the list can go on. We especially appreciate the teaching method in this classroom. Miss Amy and Miss Tara are very inventive and find many ways to keep the kindergarteners interested, motivated, engaged, and active while learning. Beyond the exceptional curriculum, (1st grade material starts in January) life skills, self discipline, social responsibility and good citizenship are intertwined in the daily routine. We feel very lucky to have found Miss Amy and Miss Tara. At this point (mid-year) my son is very excited and beyond ready academically and socially for 1st grade and to excel there. Miss Amy and Miss Tara have done a wonderful job every day to instill values, respect and knowledge into the young lives in their care. ** My son would highly recommend Miss Amy’s kindergarten classroom. ** Before I conclude, let me say, please visit and meet Miss Amy it will be time well spent. When I met her during my impromptu visit to this school and I knew instantly that hers was the program for my advanced 5 year old. Within seconds I had a breadth of specific information about the current curriculum, the goal for the next 2 months and specific goals to be met at the end of the year. Her demeanor was very pleasant, calm, direct and reassuring. I met Miss Tara after we started our attendance. I was beyond reassured that this team of amazing teachers would have immense capability to keep the fire burning in the quest for knowledge and good citizenship. Thank you Miss Amy and Miss Tara for being the amazing teachers that you are.

My daughter had a wonderful experience at Solebury and received a great education.

Google actually lists this place as a school!!? What a joke! New Hope Academy claims that they can enroll students diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, but if that's the case, then why couldn't they handle me most of the time and never even TRIED to help me through tough times the way that parents would expect a school to, instead you know what they would do: SEND ME HOME! Now, if NHA was called "No Hope Achieving" instead of "New Hope Academy", then sending a misbehaving student home would be perfectly ideal. Their excuse was always that they have a very small school, and there's no place in the building to put somebody who is acting up, but I always had the same response: If other schools can do it, then why can't you? It may not sound terrible for someone who really hates school, but even if an individual really does hate being in school (which was not the case with me, as I really love being in school & learning new things), missing over a months' worth of days (that's right, I was sent home over 30 times!!) is just not right at all, especially not if NHA calls themselves a school. Well, they are a school, but they show good reasons for them to become a day care or babysitting service! They tried to emphasize academics, but the director would always allow me to take walks outside of the building (usually through Doylestown Borough) probably just to keep me out of the school building in case I start acting up. Also, if I did act up, they would send me home (like I already said), but then they would request that I stay home the following day for what they called a "Healing Day", which really should be named "I [NHA staff members] need a break from said-pupil for a day" which was really the reason why they made me stay home the following day (even though they refused to admit it.....). Not only is the school very, very small on the interior, but there's another likely reason why they couldn't handle me and always sent me home: Most (all sounds even more ideal, but I'm leaving it out because another student (a 9th grader/freshman) at NHA also acts up at times, and they often can barely handle him as well) of the students at New Hope Academy are always acting the right way, meaning they can focus on the lesson for an entire class period, act in a way that does not ever require redirections, and avoid getting themselves worked up, and when I've observed classes without me in them, the teachers can teach without a single toe out of line. But that's NOT who I was, and if they are so used to perfection (the teachers didn't know how to handle me because they don't often get students that need redirections like I do), then they should NOT advertise that kids with Asperger's are welcome!! A word of advice: DO NOT SEND YOUR DAMN CHILD HERE IF HE/SHE HAS ASPERGER'S SYNDROME OR IF SHE/HE HAS A LOT OF SOCIAL SKILLS ISSUES! DON'T WASTE YOUR F**KING BREATH TALKING TO ANY OF THE STAFF AT NHA IF YOUR CHILD HAS EITHER ONE OF THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE!!

From the moment I stepped foot in the Goddard School in Horsham 5 years ago, I knew this was the only place I’d send my children. The teachers and administrators are so caring and friendly; they know every single kid, even if they’ve never taught them. Each classroom is well organized with a curriculum that teaches the children valuable lessons in addition to fosters their imaginations. I receive a report at the end of each day that documents everything they’ve done, included with pictures. Sometimes I’ll even get special pictures mid-day; it makes my day! I’ve never worried about their safety or happiness while at school; I know they’re having a great time. Goddard in Horsham is more than a school, it’s a community and I would recommend it to anyone!

Excellent school.

They have some excellent play productions. The producers are so dedicated and the actors are so talented.

Amazing leadership opportunities and great empowerment for young women with plenty of opportunities to succeed. I love it here and would highly recommend anyone interested in Villa to come and shadow!

Great learning center.