Private Schools

Just a bunch of rich white people who try to look diverse by putting that random black kid in their brochure. Lot of snobs, I was touring St Catherine's and they had some of the boys at the school ground very rude and stuck up young men. If you're black be prepared to be looked at like your scum

The administrator tries to control your family's entire life. Admin has access to personal info and uses it to benefit them. Admin lies to parents and employees in attempt to control every aspect. Caught administrator lying to me trying to create and set up conversations and situations to cover their mistakes. They will use employees as pawns making them lie and play games. If you want to play childish games daily this is the place for you. If you are more interested in your child's education, look elsewhere. This school has potential but needs better leaders who actually care about your child's education and less about trying to remain relevant and in position. The majority of teachers are highly motivated, trained, and interested in providing a positive experience for your child. Isolation is used to force conformity. Fight for accommodations is unreal given this is an accredited SpEd school. Token reward system is held over their heads so much it causes discouragement.

If you are looking for quality education with biblical worldview teaching, Cornerstone is the place to be. High quality staff, excellent academics, wonderful learning environment. My children have thrived here!

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.

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.

hands down the most well-rounded and comprehensive classical education for elementary and middle school students in northern virginia.

The program may actually be great but I couldn’t tell you since they’ve “lost,” on 2 separate occasions, documentation of us signing my daughter up on the waitlist. To add insult to injury, they put us at the bottom of the list each time. We’ve given up and moved on elsewhere.

Best school in the county. I have had my children there for over 10 years.