Cook

If your child is a person of color or special needs do not send them to this school. A kid broke my child’s arm and even made a special needs student with Down syndrome have to transfer due to extreme bullying. After several times of reporting to the staff what is going on, the staff and teachers always pick the side of white people. They do not care about the well-being or education of your child. Despite the child bullying my son has a bad reputation at school, the school decided to not do anything, nor contact the child’s parents. The majority of the teachers do not care about the students education but rather just want them to get to next grade level. The teachers also do not care about building a welcoming education for students of color (black and Hispanic). Most of the teachers will turn a blind eye if they see an injustice happening between a person of color and a white person. The only good teacher my son has had was Mrs. Davidson, who always cared about my sons education and well-being and didn’t fail to contact me about the concerns she had about my child wether that was educational/mental health. She always made sure to include me in my child’s education and didn’t turn a blind eye when injustice was happening.

Our daughter started at ILA when she was 12 months old, she is now 2.5. She loves school and has had very positive experiences there. We do not speak French in our home, so she is learning solely at school. She is engaged with her teachers and will come home excited to talk about her day, including some words in French. We appreciate the structure at this school, which starts at a young age. The toddlers are immersed in learning French and Spanish, they sing and listen to music daily, engage in art projects and experience the outdoors. It feels like a very unique program for young children compared to other schools we toured. We could not be happier with the experience and highly recommend this program.