Dartmoor School

Great school in my experience. Special education staff are very helpful and knowledgeable

I regret deeply sending my child to this school. My child was so confident when she joined the school but over disciplining approach that teachers and school follow completely made her unhappy. She begs every morning not to go to school. Education quality: the teacher expects your child to know the topic and if child ask question, she was told that since all children understand so only you do not understand. My child was confused if asking question when we do not understand is a problem. There is very less space and patience for learning. There is overall insensitivity towards emotional learning and empathy, I was surprised when I went for my child's birthday, I was told we will not sing happy birthday because we don't have time. My child felt very unimportant on her birthday. Teachers ignore your emails and don't reply for any concerns. Homework is not to encourage practice, it focuses on non-sense board game creation (every week), writing math raps (every week) and is not meant to make your child successful in the class. It's a total show-off. Absolutely zero appreciation from teachers when your child achieves something. If you are looking for a school where your child will love learning and wholistically grow as a person, this is not a place for your family. If you want to put your kids in this fragile age in rat race, may be this is the right place for you. Be prepared to be hearing non-sense from the teachers and the new Principal on made up data. Some handful of good teachers were there in previous grades and they also left after new head of school joined on single day notice. Horrible school and is not a healthy environment. Your child can achieve many things outside of this school. You don't need to send them here to break their spirit. I will carry the trauma from this school forever in my family.

Highly unprofessional and misleading conduct. My son was admitted to the center, and I paid a deposit of over USD 3,000 to secure the spot. The original start date was set for the end of the year. When my plans changed, I contacted the center to request a revised start date. I was explicitly assured, both over email and verbally, that this would be accommodated and that the deposit would be carried over.The center has now reversed this position and is not honoring those commitments. They required us to repeat the tour, during which the staff member conducting it was dismissive and disrespectful. They are also requesting an additional assessment. When I asked whether the deposit would be refunded if the assessment was unsuccessful, they explicitly refused.Withholding such a significant amount of money under these circumstances is unacceptable and raises serious concerns about their business practices. This reflects poor ethics, lack of transparency, and unprofessional handling of families. Commitments made in writing and verbally were not upheld.

I enjoyed my daughter attending Living Montessori. She woke up one day and refused to go and that concerned me greatly. She was one of the only students representing her race and I felt there was something weird going on from a mothers intuition standpoint. They had LGBTQ teacher assistants and I noticed during potty training I walked in to a male cleaner in the classroom while the teacher was helping my daughter use the restroom with the door open. Another instance was with Michael the Head of the schools admissions director and I felt like some type of brainwashing was going on. I can't prove it but I felt it. She refused to go to school and said that someone told her to leave she doesn't belong here. IT was very uncomfortable toe experience with your first child and she was also sick for 3 weeks due to dehydration and they told me they don't check to see if the kids are drinking water. They never called or emailed to see if my daughter was okay either. I find it all disturbing being that they are a high profile school charging close to 3k a month for gifted kids etc. I would keep a close eye on everything being that they are mainly Indians attending.

My daughter just started at Jing Mei and she has learnt SO MUCH chinese and English. Shes only been there for 5 months but can read many English words and even more Chinese words. She also loves going to school every day and loves her teachers.