Northlake Montessori & Cc

The problem with Kenmore Elementary is the principal and the schools district. The school has some great teachers, but many have been run off by a principal who I personally found lying to parents multiple times and hiding behind made up decisions by the equity and inclusion team's that simply didn’t exist. If she doesn’t want something (regardless of parent or teacher’s opinions) she will make something up. When she did that to us, a simple freedom of information request showed she was lying. The school needs to concentrate on teaching all students, not just those that are at the bottom and not just those who come from historically marginalized communities. Let parents parent, let teachers teach and let the principal go.

A true community school! All three of my kids loved their time at Maywood

We enrolled our son at this school hoping for a thorough whole-child education rooted in the gospel. Instead we found a largely white school where multiculturalism is not tolerated. My husband is from Eastern Asia and I am white -- a fact my child was teased about and a fact that brought judgement from admin and teachers. We have friends who are both legal immigrants from the Philippines and sent their daughter here until they attended school events and saw the lack of diversity and the intolerance towards parents of color. We withdrew our son because we felt the "love thy neighbor" aspect of the gospel is not taught here. Revelation 7:9-10 says "After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne". If we are all worshipping Christ why are multicultural children and families being discriminated against? We are all God's children, we are all Christians trying to raise our children right. The school website has been updated to say: "Modern educational trends have left these much-needed virtues behind so that ideological tolerance, multiculturalism, and freedom of choice in our culture trump truth, beauty and goodness". While truth, goodness, and beauty are deep values of my husband and I, we believe it is ok to be a multicultural family or a mixed race person. We also believe that idealogical tolerance is important. You need not agree with every person you meet but children must be taught to respect others, even if that person has not found their way to God yet. I was disappointed to learn the true colors of this school and to feel the hate from a "Christian" community who is openly against tolerating differences and tolerating folks from other cultures and skin tones. Very sad that there are kids going here, and adults teaching children about such poor values. If you are white and want your children around only white children, and are ok with your Asian, brown, black, etc., child learning their cultures are below European culture- send them here. If you want your child to be taught hatred towards those who are different, send them here. Very disappointed this school exists.

We've been at Woodinville Montessori school for many years. We originally joined for pre-school but decided to stay after seeing how intelligent, engaged, and courteous the High School students were at school wide events. We've always been happy with the academic progress of our children at the school. There are National Merit scholars every year and the kids are going to top tier universities after graduation.

Our daughter has been at St. Brendan for 4 years now and we enrolled our son last fall for full-day preschool. We’ve had an amazing experience and love the teachers, staff and community. I am incredibly grateful for the positive experience we’ve had with all of our kids’ teachers. The school does an excellent job of integrating strong academic standards with faith based values, and I love that my kids have gained a religious foundation by attending Mass and praying regularly. The school hosts a variety of events throughout the year that bring families together and strengthen the community. From trunk-or-treat to the annual Craft Fair, to the Bite of St. Brendan and the family dance, there is always something that encourages connection and involvement. All the activities and events create lasting memories for the students and truly reflect the welcoming spirit of the school. I strongly recommend St. Brendan to any family looking for an environment where their child can thrive academically, spiritually, and socially.