Eaton Arrowsmith Academy

My child is in 4th grade and she comes home everyday talking about the drama between the children in the classroom. There's some bullying between students and I hear about separation orders being handed out left and right. All this classroom management is taking away instructional time and the teacher seem to be exhausted, poor thing. The few problematic children take all of the teacher's bandwidth. Be ready to put your child in after-school tutoring if you don't want your child falling behind. They also have the worst math curriculum known to mankind.

We have two sons in the Middle School program at Bear Creek, and we are so happy with the high quality curriculum and instruction here. The individualized attention and care each student receives is apparent. For example, during our most recent spring parent teacher conferences, every one of my kids' core and specialist teachers had insights into their classroom strengths. They also had wonderful suggestions for growth (i.e. a supplemental challenge math program for my 5th grader, an extracurricular leadership opportunity for my 8th grader, advice for high school coursework, etc.). We couldn't ask for a more nurturing environment to encourage our children to excel academically and as individuals.

We had two children attend Cascadia School from K/1st to 5th grade. Cascadia possesses that unique combination of having high academic standards while maintaining a school culture and environment that is warm and caring. The class sizes and the school is small enough that everyone across grades knows each other. The teachers have the time, heart and support to make adjustments to classwork to accelerate and/or accommodate students where they need it. We also love the school’s culture where things like reading is “cool”. One of our kids was a reluctant reader and ended up wanting to become a writer. That’s real impact.