5 /5 Miss Kiirsten: We have attended North Wall Schools for almost five years now and have truly loved every minute! The classroom and office staff are key to how delighted we feel.
No matter how great the school it is always hard to trust other people with your child, especially when your child can not yet communicate. Some safety measures I have appreciated include the fact that any person picking up my child with my written permission is still IDd to verify identity.
Secondly, The layout of the building, doors, windows, staffing rotation do a great job of making sure my child is not only supervised, but not left "alone" with anyone for a long period of time. And while background checks and careful selection of staff is crucial for preventing harm to children, the physical layout of the campus is one of the few schools I have ever seen that make me confident every measure has been taken to ensure the safety of my child.
And the campus is simply beautiful to die for. Tree houses, play equipment, nature trails, apple trees, running water, and chimes are just a few of the amenities. (Although I so wish I had been around when the two story house ping pong ball contraption worked. Could it ever be fixed?)
The Christmas Program, Holiday parties, Open Houses and other celebrations are highlights of our year.
I see a wide range of cultures, religious, and races within the school community. (Although my child does have like five super blonde classmates balanced out with a variety of children - random chance.) Despite the school having a non-denominational Christian bent I have always felt that all religious are respected, cultures from around the world celebrated, and religion never pushed upon any child. A refreshing break from the public school system that shies away from celebration.
I was around for the peanut incident reviewer Amber S. mentions in the last post. If she had only been around to see the phenomenal reaction to what "may" have been a breech in a nut free policy. (As the parent of a child who struggled to gain weight I was continually frustrated that my child could not consume "nut free but processed in a plant that may contain nut" products that improved my childs health because the school has such a strict policy and reads labels all the time!) I also suspect that she did not relay the seriousness of her childs allergy. Nut allergies vary greatly. In any school where a child has a nut allergy that can be picked up from nut oils on toys, large signs are placed on the classroom doors indicating a nut free zone to reinforce the importance. This is something any parent of a serious nut allergy would have discussed before letting their child attend. I am sure she takes better preparations for her child now. But I sympathize, life threatening issues that impact your child suck.
Main point, North Walls Schools has always responded to any suggestion or request I or any other parent has made swiftly and with the greatest professionalism.
