The teachers we had were excellent, the facilities were average, and the communication between the parents and school staff left much to be desired (and often bordered on hostile). The head of school gets along just fine with the parents until they ask the wrong questions, then you see what happens when a school thinks they have no competition.
This school is a great private school for those who are looking for smaller class sizes and non-secular education. The teachers genuinely care about the education of the children in the school and make every effort for the children to succeed. Every child is given the tools to be able to take individual responsibility for their own education, which is a great tool for them to have when they reach the college years. Also, the tuition for the children's education is reasonably priced for the education they receive. The education level for this school is 2.5 years old to 12 years old. We cannot say anything negative about our experience.
Case in point, a friend of mine was lamenting that her daughter -- a former student of the Charles County public schools -- did not seem to know any grammar when this friend began homsechooling her. She asked her daughter's former teacher why her daughter did not know the basic parts of speech: subject, verb, noun, adjective, etc. The teacher replied, "Oh, we don't teach grammar anymore." My friend was as stunned as I was when I heard it. My son in the lower grade level at the Beddow is learning grammar, which does my heart good (and serves his mind well).
The Beddow School is not a perfect school. The Beddow School has quirky, homespun dynamics as a part its culture. But our child, a student at Beddow, has thrived. His teachers have been excellent. I am continually impressed with the things he is learning and how much he enjoys "the work". He seems to thrive in the Montesorri method, and I have found myself wondering at times if it were possible for *me* to go back and redo my elementary education over as a Montesorri student.
Things have taken a nosedive at this school, and the year we spent there was stressful and unpleasant. The head of school does not help the situation by treating some of the parents with disrespect, and taking absolutely no responsibility for things under the school's control. Parents that had the unfortunate luck to end up on her "black list" ( of which there were quite a few) ended up paying a lot of money to be treated like dirt. Needless to say we were only 1 of MANY families that did not return to the school the next year.
We are happy with Beddow and recommend it to anyone who is thinking about sending their children.
In the interest of full disclosure: no one asked me to write this review and I am not getting a tuition break for writing this review.
The Beddow School is a US School based in Waldorf, Maryland. The Beddow School is located at 6008 Hampshire Cir, Waldorf, MD 20603, USA.
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