"I cannot imagine a better place for my children to be spending their formative first years then attending Golden Pond School. It is a great feeling to hear your child say "I LOVE school!". My children light up when they tell me about their Art, Music and Spanish lessons. What really stands out to me when I am in the school is how energetic, enthusiastic, and happy the teachers and staff are. I highly recommend Golden Pond School to anyone. It is the best investment we have made in our children."

My kids have been going to Golden Pond School for four years. My youngest will start four year old preschool in September, and we couldn't be happier. My kids have attended preschool, KE, and as many summer camps as possible. We love the teachers, the staff, and the community we've found. The kids learn so fast in school, and more importantly they have the emotional support to really succeed. I highly recommend Golden Pond!

As a former teacher, I recognize how important it is for a teacher to see each child as an individual learner with different strengths and challenges. I love how GPS tunes in to each child and makes their learning experience rewarding and relevant to them. It allowed our daughter to grow in her own love of learning and gave her such pride in her accomplishments ... I immediately loved how GPS approached learning new things from so many different perspectives. A child learns faster and retains information longer if they experience it, rather than just hear it. Golden Pond takes this to new levels. Learning is hands on. They build, experiment, touch, taste and create. Our daughter still points out levers and pulleys and inclined planes from when she got to build them and test them out 3 years ago! She has carried this over to Elementary School and has an academic confidence that came from being given the opportunity to learn on so many different levels.

Golden Pond is the best school in the universe that I've ever seen. I will miss Golden Pond so much, but I get to come for Summer Camp :) Thank you for making a huge and fun playground for me and my friends in Room 7. I wish I could come to Golden Pond from first grade to twelfth grade too. I will miss you!

While searching for a school for my daughter it was extremely important to me to find a learning environment that was as much like the one I sought to provide for the many preschoolers I have taught over the years. I wanted a school that first and foremost saw my child as a unique individual with varied interests and personality traits--and used that knowledge to help her learn and grow in the way that was best for her. I wanted professionals who were informed by developmentally appropriate practice and primarily used a play based learning approach, as children learn so much better through an atmosphere that is fun and engaging with various learning opportunities provided by and amongst their peers. And finally, I wanted a school that put her social emotional development at the forefront, as I believe the preschool years are the most important ones to help our children become the self-aware, kind, independent, and resilient individuals we truly want them to grow to be. I have found Golden Pond to do all this and more in the year we have been at this school. I am continually impressed with the teachers and staff, and my daughter's excitement while relaying the events of each school day in detail tell me we made the right choice with GPS! We are so happy to be continuing her journey there next year!

I love the warm and welcoming atmosphere. All of the staff and teachers made my son feel very comfortable. As an educator, I immediately noticed and valued the academic rigor of the KE program and that the curriculum is presented in a very creative, hands-on way. The classes delve deeper into topics and are more challenged than at my son’s morning Kindergarten program. When he came home from school, everything he was excited about and wanted to share with me had happened at Golden Pond!

I ADORE this school and all of the wonderful teachers and administrators. From play-based learning to the 3 great playgrounds to the fabulous parent group, this school is the best choice for anyone looking for a Preschool or Kindergarten for their child.

School leaders have adopted a mission to use brain-based instructional methods to educate the whole child in a developmentally appropriate and nurturing environment. That mission is carried out passionately and with fidelity by all staff members in a classroom. The school's children are highly engaged in a theme-based instructional process that allows them to connect prior knowledge to new learning.

I have extreme admiration for your after school program. My son attends the extended school program in the Falcons class. He is extremely happy with the program and looks forward everyday to the Falcons class :). He even told us that he doesn't want to go on summer vacation anywhere and even if we go anywhere, he must get back before the Golden Pond Summer Camp starts :). My son keeps talking about the great work he does at Golden Pond so now my second child keeps asking us all the time when he gets to go to the super school. We are enrolling my second child at Golden Pond for Junior Kindergarten program and Stay & Play. My kids have previously attended Accredited Montessori schools but I have never seen a KE and Extended Day program as wonderful as it is at Golden Pond. Thank you to everyone at Golden Pond for sending home a happy kid to us in the evenings!! You all do excellent work with the kids and deserve big kudos!!!!

Simply the right choice for our kids.