Lucy School

My son has been in preschool and is now in kindergarten at Lucy School. The journey with Lucy School has been incredible. My son has grown so much. All of the faculty has played a huge role in my son's life and learning. The school has been one of the best experiences as a parent. I would recommend this school to anyone.
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Excellent , non-traditional and unique learning experience. The Director is an academic visionary and understands the role of creativity and imagination in childhood development. At the Lucy School children learn much more than reading, writing, and arithmatic. Children are encouraged to be independant thinkers and to express their personality and emotions through art, dance, drama, and music. Classes are small and my 5 year old received exceptional, personalized attention. The teachers at Lucy School truly love their profession and make sure each child's experience is positive and well rounded. Lucy School introduces children to other cultures through special guests, story telling, and fun events. The farm like location of Lucy School is peaceful and quiet which is refreshing and unexpected for any school. I consider Lucy School to be the top school in Frederck County and the ideal natural setting to faciliate learning and development. I thank Vicky and Chris for being forward thinking in their vision of what learning should be and determined to make that vision a reality for so many children. The Lucy School should be the leader in how we educate our youth.
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I Love Lucy! Ms. Vickie Brown what a wonderful school you have created! Lucy School makes me wish I were 5 again to start my school life there, instead of my parochial school with 30+ kids, uniforms, and Nuns. Everyone I have met from Lucy School has been one of the nicest people I have ever met, everyone! That is an amazing staff you have assembled! You and they are something very very special and I look forward to having both of our daughters attend Lucy School each year you offer classes for their grade levels. We love the arts based concept, it is weery inspiring in its simplicity. Driving our two girls to school everyday is easy due to this program. At bedtime each night they ask "Is it a school day tomorrow"? They look forward to going to school, and I look forward to them describing their day in the Big Red Barn, or what they saw at the pond, waterfall, where ever they went, or did in math or schience. This is education, creating an interest in learning by seeing the world up close at an early age. Thank you very very much for creating such a WONDERFUL, and SUCCESSFUL school for children! To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success. Henry John Heinz
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Very disappointed with this school. There is not enough structure which does not adequately prepare students for traditional schooling. Also, the EXTREMELY child-centered activities do not challenge students as they are TOO free to CHOOSE everything!! It is unique idea and many of the students and staff have fun...but not a very practical reality for real learning.
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Disappointed with this school. It did not prepare our son for a school outside Lucy. But, some folks obviously love it.
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Lucy School is a truly unique learning experience for children. I wouldn't think of sending my daughter anywhere else!! The children get to be children while all the while learning what they need to but in a different way. There are no endless worksheets. They are constantly outside observing nature, learning about different parts of the world through drama, expressing themselves in music and movement and so much more.Learning is made fun and exciting. My daughter has developed such empathy for her classmates and a creative approach to problem solving all thanks to lucy school. This is the way school should be. I feel so very lucky that my daughter has had the chance to attend Lucy School!! I know that her life has been enriched socially and academically by this wonderful school and she will carry this with her all her school years.
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A LOVE TO LEARN - Lucy Schools #1 Characteristic is That Learning Is Made Fun! Two of my kids went to this school and enjoyed it thoroughly! Their unique curriculum and facility is perfect for kids Pre K thru 3rd grade! This School set my kids up to make learning fun & exciting. This fact becomes perfectly clear when they transition into another school, and you will be thankful they attended Lucy. They made many friends as well that continue on to this day. I figured this out this when my kids went to elementry shools and continued to excell. The staff, teachers, parents, and owners truely care about the succes of each student.
--Submitted by a parent

The Lucy School Difference - that's what I call it when people talk about how my 9- and 12-year-old approach school projects with eagerness and curiosity not common in their peers, or make up songs on the spot that you would swear they heard on the radio, or problem solve with creativity and confidence. I worried about the transition to public school with my older one, but the format of the school mattered much less than the joy he has in learning, so it was fairly seamless. Now in Middle School, he is considered a gifted writer and advanced in all academic subjects. And he still loves school. The younger one was not as academically advanced and has reading challenges -- did Lucy School not prepare him? Turns out that learning to love stories was the saving grace for him. He WANTED to read, PRETENDED to read, PLAY ACTED constantly and IS NOW READING just like or better than his peers . . . because he can't get enough stories. Other children in his classroom with similar learning issues gave up two years ago, but the driving desire to engage with stories that was fostered at Lucy School pulled him through to success years after he left the Big Red Barn. Lucy School is awesome.
--Submitted by a parent

The Lucy School did not help my child prepare academically for her next school. Wish I had sent our kid to the public school from the beginning and saved the money.
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I was skeptical about the Lucy Shool's non-traditional approach to education. (where is the letter of the day? How do you "invite" a child to literacy? How does dramatic play translate to higher placement for my bright child??) but our daughter loved the place and loved the people (as did I) and we took the risk that it was the best place for her. 10 years and 3 kids later, I get it!! Did they trick us into academic excellence? Because while the kids were observing animal habitats, studying Miro, acting out Greek dramas, engineering elaborate ice structures, and incorporating music and rhythm into math lessons, they somehow worked their way to advanced classes when we switched them to the public school system. This school is somethng special. I simply can't say enough good things about this wonderful school. My children have soared academically, socially, and personally thanks in no small part to this school.
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