Ying Liu

Review of Bullis charter school

I used Google map a lot and every time I saw the 3...

I used Google map a lot and every time I saw the 3.9 rating, it bothered me. I never posted a review publicly but I decided to do so for BCS for the following reasons:

1. I like their education philosophy: I cannot agree more about giving kids a more balanced perspective toward the world and the academics. BCS has the exemplary curriculum that promotes both STEM and humanities/arts/music/PE. They focus on problem solving skills by giving kids some real world challenges to research and write proposals. In the process, the kids acquired the means of thinking in addition to the hard core knowledge.

2. I like the supportive, commutative and caring environment: the staff and the teachers are all responsive both by email and phone call. They all look genuinely happy about what they do. BCS is good at keeping the parents posted at what's going on. That really makes me feel that they all care about my child as much as I do. My daughter's new teacher even sent out long emails 10pm at night. No wonder my daughter falls in love with her class from day one.

3. I like the intimate community-oriented feeling: the parents are awesome. Playdates, events, activities are all arranged by parents. I am a firm believer that parents are an integral part of the kids education. I can see it's what happening here.

I do think BCS deserves a 5-star rating based on my experience so far.