Skipwith Academy at Colonial Heights

This location has a great leadership team. Both the Director and Assistant Director are attentive to the needs of the staff, especially when emergencies arise. They’re also willing to lend a helping hand when need be and have created a nurturing and fun learning environment for the children. The curriculum gives you the opportunity to modify and differentiate lessons to meet the academic and developmental needs of the students and is a play-based model..

--Emefa S., Parent at Skipwith Academy

Good afternoon! I would love to share that my husband and I are thrilled with the learning that is going on in our son's class. He participates in the prep class at Skipwith Academy at Rutland. He is only there part time for now and we plan to enroll him full-time closer to kindergarten. He comes home when he attends and talks about all of the fun things that he is doing. Just last night our toddler had made a mess at home with a bunch of shoes and he ran over to the mess and said ”This is a huge mess; all of these shoes are disheveled!" My husband and I were mind-blown that he actually use the word disheveled correctly. When I asked him where he had heard it he said, "At school, it is one of our words this week." I called the school to let them know and sure enough it was in fact one of the words for the week. Not only did he remember but he also used it correctly in a sentence and applied it to his real life! I am currently an assistant principal at a middle school and a former English teacher of a decade. I have some middle schoolers that can't take a word out of context and apply it to another so needless to say we are very impressed with the job that the teachers and directors are doing at Rutland! Keep up the great work! High expectations equal highly successful children that Foster a love of learning for a lifetime..

Corinne G.

As first time parents nothing is more important than the knowledge that our child is being taken care of and is happy. The Director and teachers at Skipwith Academy have welcomed my son, my husband and I with open arms and treated us as family. Robert enjoys his time with his teachers along with the other children and has a big smile on his face when we arrive every morning, which is reassuring for us. The artwork and pictures that are sent home with him allow us to see that he is developing the instructional, emotional and socialization skills necessary to achieve his developmental milestones in life. We are lucky to have found such a wonderful and caring day school for our son..

Kelly A

We have been members of the Skipwith family for over 3 years, having a child go from the Infant Program up to Prep, and two more in the Infant program today. We have been blessed with Teachers along the way that have cared for and loved on our children as if they were their own. We see this love in each Milestone they meet and exceed, the daily reports and feedback, and the bonds they make with their teachers. We have proudly recommended Skipwith for its program, teachers and staff over the years and continue to provide this support today! Thanks for loving our family and especially our kids! .

The Cole Family