BEST CHILDREN’S
COOKING CLASSES
Cookology Culinary School
BEST DAY CAMP
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BEST CHILD CARE/DAYCARE CENTER
Georgetown Hill Early School
georgetownhill.com 301-284-8144
10001 Apple Ridge Road
Montgomery Village, Md.

Love where you learn! With over 40 years
of experience, Georgetown Hill is leading
the child care industry with a play-based,
joyful approach to preschool learning. Their
P.L.A.N. curriculum is research-based and
time-tested, all revolving around a child-
and family-first environment. Georgetown
Hill is a non-profit organization that believes
in giving back. Their whole-child approach
creates happy teachers which results in
happy children. Offering Infants, Preschool,
and School Age.

cookologyonline.com 703-433-1909
4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.

Our award-winning kids’ cooking program
has taught thousands of children since
2009. We have created a safe, nurturing
environment for kids to learn how to cook.

In our kids’ hands-on cooking classes
at Ballston Quarter and Dulles Town
Center, children as young as three learn
to measure, mix, and roll, while tweens
and teens learn to reference recipes,
ingredient identification, and proper
measuring techniques. In every class
they’ll work with our professional chef to
learn true culinary techniques: knife skills,
sautéing, grilling, boiling, braising, baking,
and more, all while exploring new world
cuisines, healthy menus, and seasonal
dishes, vegetable cookery, pasta making
and even gluten-free baking as they make
sophisticated, delicious dishes!
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THEATRE OR DRAMA
INSTRUCTION Imagination Stage, Bethesda
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YOGA CLASSES
Be Free! Kids Yoga
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German Language Courses at
the German International School
Washington, D.C.

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International School of Languages
BEST DAY CAMP
Tiny Dancers
tinydancers.com 621 S. Washington St., Alexandria, Va.

10875 Main St., Ste., 113, Fairfax, Va.

2985 District Ave., Ste. 175, Fairfax, Va.

Tiny Dancers, for children ages 2-12,
features a literacy-based ballet, tap, hip
hop and musical theater program that
provides dancers with an outstanding
technical foundation in a fun, nurturing
environment. Beginning with their
exclusive Wiggletoes classes for ages
2-3 and continuing throughout the
program, students are encouraged to
learn through creative self-expression,
exploration of movement and age-
appropriate choreography. The curriculum
uses choreographed stories — along with
hundreds of custom-made costumes and
props — as a teaching vehicle for dancers
2-5. As students master the fundamentals
and mature as dancers, they graduate
from fairy tales to a more intensive focus
on technique, style, interpretation and
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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION Valley Mill and Congressional School
BEST GYMNASTICS CENTER
Dynamite Gymnastics
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BEST MARTIAL ARTS
INSTRUCTION Pentagon MMA
pentagonmma.com 703-521-1000
1041 S. Edgewood St., Arlington, Va.

Pentagon MMA is a world class mixed
martial arts training center in Arlington,
Virginia offering group classes and personal
training in Muay Thai (Kickboxing/Thai
Boxing), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Women’s
Fitness Kickboxing, Boot Camp, and Kids’
MMA. We firmly believe that each and
every one of you can and should train at
your full potential and get the best results
you deserve. Are you looking to lose
weight? Stay in shape? Learn effective self-
defense techniques? Train like a fighter?
Compete on an amateur or professional
level? Whatever your goal may be, you are
in the right place.

BEST MONTESSORI
Oneness-Family School
onenessfamily.org 6701 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Md.

For 30 years, Oneness-Family School’s
premier holistic learning environment
has served families who value student-
centered, project-based learning and
personal growth alongside rigorous,
evidence-based curriculum. OFS features
hands-on and interdisciplinary learning
in traditional core academics, STEM, the
arts, languages, civics, conflict resolution
and community service. This curriculum
fosters nimble and collaborative thinkers,
creators, builders and leaders with “big
picture” perspectives who are prepared
to succeed in a changing, challenging
world. In small, dynamic classes, students
tap into their natural passion for learning
and individual interests. Oneness-Family
School classrooms are alive with the spark
of student engagement and initiative.

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Montessori School of Alexandria
BEST MUSIC INSTRUCTION
School of Rock
schoolofrock.com 703-242-2184, 703-858-0820, 301-589-7625
111 Center St. S, Vienna, Va.

20660 Ashburn Road, Ashburn, Va.

8634 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Md.

For over a decade, School of Rock has
taught guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and
keys through a proprietary and innovative
performance-based method. Students are
put through a series of private lessons and
group rehearsals and then get to show off
what they learn on real rock stages in front
of real audiences. Programs for beginner
through advanced players, summer camps,
and adult programs too. Ages 6+ There’s
simply no place like School of Rock.

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International School of
Music and Harmonia
BEST OVERNIGHT CAMP
Camp Tall Timbers
camptalltimbers.com 1115 Reflection Ln., High View, WV
At Camp Tall Timbers, we’ve been
serving up fun and rewarding camp
experiences every summer for more
than 45 years. Located in the beautiful
foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
Camp Tall Timbers is convenient from
throughout the DMV. Our camp offers a
wide variety of entertaining, engaging,
and inspiring activities for boys and girls
from ages 7 to 16. Our camp experience
promotes independence, decision-making,
socialization, skill building, confidence,
creativity and self-discovery in a safe,
nurturing environment. Campers are
encouraged to be themselves, try
something new, unplug and have fun! We
know what parents expect and what kids
enjoy. BEST PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Bender JCC of Greater Washington
(Rockville, MD)
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Acorn Hill
BEST PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Pinecrest School
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Westminster School
BEST PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL
The Sycamore School, Arlington
thesycamoreschoolva.org 703-717-5360
4600 Fairfax Dr., Ste. 300
Arlington, Va.

The Sycamore School is an independent
non-profit secondary school in Arlington,
Virginia serving middle and high school
students. We provide personalized,
engaging and experiential learning,
helping students make connections across
content areas and to the real world. We’re
intentionally small, maintaining a 1:10
teacher to student ratio.

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