I cannot begin to express my thanks and gratitude to you for the great work you do! I felt perfectly safe having my daughter in this environment. The professionalism, care, and consideration for children’s needs has been superb. I will be recommending you to every person I know!

— Samantha S.

My daughter used to come home crying. In desperation I enrolled her at Empowering Minds. My daughter came out of classes this time crying with joy. I asked her why she was crying thinking oh god here we go again with another problem school, and she said, “I found a friend!”

She was talking about the teacher Miss Aubrey. That woman has a truly God given gift with children and teenagers. I have never seen a teacher who sees into a child’s heart and interacts with her newest students as if they’ve been friends for years. Truly that is a gift. Many people are great with kids, this ability goes beyond that. I believe it is truly a God given gift. I am not that much of a religious person, but I do believe that God must have put Miss Aubrey here in Rockford for a reason.

-Annie C.

I took the millenial school twice, 1950s school three times, and the little house school twice. They all have surprises! The 1950s school was fun and funny, I like millennial school more than school now. And the Little House on the Prairie school is too much fun to be school. I wish I could do this all year for regular school.

— School Days participant, Age 16

Be aware that the dance teacher will watch your child like a hawk. On observation day I began watching the teacher. Her eyes missed nothing. She knew who had a tight muscle or bad day at school, without any words. She is alert for any physical danger or emotional danger. I’ve never had a teacher pay a fraction of the amount of attention to me as she pays to her students in each class.

— Amber Z.

“I didn’t think there was any way this program was going to help my writing. I hate writing. Not anymore! Why don’t teachers teach writing like this? I feel like I learned more in one hour then all my years at school.”

— Writing Workshop Student Age 16

I was extremely happy with the results achieved in such a short time. Everyone at Empowering Minds was professional, polite, and friendly. I could not have asked for anyone better to teach my child.

— Laura M.

“I loved the Little House on the Prairie school! I learned way more than at my actual school! It was a lot more fun too, but don’t tell my teacher.”

— Little School House on the Prairie student, age 12.

“ They said I would know within the first five minutes if the class would be a good fit for me. It didn’t even take that long. At other places you get either bad dancing or bad kids, here it’s neither. Really good dancing and really nice kids. Believe me it is not like that at every dance school.”

— New dance program student, age 14 from Chicago

“After I picked up Nicole from her first class she was so excited she was crying.She had struggled for years with writing. We would have paid any amount of money simply for the increase in confidence it gave our daughter. At the end of the program she showed her work to her school teacher-she was shocked my daughters writing had improved so much.”

—Melissa L. Parent of Writing Workshop student