“I really liked her and miss her.”

— Owen, Age 8

“Julaine is an exceptional educator who is highly qualified and creates a safe, happy learning environment for her students. Julaine is kind, patient, positive, efficient and extremely reliable. She continually works to find creative new and fun ways to incorporate different teaching tools into the lives of her students. She made things challenging and interesting for our daughter as she gently brought out her best abilities. She also recognized and appreciated the unique ways that our daughter had success. Julaine cared enough to really get to know our daughter and her unique learning difficulties while appreciating her individual needs and gifts.”

— Shari, parent

“We have tried several types of tutoring in the past, but he has loved this.  He always comments how nice Mrs. Robson is. Thank you!!!”

- Lindsey, parent

Words cannot express how lucky we have been to have Karyn in Nathan’s life for the past three years.  It is a rare gift to have such an amazing teacher who has a great relationship with one’s child. Thank you for everything. 

- Katie, parent

Julaine is a strong believer in making sure each student knows how to read and process information no matter their starting point and uses her comprehensive tools and techniques to effectively reach a diverse student body.  We have alumni who credit their success to Julaine’s teaching.

- Rebecca, school administrator

“Thank you very much for being my teacher.  I enjoyed learning from you. You have a way to make boring lessons really interesting.  You helped me when I got stuck and then you pushed my forward. Thank you for everything that you taught me.  Just being around you makes me happy.”

- Heidi, Karyn’s student

“Mrs. Swithers is fantastic, we love her and her teaching techniques. My son made great progress since he started with her.”

— Stacey, parent

“Karyn is an outstanding teacher and human being. She is dedicated, highly professional and reliable, always willing to give the extra mile. Her peaceful, patient, and caring approach to children is worthy of notice. She is constantly striving to understand children’s emotional and intellectual needs. She has been able to blend a diversity of Montessori and educational trainings to help children with special needs and those that display high intellectual capability. Her ability to recognize children’s needs is impressive and inspiring.”

- Jeannette, school administrator

All I can say is that Julaine’s new students are so fortunate to have her in their lives - if she impacts them even a little bit of how she impacted our daughter, their lives will be transformed!

- Elizabeth, parent

Rolando and I feel very lucky that Noah had the opportunity to work with Karyn this last year.  He grew a lot and that is due to her and all that she taught him.

- Khonnie, parent