La Petite Academy on Cowell Rd.

My two year old daughter attends La Petite Academy in their Early Preschool program. She LOVES her school! On her very first day, she was taken on a tour of the school so she knew where everything was, she met all the teachers and was welcomed with open arms. The teachers here go above and beyond their duties to ensure all the children feel loved and are cared for to the best of their abilities. I couldn't imagine sending my daughter anywhere other than La Petite! They communicate very well, and each child is sent home with a daily communication form for you to review. The teachers tell you the exact amount they eat, what they enjoyed, or any other little thing (or big) they did that day! It really makes you feel at ease as a parent, to know your child is eating well, being changed/sent to potty at certain times throughout the day, napping, and so on. My daughter has learned so much, she knows her alphabet, how to spell her name, how old she is, and even the phonetic alphabet. She's constantly bringing home new songs and stories from school to share with her dad and I. I'm always impressed with how much she truly learns from her Preschool class!
Thank you La Petite! :)

My child has been enrolled here for the past year and I have nothing but great things to say about the daycare, the staff and particularly the Director. I am in constant daily communication with the staff about my daughter's progress and I have yet to experience an unpleasant staff member. It is clear that each staff member not only loves their job, but they each possess a love for children.

It is a safe, productive and sanitary environment. It amazes me the things that my child is learning at such a young age. I rest assured that my child is well-regarded each and every day. They have my full recommendation to anyone seeking a safe learning environment for their child.

My 2 1/2 year old daughter loves La petite and her teachers there! She has been going to this daycare for 7 months and has learned a lot along the way. The two year olds have good curriculum with themes and crafts. Ms. Penn has been really cooperative with her potty training. My daughter really enjoyed all the activities spread through out the summer, water day, hopscotch, kite flying....Marjorie (The director) is very nice and pays attention to what parents say. I'm glad we chose this daycare...

These ladies treat our 7 months little man as if he was their own. we did not even search around anymore after we did our la petite visit. i knew it was a perfect fit for our son.

I was impressed with the onboarding process at this center when I needed immediate care for my 2 and a half year old, son. I called one day, scheduled a tour for the next day, and elected to register my son following the tour. Prior to this, my son attended another center (similar to La Petite Academy) for over 2-years but I was concerned that he wasn’t receiving proper care tailored to his speech and developmental delay. I was very transparent about this with the director and the teachers in the Pre-K class at La Petite Academy and was even informed that this wasn’t the first time a family has reported a similar situation. My son attended La Petite Academy for 8-days before I terminated his enrollment. This center has an open floor plan with no doors or gates to keep children within their own classroom, other than with verbal instruction. On the 8th day, I received an Incident Report for a safety issue, and was advised that my son attempted to leave the center and that it’s not manageable for the teachers to chase after him. After discussing the issue at hand with my husband, we felt it would be in the best interest for our son to give a 2-week notice, and place him back in a center with closed off rooms. When I emailed the director to provide notice, she proceeded to say that my son has displayed very challenging behavior. I explained that he hasn’t had the opportunity to comfortably transition into a new environment with new people and that his actions aren’t malicious, it’s simply him displaying typical toddler behavior who doesn’t have the ability to exercise self control and that it’s normal to push boundaries. The directors response was “please understand, this is not typical 2 and a half year old behavior”. This person is supposed to be the heart of the center and to say that this isn’t normal toddler behavior, when a child has only attended the center for 8-days is just showing how incompetent this person is to oversee a center of multiple children. Thankfully, I was able to find immediate alternative care and was offered to waive the 2-week notice so that my son does not have to continue care. I did contact Customer Service Thursday morning, and was informed that I would receive a call from the Regional Director within 24-hours; however, I still have not been contacted by Monday afternoon.

If you are looking for a school that like its motto says “be the change you want to see in the world”, you are in the wrong place! This school trash doesn't care about make this world a better place, it doesn't embrace disability. My son has autism, he is a very sweet, intelligent and verbal child, he was suddenly expelled from this school just because he did not want to sit for a long time (which is totally expected for an autistic child), when I went to pick up my son we were treated in a super rude way, he spent 3 days in an anxiety crisis because of this episode, and I'm still having a lot of problems to get my money back. This was the worst experience we have ever had with a school and with prejudice. I do not recommend this school to anyone, disabled or not.

New management and poor staff. Management has no accountability, they place blame on the kids.

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