Academy for Kids! Pros - A great place to enroll your kids - Staff are very flexible - Staff are very caring for the kids - Facility is always well kept - Definitely, in a safe location - Pricing is very reasonable - Military Discount to military families Cons - Can't really think of any I'm very satisfied with the atmosphere that my child is in. read more

I went here in preschool. I'm 21 now and I still have nightmares. Absolutely traumatized by this place lmao. Same with my brother. Borderline abusive of my parents to keep my brother and I there when we would cry and scream each morning, begging not to go. I remember asking Diana one time when my daddy was coming to pick me up and she replied "never" and laughed. Evil ladies they terrified me. read more

I went to tour the facility with my son and I was not impressed. The staff is not welcoming At all! The person giving me the tour literally walked me Into the class my child would be in, gave me a pamphlet with pricing and started walking me to the exit door . She didin't even bother asking if I had any questions so I took It upon myself to ask things that I was expecting to hear from her. On my way out, the kids were in the play area and two really young (18yr-19yr) teachers were talking to one another not paying attention to kids. This is my first child entering pre k so I thought maybe as a first timer I was being extra particular but after touring another pre k that my own child said " I like this one a lot better" I knew immediately that we would not go with academy for kids ! We found one in the same area with way better standards that felt right at home when we walked in ! read more

I have recommended Academy for Kids to anyone looking at summer camps or after care program. They are so great with the kids with fun events for the whole family and strong communication with us and the kids. Plus they are open even on snow days. read more

DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS HERE. I will update as it unfolds. I know now that after reading the awful reviews this place had I should have never taken my child here. It had been great for a few months with a few red flags popping up here and there but I after a while it got worse. The price is great and they have some nice staff but please for your sake as a parent and for your childs sake DO NOT take them to this daycare. You will end up regretting it. Will be back to update more. read more

We have been at an in home day care for years and I was extremely nervous about sending my 5 year old to a larger preschool but needed all day care. After visiting other preschools in the area and not getting very good service when it came to the business side of things for example calling people back. Academy for Kids was awesome. They have been amazing with my son and are very welcoming and friendly to my husband and myself. I am glad we enrolled our child here he is blossoming as a learner in their pre-k program. read more

The staff would go out of there way to separate my daughter away from the other kids for meals. They would isolate and make her feel bad because of her food allergies. They were constantly changing there policy and procedures. Many times I was late for work because I refused to leave because the teachers/classrooms were over ratio. read more

My son attended Academy For Kids for 2 years. He recently had his last day and I was disappointed that no one seemed to really care. The office ladies barely could barely find the energy to say goodbye. It just made me realize that this is probably how they treated him when I was gone. You always want your child to feel loved and special and it was very noticeable that they didn't seem to care. My son cried and said he had the worst last day ever. We are excited to be starting Kindy next year and be done with preschool. read more

This is a update to my past review of 5 stars. My family no longer uses this child care, my child started in academy as a infant as he developed he was moved into new classes. We began to see stagnant development, despite addressing these concerns and expressing the lack of encouragement through sign language that we had been told is taught. Our family was faced with enrolling our son with a ESD program for assistants even though through outside testing was not necessary. This is a daycare not an academy for learning for young children,unless, perhaps you are in their private kindergarten class. Toddler room staff does not proved a curriculum for development instead subjects are posted outside the class but are not followed. There are a few amazing teachers that provide care but there are also a few that need additional training and should not be a lead or single teacher due to lack of experience and education. 2 stars for the following: clean, provided fun trips, price is reasonable, has adequate space for children to play both indoor and outdoor. read more

Academy for kids has a wonderful staff. My 4 year old son is always excited to go to school and we love his teachers. The structure he is provided with has really helped him with his reading. I would highly recommend this school ! read more

We have been sending our son to Academy since he was about fifteen months old. He is now almost four and still loves going to school everyday. We have been so pleased with the school and the teachers and staff. They truly care about your child and keep you updated on their activities and progress. When they are younger you receive a daily progress report to let you know how the day went and staff are always available for a call or a chat to discuss what is going on. Unlike other schools we visited, Academy for Kids has a curriculum, even for their youngest kids. Starting early they work on the basics of manners, responsibility and sharing and move on to potty training and academics. The school is always clean and well maintained. They take great care in feeding the all day students healthy food and making sure the kids get plenty of exercise. The school also does an excellent job communicating with families on-line and via newsletter and there are always special events to look forward to. For the level of care they provided they are extremely affordable. We would recommend this school to anyone and will continue to send our child there. read more

I have my two boys in this school. One in the infant class and the other in 3yr old class. The teachers are kind and caring and open to any questions I have ever asked. Compared to a slew of bad daycare experiences this one has been good so far. No complaints. read more

Academy for Kids has been great! Ann and her team are absolutely wonderful. Our son has been in the infant class now for the past few months and it's clear the staff care a lot about how he's doing and make an effort to follow the routines we have at home. I always feel like Ann does a great job of checking in with me about his day. The class always feel clean and tidy. An added bonus is the artwork we get to take home that our son "makes." It's always so cute! read more

The staff at this school seems to be very annoyed about having to interact with the parents in any way. My children both became ill with one virus after another immediately after starting school there. They called me at one in the afternoon to tell me that my daughter was almost out of diapers and I would need to leave work to bring them more. I brought them diapers and went to work and then an hour and a half later picked her up. When I picked her up they told me they had to bathe her because she smelled like vomit, with no explanation of where the vomit came from or why I wasn't notified in their original call. I pulled my children out immediately. read more

I wish someone would have written this review before I decided to try out Academy 4 Kids. The past 2.5 weeks have been absolutely ridiculous. When I toured the facility before deciding to allow my 3 year old daughter to attend, it seemed reasonable. But after the first drop off day, and after seeing how things really run, I knew I had made a mistake. As an elementary state certified teacher myself, I know the expectations when it comes to childcare. This place is the most unorganized child care facility there is. Upon the first drop off day, I was unable to even get into the building, no one was at the front desk and no one helped me with "first day drop off" procedure. I wasn't told how to sign in, or even where to put my daughter's things. The assistant that I had met while touring my daughter's 3-4 classroom had apparently quit during the week before our first day, and the new assistant had no idea about my daughter's first day. The main teacher in the classroom was nowhere to be found and the experience was chaotic to say the least. The facility is unsecured and not safe. The door to the classroom was kept open and no one seemed to notice when my daughter left the classroom her first day. She even ran to one of the exit doors and nearly pushed the push-bar open to open the door. At that point I was tempted to take her and leave...I didn't trust the security or the competency of this place, but I thought I would give it the benefit of the doubt. I was uneasy about leaving her the first day but I had to get to work. When I picked her up the first day, I was told that my daughter "just wasn't ready for the 3-4 classroom because she had had an accident during nap the first day...she has been potty trained for a year now and was probably adjusting to the new environment. I was told by the office staff that she would need to switch to the 2-3 classroom so that they could better monitor her potty situation. I ensured them that she was potty trained and had been for a year, but they insisted and made it sound like it was the only option. I had not previously toured the 2-3 classroom during my initial visit and was discouraged that this was where she was being forced to attend after only one day of care. Conveniently, the monthly fee for this lower aged classroom was about 120 dollars more monthly. I was invoiced promptly that same afternoon. The next 2 or 3 drop offs and pick ups did not go any better. Her new classroom was small, dirty and smelled of urine, the toys were broken and the teachers never seemed to know what was going on. It was the 3rd drop off before I was even able to meet her new lead teacher...apparently they don't arrive until after 9, and the early drop off kids are watched in one big "main morning" classroom with all ages until the teachers show up. I was not informed of this and wasted over 10 minutes one morning with my daughter in her classroom waiting for a teacher to show up...only to find out that all children go to one big main room in the mornings. Communication is so lacking here! All I needed was someone to direct me as to what to do...but no one even seemed to notice. The final straw was after her 5th day...the teachers that were in her room upon pick up couldn't even tell me if she had napped that day, for how long and what/how much she had eaten for lunch. It was ridiculous. Not to mention, she came down with a urinary tract infection that same week. I wonder now how much the teachers actually helped my daughter when wiping after using the potty. This facility is not well kept and the communication is horrible. I did not feel comfortable leaving my daughter in their care, and promptly notified the staff of our intent to discontinue care. They informed me that they have a 30 day cancellation policy and that I would indeed be billed for the next 30 days regardless of if I had my daughter attend or not. When it was all said and done, my daughter attended for 5 days, and we were billed nearly 900 dollars. The owner was not even willing to not charge me for the remainder of the 30 days...(We were paid through the month of July, and I wasn't even asking to be reimbursed...simply to NOT be charged for the extra 18+ days into August that would have counted as our 30 days notice). HORRIBLE! Live and Learn...take my advice, do not send your kids here! read more

Perfect... Until... I have been taking my son to Academy for Kids since he was 18 months old, with a brief 2 year leave when his grandmother cared for him. He is now almost 8 years old. It has been a terrific daycare. I never had to worry about my son when he was there. I have recommended this daycare to hundreds of people over the past six and a half years. Not anymore. My son suffers from a medical condition called encopresis. Based on his medical condition (which the director was informed about when he was five years old) the director and her assistant determined they no longer wanted my son to attend the daycare. His medical condition is not contagious, is not a danger to others, does not require medical treatment by the facility, he cares for it all by himself, without assistance from staff, but because it is something unfamiliar to the director and her assistant, they felt uncomfortable with my son being there. Due to this, they asked us to leave the facility and gave us three weeks to find another daycare. They did this without warning, without telling us face to face, I got the written notice in a letter attached to his sign in/out sheet. I tried to discuss it with the assistant director and she stated they didn't have the accommodations to care for my son. I told her the only accommodation he needs is a bathroom. I replied that this is medical discrimination, then contacted the Americans with Disabilities Act division under the U.S. Department of Justice. They confirmed that the daycare center could not make my son stop attending based on his medical condition. I informed the director of this and she said he could stay and that she will be checking to make sure they are following regulations. I also informed her that she could not deem him as special needs and try to increase our rate, because he needs no assistance. Unfortunately, she tried to do just that. The next letter I received was from her attorney stating that due to the hardships the facility has had to endure, they would need to increase my monthly rate by almost 3 times the normal rate. I spoke with his direct daycare providers who are with him every day and they have told me they never have to do anything for my son, they never have to clean up after him, nor do they assist him in any way. I spoke with the ADA again and they again confirmed that I could not be charged an increased rate. I spoke with a discrimination law attorney who also said that it is illegal to charge an increased rate for a medical condition. I spoke with the State of Oregon's Child Care Division and they put me in touch with the daycare's licensing specialist who also told me it is illegal to charge an increased rate. When I went back to the daycare to discuss this with the directors, they said they would need to take it back to their attorney and discuss it further, even though I gave them the documents from the ADA's website that states they cannot ask my son to leave and they cannot charge an increased rate. I was so disgusted and disappointed in their response. It was clear to me that they would go to any lengths to make my son leave. I wanted, with all my heart, to fight them legally on this, because we would win without question. Then I thought, 'even if we do win, do I really want my child to be cared for by people who are dishonest, discriminatory, and are willing to break the law?' Naturally, the immediate answer was 'no, I do not.' I know that I could never believe another thing they said to me, which means that the trust we had is broken. Based on this I removed him from the center and have placed in him another daycare. read more

I would suggest you do not take your child here staff do not know what is going on. Let alone don't know who will be giving tours or paperwork. Took my son for 2 hours before I went to pick him up. Staff were rude . I decided not to kept having my son there after the 2 hours he was. Said I would not be taking my child there anymore and I will pay for the time he was there and that paperwork does not state anywhere I have to pay for the whole month but they still charged me anyways for the whole month . The teachers are expecting a certain type of child and if your child does not meet there requirements right away they will not try to even see if maybe the second day your child gets more use to the routine. read more

Due to my wife receiving a promotion we decided to switch daycare for one closer to home in order to accommodate her new work schedules. After taking a tour of the facility we enrolled our daughter Tuesday thru Friday. Within the first few days at pick up, I started to notice several things. The room lacked any structure as the 12-24 month olds just played and interacted among themselves with very little teacher/instructor interaction unless it was time to change to a diaper which occurred every two hours. Upon pick up it also felt as if I was bother as I collected her things and had to ask for her daily sheet every day. After her first week at Academy 4 Kids, over the weekend we begin to notice my daughter's eyes beginning to puff up and discharge was collecting around the eye. We thought it was due to her allergies as we had experienced a similar situation before. The following Tuesday she returned to daycare and we received a call from her teacher letting us know her eyes were puffy along with discharge around the eye. She asked if our daughter has any allergies, to which she does and that she would keep an eye on her and let us know if it got any worse. Later that afternoon we received another call from her teacher letting us know her eyes were getting worse. At that time she told us that it could be pink eye as they had a case of pink eye in that room last week. Upon pick up that day I spoke with the teacher first asking about how they communicate to parents when a known case of pink eye or any other highly communicable infection or disease has occurred. She responded by stating that she had only been there a few weeks and was unsure as she had not received any instruction or training on how to handle that particular situation. Still looking for answers I asked to speak with the operations manager of the facility to discuss the issue further. I asked the same question as to how they inform parents when they have a known case of a highly communicable infection or disease within their establishment. She informed me that she was unware of any known cases of pink eye last week and only post a sign once an outbreak has occurred and one child infected with pink eye does not constitute an outbreak. She then informed me that they rely on the teachers to inform parents when these situations occur. To her response I asked how can you confirm that teachers are informing parents without any signs posted or even being aware of the situation yourself. She responded by stating she would need to speak that teacher. She also reassured me that when situations like pink eye occur they have their staff clean the room with bleach. I asked once again how she can confirm that the required cleaning took place when she didn't even know about the case of pink eye herself. During the conversation I never once received an apology just excuse after excuse. Unhappy with the way the situation was handled and the response and lack of responsibility from Academy 4 Kids, I returned bought out the rest of my contract since a 30 day notice is required. I was offered no refund and once again no apology or sympathy was spoken or displayed by the operations manager for the discomfort that my daughter endured, that could have been easily avoided if I had been informed. I felt compelled to share our experience with Academy 4 Kids and lack responsibility and ethical leadership demonstrated by the current operations manager. read more

Was not pleased with this center. I felt it was very dirty and it seemed very dark. It was not cozy and it didn't seem like the kids were having fun. I would not send my child here. During the tour I was not able to get a word in because the teacher was just yapping away. read more

We have two kids at Academy for Kids and have been really pleased with the staff and the attention given to the kids. Our kids always love going to "school" and we always look forward to our daughters stories at the end of the day! I would recommend this place to anyone and in fact have referred friends! read more

I don't recommend academy for kids AT ALL! I haven't been there for a few years and the staff may have changed, but my experience was horrible! Coming from a students perspective, it was not a place I wanted to be. I had to spend every day after school and most of the summer there. Most of the staff was okay, but Ms. Teresa was one of the cruelest people I have ever met. She would criticize your every move and if you did something wrong, or one of your fellow classmates snitched on you, you were forced to go through a loud and embarrassing screaming match, and then you were forced to lie on a cushioned mat on the floor while your peers sent your looks of sympathy. She taunted everyone who made her mad and scared people. If you made one tiny mistake, you had to pay the price. She disrespects many people, kids, parents, coworkers, strangers, and even her own family brutally in front of everybody. There is much more to the story, but I'm just warning you, don't pay for an overpriced child care facility that you will regret! read more