I will start by saying that we have been here for 10yrs from pre school to 8th and it has been a…read morejourney. I appreciate all the teachers and staff at WOLCA. of course no school is perfect but my kids loved it her. I have 3kids here, they love their teachers and Christian guidance that came with it being part of the school. The school provided some stability and consistency, dont get me wrong, with 3kids in the school , there were some ups and downs, but we worked it out with the teachers and the principal which im grateful for. The school offered great christian view to early life and upbringing, discipline and guidance for my kids that I will always be proud of. As we transition out, we will miss being part of this community, and we pray that all families benefit from what we had benefited during our stay here.

If I can save a family from the discrimination and hypocrisy of this school, then writing this…read morereview is well worth it. The current principal presents as a kind person in public meetings, when the Pastor is around, and I suppose for parents of younger children. Her entire character changes, once you make it clear that accountability should go both ways. The principal is easily offended, retaliatory, and prejudiced-at least 3 parents have shared similar experiences. She is unwilling to account for various family experiences, and communication styles. During my time at the school, my children experienced various forms of discrimination regarding discipline policies, grading, and access! The middle school program is very poorly managed. The academics, elective courses, and overall teacher effectiveness are seriously lacking. I have only experienced 1 solid core teacher (who really should be the lead), and MAYBE 2 solid elective teachers. The students are not treated with respect or trust. Some wealthy families have their student's poor behavior excused, while other families are consistently mistreated. When brought to the attention of the principal, she sits quiet in meetings and allows the middle school "lead teacher" to lead any outcomes down a destructive and non truthful path. The Principal and many other staff members have difficulty holding this middle school lead accountable. Inasmuch as parents want to be involved as partner's in their children's learning, this school only allows that if you are agreeable with everything they currently do. They have handpicked the parents that receive patience, kindness, and grace. They have also handpicked the parents who will receive resistance, retaliation, and prejudice. None of which represent the Christian character they claim to lead in. If you are a parent who asks questions, and expects accountability and respect to go both ways-this is NOT the school for you. I think the only reason they have the enrollment they do, is because they keep their tuition lower than the Christian K-12 School that is one block away from them. They are basically undercutting a nearby school. You can see both schools from the road and many families need the tuition costs to remain affordable. Unfortunately, what you are getting in return is a hypocritical school, who claims to love Jesus and lead with love, but when challenged, are the furthest away from demonstrating that when it matters most.

My daughter and son have been at Celebree since they opened and we feel we made the best decision…read moreby coming to this school. The children needs and feelings are prioritized above everything else. The kids get outdoor play, clean classrooms and fun activities and the awesome teachers put in tremendous efforts to create a solid environment for these children. Strongly recommend this school to anyone who wants to give their child a strong learning experience.

My child is currently attending the summer program and is enjoying it immensely. I had the…read moreopportunity to work with the owner of the school, who was an Assistant Principal for Fairfax County Public Schools. She is incredibly knowledgeable and truly understands what students need to stay engaged and excited about learning. My child especially enjoys Ms. Bella, who shows genuine care for her class and takes the time to connect with each student. It's been wonderful to see my child so enthusiastic about going to the program every day!

If you want your kids to get bullied and come back home with cuts and bruises everyday, then by all…read moremeans send your kid here. The teachers and staff don't do anything about bullying and will avoid all responsibility. STAY AWAY FROM GODDARD IF YOU VALUE YOUR KID

Military Families, READ THIS!!! We Paid DEARLY!! PCS Movers PLAN AHEAD!!…read moreWe are a Midwest military family new to the area and were in desperate need of daycare for our two children, a toddler and a pre-K child. Despite our best efforts to be good parents, we didn't do enough prep and research. After just two days of attendance (YES, TWO DAYS), we were forced to make the decision to disenroll. Each day, my baby girl came home with fresh scratches on her face and neck. When I arrived to pick up their belongings after disenrollment, I saw why. The teachers were using the well-behaved toddlers as training aids for the handsy, rough ones. While one instructor went to grab my daughter's things, I saw another put sunglasses on a little girl and then put a boy in front of her, saying, "Gentle hands." He reared back and slapped the sunglasses off her face. I was heartbroken that I had sent my daughter there for two whole days without me. There was a clear negative change in our children's demeanor, behavior and mood after only two days here. The school is situated behind an AutoZone and a 7-Eleven. On the first day, around 10 or 11 AM, I dropped in to check on my daughter. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw two teenage boys lurking a few feet from the toddlers' playground fence. When they saw us, they scrambled up the fence onto an adjacent wall. My wife wanted to get out of the car to chase them away, but I reminded her that the school could call the police. When I went inside, the director was sitting in front of the monitors. I told her what happened, and she clicked around a few times with her mouse, and that was that. When we saw our daughter, we were upset to see that she was on the playground at the same time these teens were on the fence. One of the worst parts of this experience was when we asked for an exception to their disenrollment policy. We received a personal email from the owner stating, "Unfortunately, we have to follow the policy we have in place. Your balance as of now is $2992." This is roughly $1500 per day! She also called us, and after I explained the situation and mentioned we are a military family who made an honest mistake, she said, "Policy is policy." She did offer to be generous and allow us to make payments. MILITARY FAMILIES BEWARE: GODDARD HAS A 30-DAY NOTICE!!! Every other daycare in the area has a normal two-week policy, but not here! Other schools in the area offer something called Discovery Days, a free grace period where your child can spend time at the school to see if it is the right fit. There are many other issues I've experienced at this school. My son's Pre-K class is adjacent to the playground, and when we went to pick him up for the day, I pulled the metal door handle, and it slid right off into my hand! What if there was a fire and a kid lost the door handle so they couldn't escape, or even worse, an active shooter?! NOPE!!! Not taking my kids!!! The school has cameras but doesn't share the video streams with families. You may want a solid break from your kid, but in the two days of enrollment, we received only one picture of our son in Pre-K and three pictures of our toddler. There are many dirty, old, broken toys that appear to be more donated or recycled. The rug in my son's room was FILTHY brown. The school has one of the highest tuitions in the area but doesn't supply lunch, snacks, diapers, etc. If you send food that needs to stay cool, each class has a large, floppy, ridiculous zippable cooler bag to store food. Hopefully, with the $3000 taken from our family, they can afford a few refrigerators. There's lots more but hopefully you now have enough to make a better decision than I did for our family.

If I could give zero stars, I would. Do not send your kids here. It is poorly managed and an unsafe…read moreenvironment for kids. They try to upsell cameras all around the school but when something occurs "the footage is reviewed" by the director with no updates and the "sound doesn't work". The classes they offer within the school such as art, music and language are subpar at best. Don't waste your money.

JAYSHA especially is very rude . Does not give good direction to the children. Very disappointed.read more

I am happy their methods work for some but I don't find they work for kids with learning…read moredisabilities. If you want to help your child with a learning disability do better in school, don't go to these people as they are not trained to help children with learning disabilities. My reasosns are they try to use rote memorization techniques and standard teaching techniques to teach every child, which don't work with kids with learning disabilities. I was going to just let it go since they did offer me some accomodations to get my son's testing done and were trying to offer me a discount to start tutoring and I appreciated that but then Susie K. tried to shame me and make me out to be a bad parent that didn't care about my son's education. It started off bad and just never improved. They tried to have my son who has ADHD do too much in one sitting (an hour for a pretest without any breaks) so we had trouble even getting the pretesting done because my son was frustrated and in tears from too much pushing him to do the test! This showed me they had no idea about learning disabilities or IEP modifications so I stopped going to them and wasn't going to give them a bad review but then I got an insulting email from Susie K. I sent an email to request they stop emailing me since I had asked them to do this a few times already. In response, she tried to shame me as not caring about my child or education because I simply requested she no longer email me about their services. She has never once tried to find out why I no longer wanted to know about or use their tutoring services, she just sends an insulting email because I got tired of her not listening to my requests to not email me anymore. I had to threaten to contact the Better Business Bureau to get her to stop and in retaliation she sent a nasty email back that said that she didn't want to bother parents who didn't care about their children or education! Her insulting and unfounded accusation is why I am now writing this review! IAs a trained and successful teacher with 15 years experience teaching Social Studies and Elementary Science, I think I might know a thing or two about teaching and serving the public. Having taught that long, I know how to administer IEP accommodations, recognize signs of learning problems, and how to help kids do well as long as they know how to read the basics but I did not know how to teach my son how to overcome his learning disabilities to learn to read because I am not a reading teacher or Special Education teacher. I came to them with tears and a desire to help my son but didn't get the help he needed so I took another avenue and she doesn't like that. After the first disasterous testing session, I talked to some excellent Special Education teachers who told me the centers' approach was all wrong for his learing disabilities so I cancelled any tutoring they had scheduled, despite pressure from Susie K. in several calls for them to continue the test and tutoring, and never went back. From my experience with Susie K., all I can say is she is all about making money, not doing what helps the child.

We were very happy with C2 SAT tutoring. With only 12 hours of tutoring, my son's SAT score…read moreimproved by almost 200 points. They provided lots of helpful "tips & tricks," and my son really liked the tutors and staff.

We did Accotink for kindergarten to take advantage of the half day program before sending our son…read moreto public school. We absolutely loved it! The administration, teachers, and academics are excellent. We felt that our son was challenged academically but also very engaged with all the fun activities and events. Highly recommend!

We enrolled our daughter here for 1 year before moving. We lived right next to the school and found…read moreit to be an excellent preschool. I would highly recommend!

My son attended this daycare starting at 3mos of age and is now in the toddler program. While…read morechildcare anywhere is going to have its ups and downs, in general we have been happy with our experience here. The teachers all seem affectionate towards my son and interested in his wellbeing, and he already knows many of their names and greets them happily. They do all the stuff you hope to see like having a reading curriculum and getting a fruit/veggie with every meal. The center also has a *huge* amount of outdoor space compared to other daycares I've visited, with multiple age-appropriate play sets. For the older kids they also have a small pool - a pool! - completed with some spray toys. The kids have to pass a swim test before they are allowed in. When I was a kid we never had cool stuff like that at daycare!

My three grandkids attend this daycare. I have trusted them since the oldest who is now in 5th…read moregrade started with Minnieland as an infant. My overall experience has been a good one. Ms. Tracey is very personable and compassionate - when she became the Director at Cloverdale my family followed her. Two of my g-kids have transitioned through all the age level classrooms at Cloverdale and I found each teacher to be welcoming and nurturing. They always keep me informed. I am a healthcare worker (essential personnel) whose job is even more demanding as a result of COVID-19. I am very appreciative of all the staff that are able to work during this national emergency ensuring that the environment for themselves and the children is safe and as comfortable as possible. Ms. Tracey, Ms. Marquita and staff thank you for all you do and for considering your staff, the families you serve and the community during this difficult time. It is much appreciated!

My son just finished fifth grade here and I can't say enough wonderful things about the school…read more The teachers have been great and I loved the administration too. I felt that they really cared about the kids and not just for the time they were in elementary school. They did whatever they could to se the kids up for success in Middle School and beyond.

the front staff are very rude, give unnecessary commentary, I really do not understand why they…read moreare like that.