From the moment I had initially contacted Brighton Day Academy last summer to enroll my son (then 2) into their program I have had nothing but positive experiences. The director, Tracy, is incredibly sweet and very professional. She has always been really easy to talk to and always answers all of my questions.
My son started out in the two year old room where he made plenty of friends and amazed me every day with how much he had learned during "school". They provide well balanced meals, naps, plenty of play time, singing, and reading. There has always been great communication between the caregivers and with us as parents. To be quite honest, I was incredibly afraid of potty-training and they have played such a huge roll in helping us potty-train our son that I really don't know how we could have done it so quickly without her support as she watched him during the day.
We did have an incident at Brighton Day where my (albeit EXTREMELY clumsy and hyper-active) son ran into something and required stitches. They called me immediately and luckily I work just down the road and was able to drive him to the ER. When I walked in, there were three people with him. Ms. Tracy was incredibly reassuring and I got a brief run down on what happened, and we talked more about it the following day because I was far too frazzled to really concern myself with specifics. We went to the ER and the overwhelming support and love that the teachers and Ms. Tracy provided makes me so happy. They all took time out of their day individually to contact me after hours to check on my son and continued to do so over the weekend. I can genuinely say that I am 100% confident that he is cared for and that although accidents happen, especially among children, Brighton Day Academy and their staff were prepared and handled the situation in the best way possible. He just graduated from their VPK program and I am extremely confident that he is ready for kindergarten, thanks to Brighton Day. Not to mention how lovely the ceremony was.
When my daughter was born, I was unable to bring her to work with my like I did my son. I was hesitant at first and was really upset about having to leave my six week old in the care of strangers. A few days before our first drop-off I met with the infant room teachers and discussed my expectations and they described to me what their typical day consists of. I felt a little bit at ease, but naturally I was still kind of upset to drop her off. As the days turned to weeks, and months, I have had zero problems with the staff in the infant room and love them all so much. They care for my daughter and I love how much time they are willing to invest in all of the babies. They contact me with any concerns that they might have, and I trust them to watch and really help me raise my baby. There is always someone (if not all of them) on the floor playing with the babies, checking on the sleeping sweeties, feeding them, teaching them sign language or singing with em. She's now in the two year old room and I can't say enough good things about their team. I honestly feel like I am leaving her with family at this point. My children have grown so much over the last three years and while I'll admit to having a little mom guilt, I'm glad that they are safe and taken care of.
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I have my ECE certificates, I have done internships in daycare centers and elementary schools in Central New York and South Florida. I like to think that I have high expectations for where I send my children to spend a majority of their days. I can also tell when people are just doing their job because they have to, and at Brighton Day the caregivers are genuinely caring and are excellent at what they do. There is not a single doubt in my mind that while I am at work, my children are provided with nothing short of an extremely fun, enriching environment where they will continue to grow and learn every single day. read more
