My daughter has been a part of Bright Ideas since around August of 2015. She started off at the…read moreBryant location and then we moved to Sherwood in October of 2015. I was worried about the transition especially because she doesn't seem to do well with change and also because she had loved the Bryant Bright Ideas so much that I didnt think another daycare could top it. I was very surprised! She adjusted immediately and loves going to school here! She is 3 years old, has great teachers and all the other staff members are so nice and welcoming as well. Even the lady that runs this location is as nice as she can be. She always says "hi" and "bye", "have a great day." My daughter is always coming home telling me what she has learned that day and how much fun she had. I always feel like my daughter is being well taken care of, being treated right, learning, and is safe. Which is so important with childcare. If my daughter is ever sick and running fever, they call me right away and I'm able to run and get her. I've had a previous encounter with a daycare that wouldn't tell me when she was sick, so this is something very important to me. I also know that someone can't just come in the school and check her out. They use a thumbprint system and if you send someone else to get your child, you have to write a note with your DL beside it, take a picture of it, and email it to the school. I love the extra steps that help ensure my childs safety!

AR is ranked among the bottom 2 or 3 out of 50 states when it comes to standard of education. Lisa…read moreAcademy is a good alternative for people living in West Little Rock who cannot afford to send their kids to expensive private schools and don't want to try the horrible public schools either. This school has the potential of becoming much better, if they can hire some higher quality teachers. Most of the teachers here are average to good but some are really horrible. Kids going to this school do good because most of them belong to Asian families who really pressurize their kids to perform and work extra hard with them at home, when it comes to studying and these kids would have done good in any shcool. So Lisa is just benefitiing from a smarter pool of kids and not the other way around. Still I would send my kids to this school as they have good descipline, mandatory uniform and above average for the area/state teaching standards.

Looking for a daycare alternative? Check out Jacksonville Christian Academy located across the…read morestreet from Eastside Elementary in Cabot. My son had learned a ton there this past year and although it is a private preschool, it actually costs less than daycare. Here is their website http://www.bbcjax.com/jca/. Check them out! They're amazing!

Auditioning for Excel literally changed my life! After they gave me a scholarship and took me to…read moreIMTA in NYC, I went on to do film, tv, theater and am still making a living as a performer. Can't thank them enough for the start!

I'm relatively new to the Little Rock area moving here six months ago and I have been looking for a…read moreCatholic Church that I felt welcome at. I had previously been attending another Catholic church, but it did not have a sense of community. I had continued to go but was uninspired. I then came across Our Lady, and immediately I felt more welcome here. Our Lady of Holy Souls Catholic Church is what a place of worship built by a carpenter would look like. The interior is made of simple building materials. The walls and ceiling are brick and wood and the floor is simple black slate. There are stained-glass windows illuminating the church and a sky light shinning down on the alter. The absence of marble alter is very refreshing to me. The church I attended in Irvine, CA had a similar feel so maybe my opinion is tainted by missing home. Unlike my previous church, Holy Souls offers a social gathering selling coffee and donuts after mass. My other church did not offer this. A large part of going to church is a sense of community and as a non-native of Arkansas, my other church did not welcome me. Holy Souls welcomes native Arkansans and outsiders. Holy Souls also has a small Catholic School. I cannot comment on the school but from its physical size, I imagine there would be a strong bond between students, teachers, and parents knowing each other. At some other large Catholic schools this can be problem. Holy Souls is located within the Hillcrest area. The streets leading up to the church are narrow. There is a small parking lot adjacent to the main entrance but it is easier to park on the side streets, just be mindful of the neighbors who live there. Again, I was debating not attending church while I lived in Little Rock because I was uninspired, but Holy Souls changed that for me. If you're in the same situation as I was, please attend Holy Souls a few times. It changed my mind. I hope you will feel the same way.