I started my daughter at the summer day camp; she will be in 1st grade in the Fall. I was nervous about it at first because last year we sent her to another day camp with 300+ students and the experience left a lot to be desired, starting from the size being too overwhelming, the location being stressful for drop off and pick up and the staff being run by mostly high-schoolers who were more interested in chit-chatting than taking care of the summer day camp children.
Sweet Angels is a good size with about 100+ students. The owners Kathy and Mike are very involved, they stand outside PS 214 waiting to greet the children and their parents during arrival at 8:30 am and dismissal at 5 pm. The staffers they hire are college kids who actually pay attention to the campers instead of talking to each other and being on their cell phones. The location is less busy where plenty of parking is available. In the mornings, they have School of Education licensed teacher to teach the math and english for the coming year. Love that. Then the afternoon is free time with various activities from dancing to art work. And Every Friday is Class Trip which I think is so great. This 1st week of camp they even had a magician come to the classroom.
The only negative is that they don't teach Chinese/Mandarin. Some of the other summer camps offer Chinese in the afternoon for 1-2 hours. Maybe if they change that, then next year we will return.
But all in all, we like it a lot so far. We feel so comfortable with the school so far. read more