We called in to clear up a few general questions, but the receptionist had a terrible attitud attitude! Is that the vibe at this place? We would prefer a more welcoming place for the kids. read more

My kids have been attending Lyceum for over 3 years. I am very grateful for this opportunity to be a part of the Lyceum family. Our daughter and son have developed so much under Coach Reza, Coach E, Coach Chris and Coach Cliff. Very Professional and responsible coaches and institute. Perfect place to leave your kids to be trained there. I am thankful to be part of this program and big thank you lyceum for giving my kids the opportunity to grow as a player as well!!!! Reza is very accommodating and really cares about teaching the game. His emphasis is always on learning and improving vs winning at all costs. I appreciate that. He cares and supports every kid and makes everyone feel welcome. Very experienced coaches, which helps a lot with upgrading your game and your skills. Thank you Lyceum. I highly recommend it!! read more

First time playing a tournament at Lyceum last weekend and what a horrible experience it was. We have been playing AAU tournaments for 4 years and never have played in a gym with the roof and support beams being so low. The basketball courts were definitely put in as an after thought to maximize the amount of courts for the small location. So many teams, young kids 4th and 5th grade would hit the roof / support beams while shooting. Tournament directors need to beware of the subpar courts with Lyceum Village as there are so many better options like OGP, AIm, The Map, and Momentus which is only a block away. read more

We've been with Lyceum for nearly three years, starting with our daughter, and now our youngest shas also joined their phenomenal basketball program. Thanks to Lyceum's dedicated training, our daughter has not only grown tremendously but has also surpassed many of her peers. After just five months, our son is already showing impressive improvement and a deep love for the game. If you have a child interested in basketball, I highly recommend the program Lyceum offers--it's been an incredible journey for our family! read more

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Lyceum is the place like a family. Our kids spent their 5 years there during the pandemic, kids become like family during time of isolation and unrest. We love the basketball teams there. They love the sports not the money, so rare. read more

Gym is unsuitable for basketball. The roof should be minimum 25 feet. The problem is roof is like 15ft right past the 3 point line which makes no sense. The quality of this gym and the price you have to pay for the basketball tournament and admission is not worth it. read more

My son joined Lyceum Village 2-3 years ago as a third grader. I have seen phenomenal growth in his playing skills in the last 3 years. The coaches, Coach Reza, Coach E and Coach Cliff are amazing and care a lot about the kids. The coaches push the kids to perform their best without actually making them feel bad like other coaches I have seen in other clubs. Lyceum has inculcated love for basketball iny son. read more

My son has been going to Lyceum since 2 years and we see excellent growth in his games.He loves his coaches who are amazing and very friendly.Weekend matches are definitely helpful to improve your skills. read more

Experience was great, and suitable for games! more organized and not that busy like other locations.

Arguably the best basketball club program in Tustin/Irvine for boys! Rigorous but patient coaching, friendly community, and standalone gym facility protected from scheduling conflicts and added fees. Our son has developed so much under Coaches Reza and Chris, and we are indebted to this organization. Highly recommend! read more

My 7-year-old just started here, and I highly recommend it. The coaches are very patient and focus on teaching fundamental skills rather than just trying to win games. It's a great environment for young kids to learn and grow. Highly recommended! read more

Professional and responsible coach and institute. Perfect place to leave your kids to be trained there.

Excellent! My children are in their Basketball Program. It's a complete program, the coaches are great, and they have games on the weekends and practices on weekdays. Dedicated coaches and they care about the development of the kids, they give one-on-one advice. My children improved a lot. Super recommend! read more

I was looking for a basketball program in the Irvine area that would help my 8th grade son grow skill wise, but not be as intensive as a travel ball club team. Lyceum's program was perfect for these goals! This program offered twice a week practice along with weekend leagues and/ or tournaments. Travel was limited to Orange County for the most part. The convenience of Lyceum having their own indoor court really made things convenient. Reza was very accommodating and really cared about teaching the game of basketball. His emphasis was always on learning and improving vs. winning at all costs. I appreciated that. Coach E. brought a wealth of knowledge and coaching experience to the learning experience as well. The boys really respected and learned a lot from him. My son made big improvements in his skill level and will most likely make and perform well on his high school team as a result. Thanks Lyceum! read more

We did not have the best experience interacting with this business. I spoke with both Darlene and Akiko, both in director positions and their approach was rude, aggressive and unkind. This would not be an establishment where I would felt comfortable sending my children. read more

Great place to play basketball and convenient to the toll roads. NJB travel byt teams play here. read more

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Loooooooove Lyceum Village. This place is run by the most amazing people who truly care about your children and their academic development. My 2 boys love coming here and they are especially careful to take necessary covid precautions which I am grateful for. The staff is really top notch and does a great job communicating with parents about everything that is going on with my kids. Thank you Lyceum for being there and creating a safe place for our children during these crazy times. read more

Lyceum Village - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Tustin, California

Our basketball coaches are amazing! My son has learned so much and has grown in confidence since joining the team. The coach is patient, encouraging, and really knows how to make practice fun while also teaching essential skills. I've seen my son's passion for basketball grow under their guidance. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a positive and supportive environment for their child to learn and excel in basketball. read more

Lyceum Village Basketball really helped my daughter improve. They developed my daughter into a better player. Coaches are very patient and friendly. We're happy and satisfied. read more

Perfect place for all beginners and professionals. The couches are very skilled with strong communication.

I can't say enough good things about this place. It is exceptional and there is a culture in this after school program that I have not seen anywhere else. The kids are self-driven, happy and very responsible. We have only been here for a month and my son already loves playing the piano, learning different foreign languages (Chinese, Korean, French, & Spanish), chess and art. He told me how nice all his teachers are and how much he enjoys hanging out at the genius club where he plays with other kids. read more

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My niece and nephew have been attending Lyceum Village for some of its camps and the basketball program for quite some time now (over a year for the niece). I thought I'd give a status update. Still really great- they have so much fun and it is amazing to see them constantly and swiftly improving! I'm so proud of them and glad we found this place! read more

I can't say enough about Lyceum and the coaching and training program for the kids. They truly care about the development of the kids as players and I'm grateful we found this place! read more

****Please note that Lyceum Village is NOT a licensed social service center (which includes child care services) and is currently being investigated by the California Department of Social Services. I have filed a formal complaint and look forward to updating my review upon the completion of the investigation into whether Lyceum is in compliance with State Health & Safety regulations - which govern both licensed AND non-licensed institutions. For any further concerns or complaints, please continue to document any incidents (for the protection of our children!!) here: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Reporting/File-a-Complaint/CCLD-Complaints Lyceum seemed like a dream come true for dual-working parents; Lyceum may be good for an extracurricular class or 2 but is absolutely unqualified to be an after school program. Red flags started appearing for me when I noticed the lack of transparency & communication from Darlene, Susan and Jared. In particular, I was concerned that my kids were reporting that the bulk of their 'genius' homework time was being supervised by 'team leaders' who were only in 5th grade or by supervisors whom I had never met - which made sense since their homework was filled with errors and did not appear to be completed with proper supervision. When I followed up with all 3 individuals (I have several email threads as documentary evidence), I was told to come to their first ever "Back to After School" Night and to ask all of the questions I had about my kids schedules (which appeared to be changing without any prior communication with me or my husband) and supervision. When I expressed my concerns about the lack of proper supervision at the parent session - another mother affirmed my concerns and expressed her own concerns about the proper ratio of adults to children. While she was still talking, Reza (Susan's husband) interrupted her, in a very hostile manner, and rudely claimed that he was a "majority shareholder", and told her (and me) that if we wanted our children to be babysat or individually tutored - that Lyceum wasn't for us. *BTW - this is also a red flag since 501c3 (which is how Lyceum is legally registered) do not have shares/shareholders and are supposed to be NON-profit. Shortly afterwards (while still in the back to school session), I was advised (via email - through another friend whose child was also attending Lyceum) that a very troubling incident had occurred earlier that day. Both my daughter & my friend's daughter are severely allergic to peanuts and had previously advised Darlene about our concerns regarding Lyceum's lack of protocols around allergies. Earlier that day, we found out (which was later corroborated by Bethel - the 20-year old "genius" who was supervising our children that day) that an older girl had not only physically assaulted my friend's daughter but proceeded to pull out a peanut butter sandwich and had waved it threateningly to both my daughter and my friend's daughter. What was most concerning was that Bethel apparently told her to stop - but this girl CONTINUED to pursue our daughters with the peanut butter sandwich 3-4 more times. *UPDATE: This this has all been corroborated and acknowledged by Bethel, the girl and her family and Lyceum management. What is MOST concerning (and what ultimately prompted my research into whether Lyceum was properly licensed/legally compliant with state regulations) was that immediately after the 'back to school' night, my friend and I approached Susan to talk to her about this incident. Unlike any individual I have ever met in an educational setting - Susan physically backed away from us and frantically ushered 2 bewildered 20-year old employees to us and claimed that these 20-year old employees were responsible for the incident because they were the ones who had been present when this peanut butter incident occurred. I specifically remember scoffing at how the OWNER of Lyceum Village could pass the brunt of responsibility to such a serious incident to 2 of her 20-year old employees?! When I attempted to question her further - she put up both of her hands and claimed that tonight was too "hectic" of an environment for her to deal with our situation. I looked her straight in the eye and asked her how she could be running an after school program with 50+ children if she found it "hectic" to be approached by 2 concerned mothers?! Words cannot express how disappointed I am at Lyceum's complete disregard for proper health and safety policies/procedures and at their incompetence and unprofessionalism in dealing with valid concerns from parents like myself. I only write this for the protection of other children and hope other parents will do their research and due diligence before enrolling at this unlicensed and unqualified after school program. read more

We have attended French classes and basketball camps at Lyceum. It's a great facility and a wonderful concept.

[I'm updating to add comments on the afterschool program--my previous review was only about summer camp.] Lyceum Village is a gem.  I randomly discovered it because I work in the area, and when my kids were little I used to pass it on my walk to lunch.  My initial interest was just that when my kids were old enough, it would be nice to have them in afterschool/summer care near my office.  But once I actually looked into it, I discovered that Lyceum Village was unique--nothing else like it in OC as far as I know. So after my job went remote, I decided it was still worth the drive to Tustin to enroll my daughter in summer camp there and try it out.  She was really happy. They took excellent care of the kids--so much thought and care put into every activity.  The activities were educational while being hands-on and fun, like learning food chemistry while baking bread, or building solar cookers and making s'mores. The level of sophistication in the educational activities was impressive; e.g. my little daughter came home talking about Jackson Pollock. We have continued in the afterschool program, which has more of a daily structure than the camp. Lyceum Village continues to be lovely. My daughter gets to explore interests ranging from art to chess to piano to hip-hop to tae kwon do. She can fill her afternoons exploring a smorgasbord of activities, the range of which is beyond what I could have helped her pursue on my own (I wouldn't even have thought of hip-hop). Exploring all these activities lets her find out what she enjoys, and is good at. Also while OC has great public schools, at her grade level there isn't a lot of art, music, or foreign language--things I *did* have in school growing up outside California and that helped make me who I am. Lyceum enables me to supplement regular school with these. The LV staff are devoted, caring and conscientious. Akiko in particular is brilliant--enough said.  Well OK, let me add a little more detail--she treats everyone from adults to kids with kindness, empathy, and warmth, and looks after all the kids. She thinks of everything, and remembers details like IBM Watson would (I mean, if IBM Watson were a deeply caring person and not a powerful supercomputer). As a mom and a corporate employee, I know how tough it is to multitask and frame switch between different tasks all day, deal with many different people and personalities, and not forget anything. It's high-stress and tough, and it takes a special individual, which Akiko is. One thing I love about LV is that my daughter has made close friends who don't go to her school, as well as ones who do but who are in other classes/grades, and whom she might not have met in school. That she make friends is important to me, as we moved to our current location in 2020 and then COVID happened. My daughter has said that she finds LV a more conducive environment to making friends than school. In short, as a working mom, if I have to spend afternoons apart from my daughter, I want to make sure those afternoons are enriching her life--that she learns things, has fun, and feels safe. LV gives me that. LV isn't childcare to kill time until parents get off work; it is a program that helps make them well-rounded kids. I myself am a former liberal arts college professor, and the program is very much aligned with my values and how I would like to educate my kids. I would go so far as to say that the fact that afterschool programs like this exist is a reason to live in the area--that there is a demand from parents for high quality afterschool programs, and someone with the vision to start such a program. Thanks to all the LV staff for your dedication. read more

My daughter has been attending Lyceum Village for their after school program. They offer a well rounded curriculum for an after school program. Each child gets offered piano, sport activity, academic and an art during the week. Staff have all been wonderful. My daughter enjoys going to Lyceum. read more

My family has been associated with the Lyceum for a year now and we would like to thank Reza and Dr Susan for what has become a fruitful relationship which has benefited ourselves and our daughters. My oldest daughter has been a part of the girls basketball club at the lyceum over the last three basketball seasons. We struggled for years to get her playing time. Thanks to the dedicated program at the lyceum, she has grown in skill and confidence into a great player and person. I especially like the Lyceum program's emphasis on development over winning and losing. Everybody gets playing time. Everybody get better. We have also partaken of the Lyceum's other programs for our children including piano lessons and math tutoring. the array of sports, academic and music programs offered to kids at the lyceum is staggering. I can't thank the Lyceum enough for all they have done. Matt read more

We are so thankful for Lyceum. They have done a wonderful job helping our kids develop into who they are. Our kids love the atmosphere and always look forward to going in everyday. I would also have to say the best part of Lyceum is the management and their ability to hire some awesome talent to watch over and guide the kids. Akiko and Darlene do an amazing job running the ship and making sure the kids activities are fun and interesting. My boys love Mr. Peter and the rest of the staff. I would definitely recommend Lyceum and we look forward to winter and summer camps there in the future. read more

Thank you to Dr. Susan Boettger! Our daughter is now a proud OCSA Instrumental Music Conservatory student because of Lyceum's Private Music Lesson program. This is a long overdue review specifically about Lyceum's Private Music Lesson program, NOT the after school program, which I have no experience with. But based on my observation, Lyceum runs a tight ship in that regard as well. My daughter decided she wanted to audition for OCSA, so a friend involved in Junior Chamber Music told us about Lyceum Village. We made an appointment to go in and met Dr. Susan Boettger, who is the founder of Lyceum, and the Artistic and Executive Director of JCM. She is professional, attentive, caring, and absolutely passionate about what she does. I won't say it was a smooth experience from the start, because we did have a unpleasant issue with scheduling with the initial teacher. But Dr. Susan Boettger personally took cared of the issue and every concern that I had. She was always in communication, scheduled us with a new teacher, worked around our schedule, and made sure the new teacher is compatible with my daughter. AND she checked on my daughter's progress regularly! That was amazing considering how busy she is. Then Akiko came along. Another amazing human being that truly cares about what she does at Lyceum. She reached out to me, introduced herself and did everything she could to ensured my daughter is doing all right and helped us with any concerns that we had. She is the go-to person that can help you on all things on the administrative side of things. Then of course the teacher, Michelle Park. A fantastic, amazing, and phenomenal teacher! She LISTENED to us, understood our goal, and created a roadmap, a plan to help my daughter reach that goal. Ms. Park is patient, caring, and firm. She genuinely cares about her student's success and she is great at adjusting/modifying, and come up with different methods to help her students understand a topic/concept. She is always thinking about how to help each student as they all have their unique weakness, and she always work relentlessly and tirelessly to help her students. We are very grateful to Lyceum, Dr. Susan Boettger, Akiko Leone, and Ms. Michelle Park, without them, my daughter wouldn't be pursuing her dream now, and I wouldn't be writing this review. By the way, we went to Lyceum one full year before my daughter auditioned and she worked extremely hard. They are professionals at Lyceum, but they are not miracle workers or magicians. read more

Lyceum's youth basketball program has been a blessing for our family. My daughter's love for basketball has grown since we have been attending Lyceum the past couple years due to the family atmosphere and excellent coaching staff. read more

My son participated in the basketball class and team at Lyceum Village last Fall /Winter and thoroughly enjoyed the teachIng and supportive environment for skill training. The coaching staff are well qualified and works well with my son. In fact we won the league championship!!My son also participated in the Rubik's cube classes and learned how to improve his time and perfect his algorithms. Our family highly recommend this athletic and academic organization to families seeking higher learning! read more

My son attended some camps during summer and he really had a great time playing basketball and developing skills thanks to a very qualified instructor (I played basketball in high school and college, so I know what I'm talking about!). He also learned about robotics, arts, etc. He liked it so much he asked us (my husband and I both work full-time) to come back for this school year. We love the space, the large spectrum of choices in classes (art, music, sport, coding, robotics, foreign language etc.). He's making new friends and every day comes back with new things he has learned. It's very rare in OC to find a place where kids can do multi activities in only one location. If they are bored with one subject, they can try something else another time. It's very convenient. We also don't have to worry about driving every where and making sure we're on time!! The Lyceum Village makes our dayli life easier and less stressful. Thank you!! read more

This is going to be a godsend for me, mother of 3 and with a career I love. I love that my kids will be able to get top teachers in their activities in one place. This will be so much more efficient than me driving around town like a stress case. I'm especially excited about the upcoming Winter Camp in January, which will be the one time they can do art AND music AND sports AND speech. Such exciting classes, and I'm so happy they will have a peer group of friends that are equally goal-driven. read more

This place is amazing! The programs are great from all top notch providers. The people are very caring. I love the veriety of what is offered here. I highly recommend Lyceum for anyone who cares about the quality of their child's after school program. read more

Beautiful Facility and great location! Lots of diversity and choice of learning. Camp was amazing. My daughter loves this place. We recommend and definitely will come back. Staff is very nice and helpful. Best instructors in OC. Best past is that they are associated with LA Sparks, Jimmy Kim (Gold Medalist), Junior Chambers Music, Tustin Titans and PF Hoops. read more

Lyceum Village - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Tustin, California

Thanks Susan and Darlene for being such dedicated educators! Kids enrolled in Lyceum Village's enrichment programs learn and benefit so much carefully developed curriculum aimed at stimulating intellectual and character development, subject mastery, and wellness! Thanks Reza and the dedicated staff also for availing Lyceum's space for sports and rehearsal needs - a big demand in the Tustin and Irvine areas. My son along with his athletic and musical cohorts are benefiting so much from and loving what Lyceum has to offer! Go Lyceum! read more

Lyceum Village offers an array of great activities for kids. My daughter has been in the girls basketball club team for about a year. Coach Velina has taught her so much, you can definitely see the improvement. They are always offering top notch coaching for the girls to be more competitive and have great sportsmanship. The staff is always very welcoming and professional to my family when we are there. Thank you Reza for keeping the facility ready for our girls and always finding a great coaching staff for our girls. read more

I love the fact that this place has several elite programs going on. As busy parents we are always looking to see what is more convenient for us time wise and this place doesn't disappoint. We all know that each child is different from the other so if one wants to do Music they can while the other one participates in Art class. My daughter has been part of the basketball team for awhile now and the coaching staff that Reza has been providing is phenomenal. Velina and Austin have been doing an awesome job in training the girls team. read more

This place does not conduct background checks. Facilities where adults (18 years and up) that have the capacity to be alone with young children, to my understanding, are mandated by the state to have background checks. Parents, I would also inquire about their requirements on TB testing. Safely is one of every parents' top concerns. In addition, there are concerns for the safety of the children who are left alone at times during piano practice. A proctor is not there at all times. The first floor of Lyceum is rented out, doors are sometimes left open, and people can walk in and out of the building. The lack of security for our little ones is extremely distressing. I like the variety that Lyceum Village provides, but as a parent who has to entrust my young child to a stranger, it's important to know they are safe and cared for in a nourishing environment. read more