We switched our 1.5 year old here from a different daycare that we were at for a year. After a…read morelittle over a month at dogwood, I'm impressed! They exceeded all expectations, and I am realizing what childcare SHOULD be like compared to the old daycare. Dogwood excels in the following areas that I find important: Communication: The staff is prompt to communicate on all platforms, through the app, email, and phone. Food: they send out the weekly meal plan, and it's always healthy and nutritious food that my son loves. He's a 99th percentile guy, and so he eats a lot and is never hungry when I pick him up (unlike our old daycare). He probably eats better than me most days here! Staff: I can't say enough great things about the management and teachers here. From the moment we walk in, there's a smiling face at the front desk available to help with anything we need. The teachers clearly love what they do, my son loves them so much. After a year of challenging drop off and pickups with tears at the old place, it's refreshing that there hasn't been a bad handoff since the 2nd week. He even tried to go back in after picking him up he likes it so much. Facility: it's a beautiful facility and CLEAN!! Ample parking, and well thought out. Photos: I have received photos every day, to me this is important as the old daycare I was lucky to get 1 photo a month. They even put little text with it sometimes. This makes going to work and leaving my son at school a lot easier. To summarize this very long review, Dogwood is excellent and my only regret is not coming here sooner. We do drive 10 minutes further because we feel the level of care our son receives is worth it.

Our son absolutely loves Dogwood! And so do we!!!…read more Our son has been at dogwood since he was an infant. As he has progressed through the different age groups, each and every class room has been wonderful. Teachers are always willing to communicate, we have transparency into his daily activities, we get multiple photos daily of his activities, and he is learning so much. The food they serve is healthy and my son loves it. He gets breakfast and lunch each day. All home made right at the school. Their education programming is thoughtful and fun, with themed ideas each week/month that are great. They value sensory learning at a young age and keep children engaged as they get older with one on one learning each day. They also have as few plastic toys as possible, focusing on natural materials. Overall we feel like my son is in great hands each day!!!

Lindsey gave a phenomenal tour! It's clear she genuinely cares about each and every child at the…read moredaycare. She took her time answering all of my questions thoroughly and made me feel confident and comfortable throughout the visit.

Absolutely love this place the employees are always friendly and loving towards my son. They've…read morebeen reliable even through the pandemic. They have an education plan to prep them for school. So your child will go into school ahead.

Absolutely horrible they are the reason I won't use daycare, please make sure your checking to see…read moreif they changed your child's diaper plus some of their staff they yell at the kids even tho they are grown adults and these are babies. They will yell at them until they are hysterical and crying. That is a big no. This place really needs to be looked into.

I am writing this review to warn anybody who may consider this "facility" to take care of their…read morechild/children to absolutely explore other options. My nephew went here until I had my sister pull him immediately. I would say the issue is that they are under staffed but that simply isn't it. The staff they do have is just completely incompetent. Between teachers physically harming students, teachers physically fighting one another, yelling at students so loudly the apartment complex next door complained, and absolutely horrendous management from Janet Lagos (proof in photos from State inspection and violations (here is the link so you can find it yourself for proof https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch) I cannot find one redeeming quality about this place. Please please please think twice before enrolling here. And if your child is already enrolled, please start touring new facilities immediately, because Smart Kids Gastonia is 1 violation from ceasing to exist.