Windells Camp

I absolutely adore the staff and director at CLC. We've been members since my daughter entered…read moredaycare, 3 years ago. The staff are like a second family to us, and sometimes I don't know what we would do without them! I love the small family feels. They're progressive, open minded, and always willing to hear me out. They're open to feedback and they've got amazing systems for communication and center safety. The menu is healthy, meatless, and home cooked. I'm pretty sure eating there was the only way my daughter was getting any vegetables for several months. She's learned so much and I'm so grateful she'll have the foundational skills necessary for kindergarten as a result. Only con I can see? Some of the staff prefer cats to dogs. I don't understand. It's just so absurd. Cats are jerks, known fact.

Enrolling our son three years ago at the age of two was the best decision we've ever made. He has…read morelearned so much and just blossoms more each day. The director Emily has been with him from day one. She is truly the heartbeat of the school, and we couldn't be more grateful for her. And, from Teacher Lydia to Teacher Cindy to Teacher Sarah, and now Teacher Nicole (and all the others that have helped) he has always been in the best of hands. I've never had to worry or stress. I am always at ease knowing he's treated with kindness and patience and that his days are filled with learning, fun, and friends. Nicole is just amazing, he loves her so much! I can't believe we're on to Kindergarten, a big heartfelt thanks to everyone helping him to be so well prepared for this next adventure.

27.5 mi•Brentwood - Darlington, Southeast Portland

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Cadence Academy Preschool

4.6(19 reviews)

I am so thankful for our time at Cadence Academy. Both my daughter and son attended preschool here…read moreand I cannot express my gratitude enough. Everyone was so friendly, knowledgeable and kind. One of my kids has learning differences and his teacher and the rest of the staff were so committed, gentle and consistent with him. We felt so safe and loved. When we walked through the front door in the mornings, it felt like a cozy, familial environment. I knew my kids were safe and adored. My son is now in kindergarten and he keeps asking to go back and visit. I highly recommend Cadence Academy.

Such an amazing preschool!! I loved all the staff , so welcoming and very attentive to each and…read moreevery child! I'd highly recommend bringing your kids here

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Cadence Academy Preschool

3.8(6 reviews)

23.6 mi

Very responsive! Very clean! Very organized! Personable and creative. I really enjoyed my tour of…read morethe location. We ultimately decided to go elsewhere due to location and convenience.

We love Cadence Academy for our two children (one infant, one toddler). The teachers and director…read moreknow us by name and greet us warmly every day. The center is clean, bright, and colorful. As a full-time working mom, it has been emotionally difficult to utilize daycare, but I truly consider Cadence to be part of our extended "village". Every day my toddler spends the car ride home gleefully reciting all the new things she's learned that day, and it makes me feel confident that my kiddos are in the best place being nurtured in the best ways by the best people.

29.8 mi•Sellwood, Southeast Portland

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Cadence Academy Preschool

4.6(11 reviews)

We've been super happy here. My daughter is in the Kindy program. She turned 5 right before the…read moreschool year, and we decided that the small class size would be good for a young kindergartener, and we also felt like it was good place for her given all the uncertainty with COVID. It's been a great experience so far. She loves school and her teacher. It's a small, nurturing setting, but with a Kindy curriculum, so she's learning to read and such. The teacher is great and enthusiastic. All the kids seem to get along well, and all seem very happy at drop off and pick up. It's been a tough year for schools and daycares with staffing challenges, COVID restrictions, and a lot of uncertainty. I think the school is managing everything very well. Couldn't be happier!

We moved to the neighborhood in July and were desperate for some help with our toddler. With covid…read moreslowing down a bit in the summer, we decided to check Cadence out. So glad, we did. Alana and the teachers are great. My son loves going to school. Despite the uptick in cases in the winter, we have decided to keep him in daycare. We feel cadence and their staff are doing their best to ensure a safe space for the kids.

29.8 mi•Sellwood, Southeast Portland

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Cadence Academy Preschool

3.9(11 reviews)

Terrible school. They don't train their teachers and have a weird hierarchy in the classroomread more

We toured many schools and Cadence Academy on Milwaukie Avenue checked all our boxes, especially…read morewith the staff. You can tell right away they are good people who care about the kids. As a bonus, their facility is really nice, warm and welcoming, they have good security for the building, and a nice menu for the kids. I could've saved a few bucks elsewhere but it's well worth the peace of mind.

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Cadence Academy Preschool

3.9(14 reviews)

33.6 mi

I have had at least one child in care of this school since 2018. Up until the last 1.5yrs, we have…read morebeen satisfied with the care Cadence (Previously Creative Minds) provided. Unfortunately, due to the mass staff exodus the Pre-K program was cut with little notice and we were left with no child care for this entire summer. From Jan-May of this year we had numerous late night emails asking us to not bring our infant in for class, making it very difficult for my husband to work and for me to see scheduled patients. From my perspective, this is a salary issue. Employees at Cadence are potentially not being paid enough and are leaving for other jobs. Teacher Nancy, Chelsea, Zita and Liz, dozens of our kids miss you and will forever be grateful to you for sticking it out as long as you could. The food is another aspect that needs to be addressed immediately. I hope they are no longer serving bowls of corn (as seen in my child's photo on google review) or the ever popular "vegan meat balls" that the kids would frown at, weekly. I want to say Thank you to Teacher Mia and Vicki who made us stay as long as we did and who you should feel confident leaving your children with. Cadence, we have filled out plenty of surveys with the same info, please feel free to reach out to myself of my husband with helpful feedback.

HORRIBLE! I would not trust this daycare center for my child or anyone else's child. Go somewhere…read morethat truly cares about providing high quality personalized childcare to your child. I couldn't help but feel like the childcare staff did not know or did not care about what they were doing. Child hated it and we hated it. There were signs that the child was neglected in various ways. At pickup, child's nose was often crusty from crying and almost never wiped clean. Child's mouth was also not cleaned and frequently dirty from food; this caused a long-term rash\skin irritation\dermatitis around child's mouth. There were times the child's bottom was really red from harsh scrubbing; this indicates that a fecal diaper had dried and crusted after a long period of time of not being changed and they were scrubbing aggressively to get fecal matter off. Child did not seem to be happy in any picture provided. Child strongly indicated that they did not want to be there before and after every single day. After that daycare, child was constantly frightened of other kids being nearby. While attending, child had frequent night terrors and would not sleep well at night. Seems to be quantity over quality at this daycare. Choose anywhere else to care for your precious child! They will frequently state that the child 'ate all' of a meal or snack, but I have a difficult time believing that that is true. Our child does not 'eat all'. Also, I once received an update that the child 'ate all' of a snack, then walked in, and the snack was sitting untouched in front of the child. I took the snack home and took a picture of it. With every interaction, you get this awful sense that the bubbly Director will say anything to trick you into believing everything is wonderful or that she will take care of your issues. Director will say "Your child is doing well and/or child is bonding with so and so", but it is presumably to placate the parent. Repeatedly said they provide 2-6 pictures per day of your child - only one picture of child provided in the first week. ~5 pictures were provided over the next two weeks. The 2-6 pictures of child per day were not provided, even after complaining repeatedly. I am fairly certain other pictures were taken of child in the first week, but they were likely deleted and not shown to us. The app they use is complete trash - KidReports app has a 2.0 of 5.0 rating on Google Play. Did they use this horribly rated app because it was the cheapest option? Didn't have access to app for five days, even after complaining every day - it was not important for the parents to know anything about their child in the first week apparently. There was practically zero personalized communication about child well-being in the first week. We canceled after the first week, but they lock you into two additional weeks with their contract. They do not even ask why you are leaving. It does not seem to be important for them to improve what is wrong. Childcare staff rotate constantly - I saw someone different in the room frequently. The daycare staff rarely tried to make me and the child feel welcome; often, I would not know how to hand off my distraught child. They hired four new people at roughly the same time - probably a sign of staffing issues. One of the staff they hired is 20 years old; they do not seem professionally experienced. While the director was seemingly out, I overheard daycare admin staff telling the children caregivers what to do, and how to wake up the children from nap. This seriously confused me. Shouldn't the children caregivers know what to do? Are the caregivers that inexperienced/inept? Are your children truly in good hands behind closed doors? That same day, I picked up at 3:50 pm; as far as I could tell, the child did not have an afternoon snack by that time. Due to many reasons, I do not trust leaving my child or any other child in this place. Who knows what actually occurs here. I will never bring my child to another daycare center after this nightmare!

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Kiddie Academy of Vancouver-Fishers Landing

4.4(19 reviews)

26.9 mi

Kiddie Academy is top notch when it comes to educational child care services. We've had one child…read moregraduate and she was well prepared for kindergarten. Now our second daughter is flourishing and it is wonderful to see. We feel comfortable knowing she is in good hands and receiving an early educational foundation.

We've had the best experience at Kiddie Academy! It's a wonderful community of caregivers and we…read morecouldn't be happier to be part of the community there. Our toddler is thriving, and she is so excited to go to school each day.

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Cadence Academy Preschool

4.4(13 reviews)

38.8 mi

Very responsive! Very clean! Very organized! Personable and creative. I really enjoyed my tour of…read morethe location. We ultimately decided to go elsewhere due to location and convenience.

We joined Cadence early 2021. Our now 2 year old attended this daycare till our move out of state…read more This is a very clean and well maintained facility. During COVID they followed all protocols and i felt that it was not just done to follow policies, but out of genuine care of staff and families. Our son initially joined Ms Kashmala's class. We have been receiving Early Intervention services due to delayed speech and walking and were very open about our needs. While we couldnt visit daycare inside at that time during COVID, Ms Kashmala set up a call with us to discuss how she can support our son's development. She asked a lot of questions and it just made me feel at ease. It is clear that she really cares about kids in her class. Thank you! Our son later transitioned to Ms Michelle's class and ~around the same time parents were able to visit the daycare inside. Ms Michelle is just an amazing teacher and so very caring. Always positive, upbeat and absolutely fantastic with kids. I appreciate how caring and attentive she is. All other teachers that are employed there are amazing. We had so many other teachers helping out occasionally or primarily in the afternoons and we were very pleased with them. When it comes to the director and assistant director - they are rock stars. They had to manage through COVID, changes in state's response to it, weather and they handled it so well. We appreciate everything you do. I highly recommend Cadence to any parent that is looking for a center for their kids.