Appletree Academy II is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 9 Meadow Lane, Decatur, Alabama AL. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Appletree Academy II receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, with praise for caring staff, strong academics, and engaging activities like field trips. However, one parent reported serious concerns including poor hygiene practices, high teacher turnover, harsh discipline, and inadequate incident reporting.
If your considering this place as an option for child care , reconsider. I decided to go along with Appletree because it appeared to be a good choice and the cost was definitely reasonable. But it starts with the BS school list. They make you buy supplies for your kids facial tissues, Lysol spray or wipes , etc. that I didn't mind buying but I felt like these supplies weren't being used. Every single day I came to get my daughter it didn't matter if it was hot or cold the children always seemed to have runny noses. It was so bad I literally wanted to wipe all of the kids noses for them. Why do we buy facial tissues if they don't use it.Never saw or smelled anyone cleaning or any cleaning materials that parents had to purchase being used. As a result of the germ infested environment my kid stayed ill (she's only been sick once in the 1year since she's stopped Apple tree. ) The facility has a revolving door of teachers!!! Literally there was a new teacher each week. This made me extremely uncomfortable because I have to worry about who is this stranger caring for my child and will my child be safe . Some of the teachers are mean. I've seen and heard the teachers yell at the kids and that I don't like . I understand sometimes being firm but the yelling was constant almost. but the straw that broke the camels back for me was when my baby came home with a black eye. I didn't receive any call while she was at daycare or when it happened, her dad picked her up from daycare and no one said anything about it. You would think if an accident occurred they'll call right? Wrong, you have to find out yourself. Well safe to say my daughter never went back . I didn't even go back for her backpack and extra clothes because I didn't want to go completely off I was HEATED!!!! . Just don't take anyone you love or care for to Apple Tree
We love Appletree. My daughter has been going for over a year. Mrs. Judy and Mrs. Scarlett are INCREDIBLE!! My girl loves them both so much. Mrs. Scarlett always answers me throughout the day when I text asking how she is doing (Which I know must get annoying to deal with such an overprotective parent). She always sends me pictures and videos of my baby playing and learning which makes my day at work so much better. She has learned so much from them. The only thing that I can say I wish was different is the outside play area for the younger children. It could use a little work. Other than that we are pretty happy with Appletree.
The worst decision I have ever made for my child. It looked promising, he was excited to go to day care for the first time. We made it 2 whole days!! This place is exactly what I feared for my child. On a Wednesday the 2 year old class had a substitute teacher. I went to pick my baby up an hour early. When I arrived, the teacher didn't noticed me at the window. I stood watching for about 30 minutes. I watched her jerk one of the littles ones up and shove her to the door, while yelling "go to the door"!! "Go to the door"!! In the most angered tone, like the children had done something wrong. She was picking up toys and jerking them out of the children's hands while yelling at them. She continued to yell and jerk my sons sippy cup out of his hand, saying: "give me that" I Do NOT teach my child to talk like that. I called Sabrina the supervisor to let them know my son would no longer be going there. I told her what happened. Her only words were I think that know who that was.....!! NOT.. I'm sorry your child was treated that way. And it most definitely wasn't let me refund you for the weeks he will not be attending because my staff doesn't know how to treat children.!!
My 3 year old and 2 year old goes here I am thinking on removing them . my 2 year old always happy to go always coming home with things she has done. My 3 year old never has a thing she does or did she always crying been there over a month now and yesterday she comes home scared to death and says I don't want to go to daycare I asked her why u have friends u can play with . she says no I don't want to go to daycare no more again I ask why she says she hit me . from the first week I was not happy so something ain't right if my child is being hit its gonna be war.
My child loves Appletree! All of his teachers do an amazing job and he loves going to school each day. We are so happy with the service and the academics !