Foothill Christian Preschool

Our family lives this school. All of the staff are wonderful. They always send the parents videos of your child doing different activities throughout the day. My son is always very happy to come to school and he learns a lot.

My experience with this school has been very different. First and foremost the school is beautiful and the principal is such a beautiful soul so was Nora front desk , however my son was there one day and I received an email saying he had a rough morning adjusting, however the afternoon was better. The next day I get a call to come pick up my child that he had kicked the teacher. (My son just started soccer at the school yesterday. I'm not sure why this happened(again not excusing bad behavior, however, I was told that the teacher was crying and needed help to get her self together, already im sorry that this happened and my child was the reason the pre school teacher was distraught I'm not sure if this happens often where the staff is not aware that 2 and 3 year olds are still learning to deal with emotions and feelings child education should really teach pre school staff to learn how to properly handle situations, I was upset that I had just bought everything that they asked for and on top of that all the documents were turned in. To top it off I was out of pre school for my son and put me in jeopardy of losing my job, I was not sure this situation was handled properly, however from what I read on the reviews it seems like this happens often. I was told that we can come back maybe summer when my son is more mature since they don't know how to solve a tantrum of a 3 year old. Anyway I just wanted to make sure that if you are a parent and your child is active and or is not ready meaning if they can't regulate their emotions or don't know how, this school does not have the resources to help them or you navigate the situation. This made me think of how the schools really need more funding towards understanding how kids really work and to actually help them instead of kicking them to the curb after 1 1/2 day. As a parent you really need to understand and ask questions about how they handle situations specially if you are trusting your children to stay with them for 8-10 hours a day. I also just saw that the school has 2 citations for teachers hitting the students??? Okay maybe my 3 year old was defending himself.

You are just a paycheck, and once its time for enrollment into Kindergarten, they make it clear. Priority enrollment was never open for TK to Kindergarten for students who already attend the preschool. My daughter has been at the school for 2.5 years now, and I didn't think I would be someone who was scrambling to find a school for my daughter to attend Kindergarten. They do not prioritize you if you are alredy a astudent their. If you currently are paying the tuition for your child to attend this school, make sure you go to their "Kindergarten readyness night". The people who go to that event have priority over anyone else at the school to enroll into Kindergarten. So if you can't go due to work, pre-existing committments, etc, you better find a way to cancel them or call of work to make sure you show up to that night, or your child will not get a spot in Kindergarten. It is a single night event. The sad part is, the staff does not tell you that this is a required event to attend to gain a spot in the Kindergarten class. They do not make the event mandatory, even though it is. So if you think you dont have to call off work to attend, think again, and I would make sure you do everything you can to attend that Kindergarten readyness night if you want your child to attend Kindergarten at Foothill Christian School. Overall, after 2.5 years of trusting this school, for them to go and do that is just unfair and not right. There is a better way to go about handling the influx of students wishing to attend the school, and non-transparent trick methods are not the way especially coming from a "Christian" school. 3/6/2024 Response: After speaking to several parents and even a staff member, it was brought to my attention that kindergarten enrollment paperwork was filled out on “Kindergarten readiness night”, and those children are in fact the children who will maintain priority over all other children currently attending the preschool. Once again, non-transparent and unethical. There should be a raffle, as that is the only real fair way and is what numerous other schools do. Regardless, I am disappointed in my experience with the school.

Easily the best preschool in a 50 mile radius. The most gorgeous, clean and modern facilities you can imagine. Large, safe and well supervised play yard for the kids. Amazingly caring, loving and patient staff. The building is very secure. The instruction is engaging and does effectively prepare kids for kindergarten. Tuition is very reasonable. I've had 2 sons attend and would recommend it to anyone who asked.

Had my 3 year old here, took him out before year was over. The campus is beautiful, and that is what made us pick them over other schools. But... they over promise a lot! They promise academics with your kid but in all honesty it's a day care. Teachers are nice but overwhelmed. We would get reports from teachers weekly contradicting themselves on what they said to us prior. They promise an "academic report" but it never comes... After asking for it repeatedly, we get one months later and it seems rushed and inadequate. When you question them on it, they say its not really a progress report and not enforced. Then what is my kid learning?? After a couple of months you can see them not really knowing or making time to teach my kid, nor are they seeing his progess on how he had actually grown week to week. It proved to me they are not teaching or giving personal attention... it's a just day care with a lot of kids. Other things to note: - son would come home often with signs no one checked to make sure he went potty well (with restrooms in class mind you) - son would come home with shoes on wrong feet (they said they don't put kids shoes on. Ok, but did you notice they are on wrong??) - son told us a teacher hurt his hand (this was a red flag just prior to us deciding to leave the school. We have a feeling we know who it was but I don't want to put any name on here) - notices of conduct/policy issues with school. 2 were sent to us during school year, not what you expect from a school that touts their stellar success. - they put kids on time out. The new school we are sending my son to was shocked when they found out a 3 year old gets sent to timeout. How does this work?? Look, it's a nice school. The parents who send their kids here seem great and the school is safe. But if you expect your kid to excel and get a head start, this is definitely not the school for you. They over promise, they do not deliver. If you ask them why, they give excuses. Investing in a school means you expect a level of personal attention and stellar teachers. They have too many kids in the classroom, too many assistant teachers, that it's impossible for them to get to know your kid and push academic development. As a parent who is heavily invested in giving my kids a head start academically, Foothill Christian Preschool is not worth the money overall for us, so we went elsewhere.