Sonrise Christian Day School

I would look elsewhere. My son attended this daycare for 1 year when he turned 2 and in the beginning things were ok. The administrators were nice but the place could use a good cleaning as my son would come home with a dingy smell and always had a cough or cold. I planned to just deal with it until a spot on the waiting list for another school opened up, but he was transferred to another teachers room who didn’t seem to like my child at all and I believe he felt it. I would get calls every week about his behavior (which seemed to be provoked) and my son also came home with bruises from other kids. I requested a conference with his teacher who was very defensive and nasty and, she even tried to insinuate my child may be autistic and suggested that I get him evaluated by a behavior specialist. I ended up hiring an independent psychiatrist who specializes in Autistic patients to evaluate him in the classroom and she didn’t see anything that would indicate him being autistic and mentioned to me that the teacher even suggested it to her. The psychiatrist recommendation was to remove him from that environment . I ended up pulling my son out of the school and kept him home the entire summer because it wasn’t worth all of the stress I believe they put him and myself through. When my son started his new school, I instantly saw a change for the better and he has been there for almost two years with minimal to no complaints. Lastly, the teaching staff could also benefit from some form of sensitivity and DEI training as I felt that children of color weren’t treated the same as other kids and I’ve overheard the same feelings from other parents and even staff who left.

Since my child has been going to this school in the last six months or so.. He has changed for the better.. He is smarter ,more outgoing , and just a happier person to be around. The teachers are incredible, my son literally can't wait to go back to school the next day because of the teachers. It is the best thing I've ever done to send my child to school when and where I did.. I'm not very good with words but I'm very grateful to all of the Sonrise staff.. Thank you, Melissa Simons.