St. Olaf Childcare Center

My son has been going to St. Olaf for 2 years now. I searched everywhere looking for a place I felt comfortable enough to leave my son at and could not find one place. When I first came to walk though, immediately I could tell a difference between the other places I had visited. The children here seemed to be having fun and enjoying themselves. At that time they had just opened the infant room and we enrolled our son. The entire time he was cared for so well. He became very attached to his teachers and I always knew he was in good hands. So much so that I was nervous to move him up to the next room when he became of age to move up because I was afraid he wouldn’t have that attachment with the next teacher. Sure enough he moved up and loves his new teacher and has so much fun with the other children. He always has so much fun when he goes to school and when I pick him up he is happy and tired out from all the playing. He also is learning so much from the other children and it gives me great comfort that he is socializing with children his age. All the teachers are friendly and make a point to say hi and bye to my son as he comes and goes, even if he is not in their class. I highly recommend sending your children here, they will be well taken care of and I will be sending my baby here when that time comes.

They recently opened up the infant room and it is painfully obvious. While taking a tour I was very excited because it appeared that all the children loved the «teacher» that was showing us around. Unfortunately, she isn’t always in the infant room. Their watchers (because it seems that’s all they do) change constantly, the person I drop my off with is never who I pick him up from. Which is actually good in this case considering Mary, the lady in the room in the morning, never followed my directions. My son’s last there she was rude and combative because I was trying to figure out why or more importantly how he ate three times when he only had food for two feedings. I wanted to know what exactly was given to my son and no one could answer my questions. He only went there part time, thank God, and but he got sick the very first day there and stayed sick the entire month he was there. Yes, he was only there for a month and that was a month too long!
What I assumed happened was that he wasn’t given his bottle after his cereal because the watcher that came in at 3 that day apologized and said that she fed him early because he was REALLY hungry… um yeah, because he didn’t get his entire lunch!
So we decided to enroll him elsewhere. My husband called later that day, because Leslie is never there when we drop off, to give out two weeks noticed as asked. When I went to pick up my son at 4 like usual, they all of his stuff packed and ready to go and said so long. So let me get this straight, you want me to pay you for two weeks but basically kick him out that day? What is the two weeks notice for of you send them home that day? You can’t ask for money for not watching him. Oh, and the watcher told me that he didn’t eat his bottle after his cereal and instead of attempting to give it to him later they just put it in the fridge. So my son, who is still sick thanks to their lack of cleanliness, didn’t have a single thing to drink since 7:45am. Are you kidding me?! I got him home and made him a bottle immediately and surprise! He downed the entire thing before I could get comfortable. And he was covered in his sweet potatoes from 12pm! His clothes and face were all covered for 4 hours despite him having plenty of extra clothes to be changed into.
This is not the place for your child. They will not even attempt to work with your schedule and I’m almost positive they feed them too much/​often to make them sleep and if you say anything about it they won’t feed him. I feel horrible that I ever trusted them with my child.

Both my kids have been here for years. Great place and fair price. Kids are kept busy!

A teacher pulls kids by the arm and jerks them so hard that he’s lifted on the ground. Beware!

Enrolled our 1 ½ year old daughter in their infant program here. Miss Mary and Miss Nguyen gave our daughter so much genuine love and attention. I have recommended St. Olaf to all my friends and family and trust in all that they do here for the kids. They even helped us wean our daughter off the bottle.

Caring teachers and smiling children full of God’s love! Great place to help, teach and guide your precious children!

My daughter joins the after school program. They have the nice facility, friendly staffs and flexible schedule to meet our need. They also have many fun activities. I will recommend to friends and families.

Love this school! I have a preschooler in their preschool and also 2 elementary aged kids that attend the Before and After school Faith Kid’s Club program. (We have been with St. Olaf for 2 years now and they are awesome)
The school is super clean, teachers are truly warm and caring. My kids are happy and safe, I would definitely recommend this school!

Our two year old daughter loves this school. The staff is very friendly and attentive. The school itself is very clean. If you want an educational loving christian environment for your child then this is the school for you!