Centerpointe Christian Preschool

We’ve been with Centerpointe for about 2 years and have had the most wonderful experience. Both my son and daughter have loved every minute of their time here. The teachers and office staff are the best! They truly love the children and their jobs and that shows through every day.

based on the school being under a different director since my child was there, other parents I have spoken to… and teachers I am updating saying to do your homework.

There are plenty of other preschools to choose from. I would stay away from here.

This is regarding the story that broke about a teacher duct taping a toddler for not napping:
I’ve worked at a preschool before (in the toddler room) and staff members rarely have a moment alone with a child at any preschool. If one person was in on tying a two year old up with duct tape then her peers knew about it and actions like this have probably occurred before. According to the story, the teacher was showing off pictures she took of the girl as she was bound with tape– she showed it to multiple staff members before accidentally showing it to the girls mother… so how many of these staff members saw the picture and laughed it off without a thought? What happened to mandatory reporting? Disgusting. I never post about things like this but I am disgusted by this! This school should be ashamed.

I just enrolled my 3^rd of 4 children at Centerpointe last week. I love the teachers at this school. They are very loving and attentative to my children. I like that they are getting a loving, playful atmosphere and have the academics to start kindergarten. I also like that they get a christian experience. I know they have had some troubles the last few months, but I will not move my children to another school because I believe in the teachers at the school. I have had my other children at other preschools in Pleasanton and none of the others had the love and balance I have found at Centerpointe.

Our experience has always been positive. My child has moved on now but we have great memories. We still today stay in touch with several of the folks there, and we’ve never heard anything negative.
My advice to everyone: take Unilocal with a grain of salt. Some people have personal vendettas and agendas. Social media makes it easy to slam a business over personal fall-​outs. Nothing is more precious than your child, so don’t simply rely on Unilocal to make that decision. Talk to other parents and go to the class and observe… days, not just for a few minutes. I’m sure this place, like all of them, isn’t perfect, and every business can improve. But our experience was great.
Good luck to you. It’s a important decision!

I highly suggest you contact community care licensing ((510) 622‑2602) and ask about all of the type a and b violations at this school. For that matter, before going to any school or in home daycare, contact them and ask about all of the violations. There are some serious ones at this school!!! They have their preschool program and school age program, so ask for violations under both licenses. Even though they are licensed separately, they are run jointly. There were about 8 violations since they hired this new director, some occurring as a direct result of his decisions. For example, the parents were given a letter explaining that the kids were left in the care of a minor with no adult supervision in the school age program. When parents complained and starting talking about the safety concerns that were occurring repeatedly, the administration that consists of the church pastor and a group of people in the church called ‘elders’ got very upset that they were being questioned. They sent out a 6 page letter quoting scripture and said that parents had caused harm and would be subject to termination of their contract. Needless to say, my kids are no longer there. I WILL NEVER STOP asking questions when it comes to the care of my children and NO PARENT SHOULD BE AFRAID TO QUESTION THE CARE THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVE. This fear tactic by the church and administration fell on deaf ears and now the teachers are leaving and families are pulling their children left and right. I just wonder what more they are trying to hide…

I really liked this school because it has a great play area and the whole school is well maintained. There is a lot of outdoor playtime for little ones and the teachers are really nice too. Great overall experience with my daughter’s time here, so I would recommend it to anyone interested.

My daughter has attended Centerpointe for the past 2 years and there aren’t enough rating stars to say how much I love this school. Centerpointe provides a perfect balance of a very warm nuturing environment combined with a incredibly enriched learning experience. Every week my daughter has the opportunity to particpate in science projects, art projects, spanish, outdoor enrichment activities, writing practice and even poetry interpretation through art. Every teacher knows my daughter by name and being part of the Centerpointe community truly feels like being part of an extended family. As a working mom, I visited every full-​time preschool in town before picking Centerpointe and we couldn’t be happier with our choice.

Replying to YumYum… I’m sorry you didn’t feel like the teachers were not giving you attention in fact I strongly disagree. Whenever I am there — teachers and other staffs are so polite to ALL parents, grandparents, nannies etc. Maybe you had an off day and you just need reassurance.
I’m posting this because I really think Centerpointe has a good foundation for our little ones. If you read the handbook, and want full academics… this is not the right school for you. This is a play based school and lots of hands on and art projects. Teachers are so wonderful with their projects. My daughter left the school cause I had to switch jobs and I cried because of how much love she receives from the teachers. I was so sad to leave. She learned a lot from school. She learn a Iot from school. I don’t care if she can’t add yet or read simple words… I just wanted to see her happy and loving school.

My kid has been going to Centerpointe since last Summer. Unfortunately, I don’t receive the good treatments that other reviewers received. I find the school facility is nice and the tuition fee is affordable. Besides that, I have nothing good to say. The teachers somehow, to me, are not as friendly as other reviewers said.
When I pick up my kid from the classroom, I always ask her to say bye to the teachers. Unfortunately, the teachers always not giving attention to her. Sometimes they not even bother to say hi to me when I walk in. I don’t feel the friendliness of the teachers.
More bad experiences before my kid enrolled in this school, but due to thereviews posted here, I told myself to give it another chance. My kid didn’t learn much things in this school, not knowing how to hold a pen. The only thing she learned is singing a couple songs.
I think I will bring my kid to another school. I am a full time working mom. I depend on the school to teach my kid academically and I review with her at home. But this school is not teaching much. It is not meeting my requirement.

All of my children have gone to Centerpointe and we love it! The teachers are awesome and the administration is the best. My children have been attending for over 2 years now and I can’t say enough about the school’s well balanced approach to Preschool. We originally came to Centerpointe after attending Carden West. And although, I hated to leave CW, we were so happy to find several of the teachers from CW were at Centerpointe. They provide a great combination of social activities and education based activities. You can’t beat their summer program and they also provide an excellent after school program for elementary aged children.

My daughter has been going to Centerpointe for 8 months. She loves it and I love it. The teachers are amazing and show genuine care for my daughter. They understand her individual personality and work with her accordingly. They communicate with me and tell me how she did every day when I pick her up.
Not only are her teachers wonderful, but all of the teachers are friendly and are pleasant when they’re out on the playground. When I walk through the playground to get to the classrooms I often see how the teachers interact with the kids and discipline them. I’ve always been so impressed with what I see. All of the teachers talk to the kids with respect and communicate with them in a very positive way.
And the playground, by the way, is awesome. Any kid that sees it would want to attend the school, for sure. My daughter has a great time at school, but she also learns things. My daughter is only 3 so i don’t care how quickly she excels into reading or anything like that (though they do teach academics). What I love is that, at her age, they are fostering her curiosity and desire to learn about things she sees in the world. They even do little age-​appropriate science experiments that she talks about for weeks.
We love Centerpointe! I feel that my child is safe and loved there and that makes it worth every penny.

Practice what you Preach.
I am shocked about this school. The center is gorgeous, indoors and outdoors. The director and teachers in the 3yr old program however are rude, hostile, and are not able to communicate in a professional warm manner that one would expect when dealing with children for a living. My daughter began to say that she did not like it there when we pulled up. She would start to cry. I tried to bring up a concern to the director and it was met with being snapped at in front of other people with the consistent phrase from the Director «YOU WERE TOLD.» Then I tried to talk to the teacher about the sign-​in process (I was brand new) and they snapped at me as well with the same phrase (it must be in their handbook) and told me I was wrong. From then on I witnessed the classroom aides/​teachers snapping at the kids, kids crying without being consoled, one five year old boy being dragged across the play yard.
I thought this was a Christian school with a Christian mission they display on their website. This mission is not followed. I was told by the director to make today her last day even though I had already given notice. My work was affected as I need to leave work and seek childcare immediately.
I tried to talk to the Director on the phone and tell her how I was treated in the classroom, by her as well, and how the teachers were eye-​rolling me, snapping at me, and snapping at the kids. I was told that I was lying. This is highly unprofessional and just plain mean-​spirited. After I requested the license, her tone immediately changed. She actually started to listen to me voice my concerns in a professional caring way.
They said I was their «only» complaint in 1.5 yrs but I believe they have a lot more complaints on the way if they continue to treat parents so rudely and then their children.
One of the saddest events that I witnessed was a few crying children left on their own and told to be quiet.
I was taken in by the beautiful campus and teaching methods but teachers are everything. When you first get to a preschool they should at least tell you where the sign in sheet is and give you a tour, when they are shutting down for the day on a non-​holiday, the basics. The director and teachers were nice enough until I had a minor concern. Then the claws came out and they verbally shredded me, blamed it on me, and I saw them take it out on my daughter.
This is my first complaint about a preschool and it breaks my heart. Please check their license and with other parents if you intend to take your child here. I’m so sorry to say that I tried to bring it to their attention first to resovle and that was met with hostility, defensiveness, accusations, and lack of concern/​empathy.
There is one girl there in the office that is wonderful and supportive. For that, I feel bad for giving this review because she is so great. But it’s the Director that matters. attitude rolls down the hill right to the teachers.

We enrolled our twins in Centerpointe a little over a month ago and have been absolutely blown away by our experience thus far! We have seen their behavior, communication skills and coping skills improve in this short time and they even asked us if the Director of the school could come home with us and be a part of our family! While we really liked our former preschool, we are just thrilled with Centerpointe and wish that we had found it earlier! The teachers are so involved, mature and caring. They update us daily on progress, meals and sleeping (or not sleeping as the case may be!) habits and their concern is genuine. I really appreciate what they are doing there and just wish that they also had kindergarten on site!