Starbright School

My 2 years old daughter went to their San Jose West campus for 6 months. 2 good things about this day care: self made food and Russian language /​different classes. Unfortunately the teachers are not great there. The stuff overall is very caring, especially Daria, in San Jose West campus. She is very friendly and open. All seemed to go well for us until their «heart» teacher, Jenya, got sick. I had a feeling that all teachers and all staff was hanging «on» her. After she got sick and couldn’t work for couple months my daughter started crying every time I would drop her off. Similar things happened to other kids. The staff admitted that they noticed it too. Jenya is really an awesome teacher, and kids felt it. After they increased prices to more that 1700 $ a month I decided to drop this day care. Ask yourself: once one staff member «falls out» the whole system breaks apart. Why does this happen?
I can’t tell anything about their Campbell campus though. I love going there for theatre concerts with my daughter.
I really hope they will figure out their teachers skills situation.

This school was incredible and I mean incredible. We are not Russian and only chose the school because of how clean it was (they wear slippers in the classroom), how warm the teachers were, the food (cooked onsite). The school exceeded our wildest expectations. Our son learned so much here. He is fluent in Russian. He left kindergarten reading at a 2^nd grade level. When he tested for his new school they were blown away by his math and reading skills. This place is a gem.

Great school! My son started loving reading and math within 4 month of attending the school. For him homework is a present!

I have both my daughters attend Starbright school. Older one is now 5.5 and she in the Kindergarten program. She is in this school since she is 2 and she loves it!!! She is always telling me that once she starts school, she wants to keep coming to Starbright after school, since she loves it so much. My little one is 2 and 4 months and also loves it. We had a bit cold one weekend and Monday was ok, but I still asked her if she wants to go to her daycare or stay home with mommy, she first said stay with mommy, then thought about it and said, no to day care!
I saw many preschools before we enrolled, and I think this is the best one for our needs. It’s very strong academically, with the right teachers who are in this school for years not change all the time. There is specific program for each age and I can see the progress in my kids!
It’s all very clean and nice. Kids wear slippers in the classroom and change to shoes when eh go out to play in the nice playground divided into two age groups so that little ones will be more safe and bigger can run without worry.
There is musical class with al teacher music playing piano and kids singing and dancing, every day.
During nap time, kids sleep in their pj which I liked so much!
I don’t have to worry if they my kids eat well or warm enough. Even if I forgot to bring additional layer and teacher thinks it too cold, they will always find jacket to put on in addition to make sure kids are warm.
There are many additional classes with a fee, but so nice to have all in one place without driving around and then see all theatre shows and recitals where kids perform and sow what they learn.
Most kids a Russian speaking, but not all. Some have mixed parents and some have patents who don’t speak Russian, but appreciate all re benefits of the school and send their kids so I if you a looking for great school with strong academical program and social skills, that’s the ace for you, no matter which language you speak at home.

My daughter (2 years old) came to
Starbright after fallen attempt to enroll her to another daycare center, there she couldn’t ajust.
It was quite amazing then after only one week of getting used to new place and schedule, my little one, literally, ran to meet her teachers and classmates every single morning…
I like teachers, activities and variety of workshops which this school provides.
I’m happy to see my daughter happy, socially engaged and physically active.
Thank you,
Starbright school!

My 3.5 year old daughter started at Starbright School this summer. She had been at a home-​based daycare before that for 3 years (it was the only thing she knew), and we were really worried that she would have a difficult transition. But from day 1 she absolutely loved it and never looked back!
And we love it, too. For two main reasons:
First, and this is the reason we left the home-​based daycare, at this age it is important to have an academic program for the child and to start learning academic discipline. Even though kids start at Starbright as early as 2 years old, Starbright pays very serious attention to academics. There is «class time» (my own term) when all the kids are at the tables working on their assignments with help from the teachers. I’ve observed these classes, and all the kids are involved and working away. The assignments are interesting and age-​appropriate, of course. Since she’s started, I see that my daughter is coloring and cutting much better. We have also enrolled her in optional classes at Starbright: Russian, dance, musical theater, and gym. There are many more classes offered, which we will consider as she gets older.
Second, and this is equally important, the teachers are selected very carefully and when I see them with the kids, it’s apparent that they have a gift for teaching, and specifically for teaching little kids. They know how to relate to them, how to talk to them. My daughter just loves her teachers! When she comes back to school after a weekend, she can’t wait to tell them about it. :-)
One last thing that I want to note is that, although my daughter’s first (and so far only) language is Russian, there are plenty of students there who aren’t Russian. In other words, it’s a good place for your child whether or not you are Russian. :-)

We took a tour of this place and were very surprised. We had looked at their website and it looked nice. No where on the site does it say that it is a Russian/​English preschool. It only says that it was founded by a Russian. For the 2 – 3 year olds there is Russian only speaking teacher and teach only in Russian. For the 3 – 4 year olds they do both English and Russian. The kindergarten is also in both languages.
The facility was nice and clean. They were very well organized. Their playgrounds were a bit sparse. They have nice extra cirricular activities including a theater production for all kids.