La Petite Academy

Love this place. My daughter is constantly working on something here. An art project, her letters, her numbers. She is always disappointed when she can’t come here for a day or afternoon. The director and the assistant directors are great and very helpful. I am so glad we found this place!

I have had my daughter Riley enrolled here since she was 4 months old. She is turning 3 this month. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful, safe place to take my daughter everyday. The security to get to the kids is great! They have an amazing app that sends me updates every time she eats, sleeps, goes potty, and when they are doing fun activities. The teachers are amazing. Riley tells me everyday how much fun she had and sometimes doesn’t want to leave when I come pick her up. She has learned so much as well. I see us taking advantage of the private kindergarten and enrolling our next child there!

I have my two daughters here. My oldest has been going for almost 3 years, my youngest for 5 months. We love the school and the staff, they are all amazing. They really seem to care about my girls and helping them grow. My older daughter LOVES Miss Laura — she is so warm and fun and plans so many great activities for the kids on her own time. Miss Amanda is the primary for our younger daughter and she is ready to dive into her arms every morning and gets lots of snuggles! My oldest is always telling me stories of all the fun she had all day. I can’t imagine taking my kids anywhere else.

My daughter has been going here since we moved to California in 2012 I find this place to be the best ever, my daughter actually left for about three months and tried this school closer to my job and I did not like it all! So I brought my daughter back to this school and I am so happy. I find if you make yourself close to the or your teacher it will be better bc this is the person that takes care of your child… And this is what I do here I am close to the front office Mrs. Lula and Mrs V… These ladies are amazing and vibrant, the teachers I have met and talked with have been the same. I find it very pleasing to feel safe leaving my child here. Knowing she will be cared and loved by such a wonderful staff

I did forget to mention when my son started, he only spoke Spanish, we did it for the reason of become bilingual as he grew. Mrs. W has done an outstanding job her teaching criteria. My son was bilingual way before the end of 3^rd quarter. The school has this app you cam download on own phone called precious status, you can see when students get there, whats going on through out the day and when they are
Picked up. I simply LOVE that. I can send messages or can receive memos from staff. I still say this location has a GREAT STAFF that continues to deliver their best every single day.

My 4-​month old daughter was at the La Petite infant room for a couple months before I moved jobs and had to switch daycares, to my dismay. As a new mother the transition was harder for me than it was for her but the teachers made it as easy as it could possibly be. Alejandra and Krystal are loving and as attentive as they can be with a room full of infants and the director Lula is also great. Also, this particular branch uses an app called «Precioustatus» which is AWESOME. It allows staff members to give parents real-​time updates of the children’s naps, feedings, diapers, etc. I am a nursing mother so it was very helpful for me to know when she ate and how much she ate right then and there. Not to mention it also helped my separation anxiety…
The cost of care for my child was not my main concern but I did some shopping around in the North County area and La Petite’s tuition is one of the cheapest around. It is however not indicative of the quality of care you receive. I was very sad to leave the staff at La Petite and would highly recommend this daycare if you have an infant.

Look elsewhere.
We took our infant here and removed our baby from La Petite’s care. Looking back I am very disappointed. My baby’s teachers were wonderful, BUT were not given any resources or help… All about the $$!!! High turnover and bad management!
NO Art, NO teaching, NO growing, NO exploring, NO outside play (which is required)… SO happy with our decision to go elsewhere.

My daughters have been going there for almost 3 years and I could not be happier… they love going to school and I love how their teachers personalize the education curriculum… I love every one of the teachers and am very appreciative of knowing my kids are being taken care of and in good hands at school. I Absolutely love the new app the teachers use that tells me everything they are doing, down to what they eat for lunch, and how long their naps are. definitely would recommend La Petite Shandowridge, Vista…

I have had two grand daughters at La Petite for two years and everyone at the Vista location are wonderful. The girls get very good care and are very happy there. They are well taken care of. I would highly recommend this location.

My son has been attending La Petite in Vista for the last three years and has had a great experience there. The teachers are caring and focused on the children’s education. They are always helpful and supportive with any special requests for the best interest of the child. We have kept our child there one more year to attend the private Kindergarten which is also going very well to date.

My daughter Sofia has been attending La Petite for 3.5 years now and we don’t regret bringing her here. The staff is very attentive to the children and their needs. I feel they provide a great atmosphere for my daughter to learn and have fun. Every day she comes home and tells of her adventures and is excited to go back the next day. With all the influence in the classroom and at home my daughter will be ready for Kindergarten when the time comes. I highly recommend the facility the staff are phenomenal and very instrumental in the development of the children’s growth. I encourage anyone to not take my advice, but take a drive by and visit and see what they are all about. If you don’t you’ll be missing out on a great opportunity for your child.

It’s funny… my experience is JUST like Ryan O’s and happened only 2 days after his. If Miriam is this company’s representation, they will be closed in months!
I showed up at the agreed time. I watched 2 mothers ‘piggy back’ through the door’s security. I was never really greeted. I was bruskly instructed to sit down. They had NO IDEA who I was or why I was there but they were sure to let me through the door. I was never asked to show photo ID. I was given a clip board to fill out answers to the same questions that I had already answered to the lady that called me from the call center. The woman behind the desk was the Director, Miriam. I was quickly asked how many children I had, what ages and what times she would be there. Before I could finish blurting the answers out, a pricing quote sheet was shoved in my face. $$ Money was definitely the first and only thing on this woman’s mind. Then she was very quick to change the subject and brag to me about the inspection that they had just had and got a 100% on for signatures. It was explained to me that for every missing parent sign-​in/​sign-​out signature that was missing from the log books, the facility fined the parents $ 5 and they were fined $ 150. But their inspection was perfect.
She never asked me my daughter’s name. She saw it written on the clip board questionnaire and called her a boy the entire time. I was then taken into the «schooling areas». I was never introduced to any of the teachers; I was not taken outside to observe the children playing. I was quickly shown the bathrooms which were filthy and stunk. There was no visible distinction between the girls restrooms and the boys in the older areas. There was trash over-​flowing out of every trash can. The furniture was old, outdated and very used. The lighting was very dingy and low. I did not observe anyone cleaning anything even though there were plenty of people on hand. There were hardly any paintings/​drawings or class projects on the walls.
When she finally asked my how old my son was, I replied that my daughter was 3 ½. When asked if she was fully potty-​trained, I replied no. She still wears Pull-​ups and had been doing very well but we had been relapsing due to a high turnover of in-​home babysitters recently. That’s when she got the ‘stink look’ on her face and proceeded to insult my child. ‘OOOOOOhhhhh, well then, she will have to be with the 2 year olds since she is not as developed as the 3 yr olds and that the 2 yr old facility is the only one with a changing table.’ She then took me into the 2 yr old area. She must have seen the disgust on my face to the state that the room was in and quickly started scurrying around, cleaning up.
Then she asked when I would be bringing my son to the facility (even though I had already answered those questions at the door and on the clip board questionnaire!!!) Again, I said that my husband and I were shift workers and that my daughter would not be dropped off until after 10:30am. That’s when she told me that I needed to have my husband drop her off sooner because if she got there that late in the day that she would not be given any learning instruction and that all she would be doing is eating, napping and playing. When I explained that our schedules would not allow for that, I was again told that my husband just needed to drop her off sooner because she would not learn anything. Finally, I said well, It sounds like you are telling me that my schedule will not work for you facility and that I needed to look elsewhere for child care because they obviously were not willing to work with me and my daughter. She said no, I just needed to have my husband drop him off sooner and change my son’s nap schedule to fit to theirs. Then she offered me a «Free Day of Care» so that I could see how much my son would love it.
She never explained the daily schedule to me, didn’t go over meal plans, accommodations for food allergies, training the teachers had, how the security system worked or what kids were in the same age category as my daughter. When I asked their policy on bullying/​foul language/​bad behavior & disciplinary issues, she said that it wasn’t tolerated but offered no other explanation. I asked about security and voiced my concerns about the convicted convicts that live in the half-​way house directly behind the facility and she had no idea that they were there and dismissed it by saying they’ve never had any problems. I asked what procedures were in place in case of a school shooting and she said that «If a shooting is going to happen, it’s going to happen and that there was nothing that they could do about it».
That was the final straw, I walked out & like Ryan O, no one tried to stop me, no one offered an apology, no one tried to salvage the tour. 25 mins into my tour, she had to leave becuz she had scheduled a parent consult during my tour. I will NEVER take my child there!

We went to tour the school, looking for a preschool for our twins. We were let in but not really greeted. There was a woman at a desk arguing with a parent over some billing issue. It was a few minutes of awkwardness before we were handed a clipboard with a form to fill out. We waited another five minutes but nobody said anything to us. The whole time the arguing between the lady behind the desk was getting louder. We finally decided to just leave. I told the girl who gave us the form that we were just going to leave. She just said ok. She didn’t try to apologize or keep us from leaving. There was no interest in showing us the school. All the interest was in the billing issue. I would not leave my kids here.

My son James has been here for quite sometime and is currently enrolled. Lula is amazing you can tell she really loves her job and getting the kids involved. The director Miriam and Joanna are very sweet and personable. They always try to help and work with me. Very clean, very safe they have a nice security system and someone is always in the front. I totally recommend

My two year old has been at La Petite for two months now and I am very happy. I like that I get daily reports. I get a sheet each day that says when she’s had a diaper change, how long she napped for, what food they eat through out the day, and what activities she enjoyed the most. The staff has been great, and my daughter really seems to enjoy her time while there. I definitely was impressed with their hours of operation. It works best with my work schedule which is nice. Most other places close at 6. But they are open until 630. The only thing that would make this location more than perfect for me is having the nanny cameras. I find myself missing my daughter throughout the day and thought It would be neat to see what she’s up to during the day while I’m at work.

The staff really love the children genuinely and my son learned to write his name around the time he turned three. He is always happy to go to school. They also do an excellent job of documenting a daily activity, nutrition and learning programs to help the parent feel more involved.

My daughter has been going there since she was two now she is four. I love all the teacher they have all work with my daughter and my daughter come home after school she is so excited to tell me what she did. She will be there to do pre-​k and k she has learned a lot from this school it was the best choice I did. Everyone is so happy to be there it makes it so easy to leave my daughter there and know she is in good hand. Thank You for all the things you do for the kids!