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October 2022 by Farina M.
I've had mixed experience in the past with childcare - and was feeling very anxious about sending my youngest to the wonder years. This place is my unicorn. It's a really lovely facility and the team are always planning fun events for the kids including a race day where they ran a mini marathon around the playground for charity, an Easter rabbit and a day where they painted a mural on an outside wall. What makes this facility unique is the support provided to the parents. My sons teacher would come out at pick up and provide us with an overview of his day. This made a huge difference to us and I really appreciated the level of parent-teacher dialogue. We've moved to the east coast now and his teacher still checks in. I love this facility, I found everyone to be kind and thoughtful and working really hard to provide the kids with a positive and nurturing environment during the ongoing pandemic
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August 2021 by Ruijun F.
They don't care about kids safety. But they do care a lot on whether they could operate on continuously and hiding the hurt the kids had at preschool and push the responsibility to the kids.Totally not recommend for any parents who wants to have a safe place for their kids.
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April 2021 by Minh H.
My daughter was sent to the preschool for 6 months, and she cried almost everyday, there was no love and care she felt at school. A lot if arbitrary teacher days off. No lunch.Lock-in tactic is snaky, deposit is not refundable but only to the last month of the school year if you leave on that month. If you leave earlier, you lose it. They they ask for registration for the next school years 6 months ahead, to lock in the next deposit and registration fee, if you dont do it, you dont have a spot, if you do it, you lose your deposit in the similar scenario mentioned above. Very greedy owner.
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February 2021 by Veena R.
My son went to Wonder Years from Oct until pandemic hit and I wished I never sent him here. He cried almost everyday for 4 months. He stopped eating there completely. Administration use to say they don't force but my son use to say they don't provide enough time to eat (He is not a slow eater for sure)There is a deposit of $700 which was revealed to us only during the enrollment process in the office. It is not refundable and will be adjusted towards the last payment of next year. Deposit is not refundable and will be lost if you leave the school earlier. Wish the school was more open and upfront about this deposit.Only good thing about the school is the good infrastructure and they do a lot of activities.My son went to 3 schools so far, this is the only one which he never talks about.
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December 2019 by Minh Hoang
TL;DR: greedy and careless.I am not happy with the admin and the staffs. They dont seem to focus on the kids but more around their parents' pocket. Their lock-in strategies (registration fee to be paid 6-months ahead of the school year starts, $1000 deposit which they wont return to you if you dont leave in the last month of the school year, etc.). Basically very greedy and careless.There was one day when I came around 3pm to pick up my daughter, she was face-down crying with two teachers seating in the class' corners with cellphones in hand.Then there's one cold day in December when I came by at 5pm, it was dark already, a few kids were outside with the temp under 60F, no kids had coach on, no teacher was outside. No surprise my daughter got a cold and had to stay home for a week. When she came back to school, I went to the admin and told the story, Melissa (the admin at that time) didn't seem to care, just saying: many kids were sick last week - of course, because you guys left them outside in the cold!One day, I needed to pick up my daughter early, I came by and stood outside the class, looking through the glassdoor, I saw Miss B. of the 1.5-years class pulled a girl brutally because she didn't stop crying.In 2017, there was wild-fire in California where most schools noticed parents and stopped outside activities for kids. It was not the case for this The Wonder Years. There was a planned pumpkin trip, and it happened even when the air-quality was very very poor.I had my kid here for around 6 months, and I regret it for the rest of my life. She was crying most of the times I dropped her off, but that stopped right away in her new school. And what's more, they took my kid in at 17-months old when their license is only for 18-months up. I should have reported.
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December 2019 by Alex Sisney
Read the fine prints before signing up and paying 1100 deposit plus last month tuition.A month after we paid 1100, 5 months before the start date, we found out we were moving out of Mountain View so I let them know right away. I expected them to keep 400 deposit but not 700 that’s supposed to go toward the last month tuition. While I have no doubt that there is something that says it in the contract but it just seems so greedy.
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December 2017 by Lawrence Tom
Yea for Wonder Years. This was a amazing preschool that prepared our daughter for Pinewood.We wanted a preschool that actually taught the ABC's and basic R's and this is the place. When looking at other preschools, they were all "play" based learning which was pretty much playing and not much learning.Yea for Wonder Years. It is quite popular and there is usually a waiting list so hopefully you are starting your search early and reserving a spot.
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December 2016 by Wook Chung
Daycare with clean facilities and friendly staff.