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November 2023 by Lissa P
If I can leave no stars I definitely would THEY ALL GOSSIP HERE The manager Angela is a gossiper as well and she lies to all her workers and talk about everybody I would not RECOMMEND nobody working here or bringing their kids they do not sanitize here AT ALL all the kids be sick and getting other kids sick with multiple sickness and they give other people kids other people kids bottles I would definitely not recommend kids going here If so good luck yours will be sick within a week She allow kids to stay there even when there abusing other kids I witnessed a lil boy snatch out a little girls hair and Angela allowed him to come back within a hour sad just sad
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June 2023 by Stephanie Nicole
I switched my sons daycare twice before finding this one and he loves it here! The staff is very professional and the facility is always clean! Most importantly it’s very apparent how much they care for the children! I always recommend this location and wish I had found Mrs Angela’s daycare center sooner! Thank you ladies for all that you do, for loving and caring for my sweet boy and helping prepare him for Kindergarten!
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June 2023 by April Langley
My child started going to Sandcastle right before his 3rd birthday.I love the staff and the teachers! My kid just finished with the VPK classes and he has learned so much over the past 2 years and grown so much in the last 2 years. They always have some really fun or cute activities going on. My child did take a little bit to adjust from the 3 year old class to having a little more structure in the VPK Class, but even still he loves it.He has had some of the most wonderful teachers since he got here. Ms Kayla (2 year olds) is absolutely amazing the kindess love and respect she shows the children cant be beat (my child still adores her) (Ms Kelsie was wonderful but she isnt there anymore) and the VPK Teachers Ms Gina and Ms Christina are really dedicated to our childrens learning and growth. They take pride in watching your childs growth! Ms Missy has the 4/5 year olds when they are not in VPK and she is wonderful with the children as well. You can tell that these people are here for the kids and not just the paycheck! I love that my child will still be able to attend during the summer and in the coming years during school holidays!!
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May 2023 by Amy yeary
Absolutely horrible. The director Angela does not care about your concerns as a parent. When my 2 year old got bit in her leg TWICE that left bruises for a month, there was no incident report and no one knew what happened. When I tried talking to the director as a concerned parent she said very rudely like I was a problem “we can’t see everything so I don’t know what to tell you”. The director has given information out about my child to another parent before even telling me. Teachers yell at kids constantly. I took my children out of their daycare due to the fact that I’ve watched a teacher grab another two year old my their arms and yank them. I’ve witnessed a teacher leave her class of two year olds unattended while I was dropping my daughter off. And when it’s brought to the director’s attention she laughs in your face and does not care. I’m sure there are some great teachers here (I loved all of the teachers in the infants room) but I don’t believe my children are safe in this daycare at all. Which is why I took them out. If I could give 0 stars, I would.
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January 2023 by Christine Patterson
Caught teachers yelling at 2 year olds. Not raising voice but abusive yelling and demeaning. Was horrified. Brought it to the director and owners attention immediately, nothing was done. Hindsight I should have called DCF it was that bad but I was in shock. Took my kid out immediately and never went back.
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November 2022 by Klub J
The operations manager Angela is rude and yells at her employees over any slight inconvenience. Now that I know how the place operates, my child will never be going back. It's unfortunate because the individual teachers are mostly great. But head honcho shouldn't be working with children.
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November 2021 by Jana Haney
This daycare is great. It is clean and the staff is friendly. The staff seems to genuinely care about the children.
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November 2020 by Kiah Veres
My son loves loves his school . very well pleased here .
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November 2020 by Jessica Glacken
If you love your child and want what’s best for them, don’t send them to this daycare.We moved to Florida from Tennessee in October. My daughter Is 18 months old and has been going to Sandcastle for less than two months. In that short time, her “teachers” have only had something nice to say about her 3 times. Everyday they tell me how bad she is, how much she “constantly cries and whines”, “she doesn’t listen”, I “spoil her too much”, “she has no imagination”, “she will not be able to move to the next classroom if I keep coddling her”, etc.I have have witnessed one of the teachers scolding my daughter telling her to “stop it” because she was crying when I left after I already explained to them that she was going through separation anxiety. Another teacher rolled her eyes at my daughter when she cried because I was leaving. I have heard other teachers in different classrooms scold and talk down to the children in their classrooms. On multiple occasions I have seen children sitting in high chairs by themselves when it wasn’t time to eat. I heard a teach yell at my daughter to “sit down now” while out on the playground.I call everyday to check on my daughter and every single day they say “she is fine”. But once I go pick her up it’s a completely different story with a laundry list of things she does ‘wrong’.The written reports I get at the end of everyday always had nothing written on it or it says something negative. The report always say she ate all of her lunch but they tell me she didn’t eat any of it or very little. I started bringing my daughter her own food that I knew she would eat. At first They were letting her eat the food I was bring, after about two weeks they said she was eating their food and asked me to stop bringing it.Fast forward to the last two weeks, she has been supposedly eating all of their food yet has lost 3 pounds in two weeks according to the pediatrician.Today I dropped off my daughter with her nebulizer and albuterol medication. Spoke with the director and filled out the necessary documents so they knew how and when to give it to her. I called as per my usual to check on her and make sure she got the first treatment. I was told as per their usual “she’s fine, but we don’t know anything about the breathing treatment so I guess she didn’t get it but we’ll do it now”. When I picked her up today it was not documented that she received her treatments at all today and she has THREE bite marks on her arm. No one knows how she got them. I asked both teachers and the director. All three of them said there is a child in her class that has been biting other students but she probably did it herself.
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November 2020 by Shane Brown
These people are full of attitude (Angela) at the front, and since of lately when we pick up my boys he is always in tears. They are also not responsible in the fact that they keep on giving parents the wrong items that was sent with my child(bag, blanket etc). My kids has been going there for a month now and we still dont know who is theirs caretaker/teacher. It seems like the only thing they good at teaching these young kids are time out.
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November 2019 by Two moms One king
This is one of the worse schools ever. They let my baby cry his eyes out until he went to sleep, his face was swollen andand was bit by another child and a incident report was never filed on his first day. THE DIRECTOR CHARGED ME FOR A WHOLE WEEK EVEN THO HE DID NOT ATTEND THE SCHOOL FOR A WHOLE DAY. he had a diaper rash so horrible he had to be admitted to the hospital.. This is the worse school ever build.
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November 2019 by Jacqueline Crehan
I love the them there ,the caretakers are amazing they take amazing care of my life4yearold baby boy & my 8 month baby girl.My kid loves to wake up and go to school and Trust me from mom to mom my kid would refuse to go if had any reason not to like his School..
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November 2019 by neloms69
I love this daycare/learning center. My daughter has been going there since she was 6 or 8 weeks and she’s now 2 years old. The teachers are all nice and they actually teach the kids colors, shapes, alphabets, help with potty training and lots and lots more. Unfortunately we will be moving and I pray we are able to find a daycare/learning center that measures up to Sandcastle. We will miss this place very very much. Also a big big thanks to all the staff and director Angela. We will miss you Mrs Marie and Mrs Lisa??
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November 2019 by Kimberly Miller
Worst daycare ever. I wish I'd never brought my son here and I still regret it every day. Needless to say, I had to pull my son out rather quickly after he was moved to the older infant room . The teachers in that room were terrible and incompetent. Any time I brought a question or concern to the director, Angela, she was so rude and belittled me, denying any issues. Not really a "kid" person. Cassie, the owner was even worse. The straw that broke the camel's back was when a teary-eyed employee called me at 1030 at night asking me not to bring my child back another day, because he was being left in the high chair all day between breakfast and lunch, and that his diaper wasnt being changed regularly. The employee was making up his day sheet adding diaper changes that never occurred. No wonder I couldn't get control of his diaper rash! I was one of the few people who actually wasn't on state aid to pay for the place, and after I left Angela called me saying I owed them more money. I know full well I was paid up on my tuition! Please, save your child and your sanity and don't bring your kids here!
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November 2017 by Alicia G
Horrible place. My child was in Gina and Katelyn and had a horrible time there with them. They did nothing to welcome my child and lavelled him as a bad agressive child. They have no degress to label anyone's child. They just want kids in there who will just do nothing wrong at any time. Angela the director was rude and disingenuous. Should have never brought my child here. Horrible.
