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May 2024 by Samantha Morris
Amazing school with exceptional teachers and admin. We have been so blessed to be at Goddard and cannot thank them enough for their care!
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May 2024 by Lena Clark
My family are truly enjoying our time here at Goddard. I am also the office administrator at the school and both an employee and parent I am very satisfied with my experience. Before enrolling my child I was able to see the school from a different perspective from both an internal and external view. I have full confidence in the staff to properly care for my child. I know my child will always feel loved, safe, and encouraged to grow as a learner.
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May 2024 by Suhas Ramesh
Unarguably the best daycare in and around Collierville area.
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May 2024 by Karolina Mallahan
I can focus on my work knowing my child is in a caring educational environment where she is thriving. Peace of mind!!!
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May 2024 by Amy Wu O'Neill
My children have thrived here; all the teachers and staff are amazing, caring, and nurturing.
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November 2023 by Meera Patel
The Goddard School has been a wonderful experience for us and for both of our boys. They have strived and grown so much since their time there, and we are just so excited to be able to watch them go through these experiences. All the teachers are so dedicated to the children’s growth and development and it really shows. Finally, Goddard creates such a wonderful and fun learning environment that my boys look forward to going to school every day. Thank you to all the Goddard staff and teachers for everything you do to ensure a safe and enjoyable learning environment for our children!
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November 2023 by Julie Haecker
We love the personnel both in the office and the classrooms. Our child has grown tremendously since starting both in her academics and her social- emotional development.
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November 2023 by Renay G.
Best preschool around! Excellent teachers and staff. They teach beyond the basics and I feel safe knowing my children are cared for at Goddard.
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September 2023 by Andre V
The school is really professionally run, has a clean and nice looking campus. We also like the security measures in place. The teachers are patient and knowledgeable and are excellent at communicating with us.
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July 2023 by Kelley Stanley
Our experience with Goddard in Collierville could not have been better in the 5 years we had our children there. Our oldest was there from the infant class through preschool graduation. The teachers and administrators are among the best. Some even feel like family. Leaving a newborn for the first time can be difficult but Goddard made the transition as easy as possible. They fully supported the potty training phase and worked with us on any and every incident that arose throughout our child’s time at Goddard. The preschool learning exceeded our expectations. We are eternally grateful for the enrichment Goddard Collierville provided to our family.
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July 2023 by Karen Griffin
Fantastic curriculum & nurturing teachers, from the infant room to the pre-k program. They've overcome staffing issues (that all industries faced) during/shortly after the pandemic. The teachers, school owners, and administrators have been an important part of our "village" and we consider many of them friends. They truly do so much to take care of the kids, foster friendships amongst them, and teach them everything from sign language to Mandarin.Also, TGS Collierville goes above and beyond to keep the school open when there's inclement weather, as long as it's safe to drive, vs following what the public schools do. They are truly an asset to working families in Collierville.
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July 2023 by Nicole Hanni
Amazing experience. So glad we picked Goddard for our daughter to spend her first 5 years.
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December 2022 by Erica Pearson
Love this place! And so does my 1 year old son :)I love his teachers, the owners, and really all the staff I have come in contact with. The owners are friendly, helpful, and happy to answer any questions. The teachers truly love the kids and always have fun little stories to tell me about his day at pickup. Even the administrative staff was calling my son by name and checking on him in his class from his first day there. I love the pictures on his daily report and seeing how much fun he has doing the various activities throughout the day. It’s a huge relief to have zero concerns about the care he receives while there. Thank you Goddard!
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December 2022 by Alexis Taylor
If I could rate this school a -10 I would. Starting with the owners. Ashley and Gary are rude and unprofessional. To staff, children, and parents. Classrooms are never cleaned properly. Subs are left alone in classrooms without proper training. The teachers have favorites among the children and will neglect the ones whom parents they dislike. Please do not send your babies here. It is not safe nor worth the headache. If you decide to tour..take off you shoe in multiple classrooms and walk in your sock to see how filthy it really is. This school has been reported to DHS multiple times and it has never made the news. Beware of whom you trust with your babies…because a fake smile and Zoom Tour can make hell look like heaven…
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December 2022 by Hayley Rowland
When we moved to Collierville in the summer of 2019, we were looking to enroll our youngest child in their Pre-K classroom. Before we enrolled him, we had a conversation with the owners about the sensory issues that our child had and some of the problems he had gone through at his previous daycare. The owners overwhelmingly assured us that they had much experience in working with children who had sensory issues and the teachers in the Tigers classroom were veterans who would be able to work with our child. Hearing this, we decided to enroll our child in their classroom. While the first couple of months went well, things unraveled fast after this initial period. The classroom was very chaotic. This was due to them enrolling nearly the state maximum allowable number of students in the classroom. When the issues with our child arose, they had a label on him as a problem child. Their attitude towards him, as well as me and my husband, completely changed. Since I work in the Education field, I did plenty of research, talked to colleagues, therapists, and other teachers, trying to find a solution. In our child's final week with Goddard, we ended up sending noise-cancelling headphones with him, as a tool to help with the amount of noise and chaos in the room. His teacher broke them on the first day. She threw them away. To this day, nearly three years later, our son still tells the same story about how this teacher broke his headphones. The owners, teachers, and even some of the parents left us feeling hopeless and that our son needed a “special school”. We removed him and ended up enrolling him in Goddard-Cordova. It was a night and day experience! Our child went from two teachers who were overwhelmed and stressed to a teacher who was SO excited to teach and just had an overall drive and passion for her student’s success. The atmosphere in the classroom was completely different; the class functioned like a family. There was so much love every time we walked into the classroom. While his teacher knew of his background, she did not see these labels on him. Our son loved her so much and she gave him the confidence that was lost at Collierville. She utilized the noise-cancelling headphones from day one. He used the headphones for a few months and then ended up feeling confident to not use them anymore! Because of this experience at Cordova, it allowed him to springboard into Kindergarten. He is at the top of his class in Math and Reading. He is a leader in his classroom and has found a love of art and music. At the end of this, I don’t blame my son's teachers at Collierville. They were put in a lose-lose situation by the owners. I truly believe they wanted the best for our son. I wish the owners would have been honest with us before we enrolled to let us know that they would not be a good fit for us. We had been told that from other daycares. While it hurts to hear, it would’ve saved us months of stress. I will add that I’ve heard that there are new owners of Collierville and things have improved. I truly hope so. While it was upsetting to have my son go through this, I don’t want any other child to have to go through what he went through. I don’t think the owners realized how much damage was done to my son. The emotional toll it took on him was substantial. In 2020, our son was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism. While I am so glad that we have a diagnosis now and an amazingly supportive team around us, I only wish that Goddard and other Early Childhood Centers would realize that they can play a critical role in early detection of delays, disabilities, etc. While they cannot diagnose, having a strong background in ECD should enable them to be well educated in Early Childhood issues in order to give parents some advice, support, guidance, etc. As Goddard is a well-known name in the ECD field, I truly expected a different outcome and more support.
