Around the World Children Center, Inc.

My child has been at this school since he was 3 years old, now 6 years old. In the beginning things were great! The staff was wonderful! Soon I found out that Ms.Edith wasn't the owner but the sister of the owner. What a disappointment! Suzie, the owner should go into another job field. All she cares about is money. She never takes the time to get to know any of the parents. She's disorganized with the staffs work schedule, in one occasion she literally told a employee to go home because she wasn't going to pay her anymore money! I was disappointed to know Edith was gone for good, but I'm not surprised. My son was not fed twice because they forgot he was allergic to an item on the menu. He told me one of the teachers there told him he was lying & that he had to eat his food. Way to almost send my son into anaphylaxis shock! My advice, look for a better school. I feel sorry for the handful of good teachers that ended up at this place. Ms.Roxana is sweet as pie! She really cares about the children's well being. I wish she were going with us to my son's new school next semester. But I'm glad my son got an amazing kindergarten teacher!
—Submitted by a parent

my 3 year old daughter currently goes here and I am looking for another school to put her in. Although she is happy with the teachers and kids there, I do not feel it is a stable environment. They are inconstant with teachers and in the past 8 months I have seen 4 teachers leave in the preschool section. It appears that another one is leaving also. It seems as if their main focus is on keeping themselves adequately staffed with ratios instead of what the child wants. There have been many issues with the school. losing there license for the yellow room and so forth. Tuition is OK, lunches are provided and hours and great. I would of liked to see a more current review on this school, so that is why I did it.
—Submitted by a parent

THe owners are money hungry . All they care about is taking in as many kids as they can and not place them in the right classrooms. Then when you complain they say they are trying to accommodate for all. By putting them in a lower class grade and say they will accommodate for there age bracket. So not true. Ask them if my child is 4 and is placed in a 3 year old class. Why is my daughter using3 year old material. Why is she not using the same book as the 4 years old. So disappointing. Do not be fooled. Monitor what they are teaching your child there. It's not the teachers fault, it's the director
—Submitted by a parent

My son has been in this school for about 3 years. Since daycare (2yrs old) to Kinder (5 yrs old). He's really advanced and work on 1st grade academic curriculum. His day care teacher, Daniela, was GREAT, and his kindergarten teacher, Yvette, is awesome! I'm very happy with my son's development. No bad injury so far. 1 bruise at the playground, recently. That's all. I'm sorry they don't have higher grades, so I can keep my son there.
—Submitted by a parent

I would not recommend this center. I've had a hard time getting answers from the owners. It's been almost 4 weeks since I've been leaving messages & still no answers. I agree with other reviews that say the owners only care about making money.
—Submitted by a parent

THIS SCHOOL'S MOTTO SHOULD BE "IT'S ALL ABOUT BUSINESS". THE OWNERS APPEAR TO BE FRIENDLY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU BUT THAT'S A FALSE IMAGE. THEY WERE VERY UNPROFESSIONAL IN HOW THEY COMMUNICATED WITH ME AND THOUGHT THAT THEIR TIME WAS MORE IMPROTANT THAN MINE. ALTHOUGH THE TEACHERS ARE UNHAPPY THERE, THEY DON'T LET THAT AFFECT THE STUDENTS. THEY TRULY DO THEIR BEST AND I APPRECIATED THEIR TIME, EFFORT, AND DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN- TOO BAD THE OWNERS COULD CARE LESS.
—Submitted by a parent

The owners state they are available to talk and disicuss concerns but when you set up time it is not honored and follow up is seldom. As a parent I felt the owners did not care about meeting with parents and staff unfortunely had to cover up. The teachers are great with the kids. There are a couple who are excellent! High teacher turn over rate.
—Submitted by a parent

The staff is excellent in answering all my questions and the teachers are highly motivated to teach the children to be successful in school.
—Submitted by a parent

The staff are caring and easy to talk to. They are young and energetic to keep up with the kids.
—Submitted by a parent

I enrolled my child in the daycare program and the school and program seemed great. Until I came to discover the student to teacher ratio is always to high, the curriculum is seldom followed. My child was bounced around from classroom to classroom. Several accident type incidents involving my child coming home with scratches and bruises. I was never given an explaination unless I demanded it and the usual response was 'we don't know how it happened'. The website claims to have cameras in every classroom yet none was ever checked to provide me with any type of explanations to my childs 'ouchies'. I would never recommend this school to anyone.
—Submitted by a parent

This school has a great kindergarten program with a teacher who cares about her class. 2 of my children were in her class and I hope my third child will have her. I have told several people about this Center and the young lady that runs this Center is always available to speak with.
—Submitted by a parent

Not a nice school staff is alway late no supervision in children in the mornings and director takes her pet to school
—Submitted by a parent

Great School ! It is clean, nice, everyone is so nice and everytime I have a question they can help me. Yes kids are drop off to their regular class room in the morning and at the end of the day they are in another class room for the kids that stay late, there are always teachers around to supervise our little ones. I feel that my son is now talking a lot more he knows colors, numbers, animals' names. The school has a calendar so you know what you kid is doing that month. Kid will get hurt and so far my son has not had a bad injury. Every morning I drop off my son he runs to his teacher to give her a hug, the first two weeks he did not want to go to school now he looks forward to go to school.
—Submitted by a parent

There is never any staff at the desk in the mornings. my daughter was in a class that had 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade all being taught by one teacher. My daughter was moved around from classroom to classroom, when i picked her up she was never in the same class that i dropped her off in. I would never recommend this school to anyone. It looks nice and pretty but thats all.
—Submitted by a parent

I enrolled my Grandson in this daycare and was very disappointed in the care and lack of professional behavior. There was an unexplained injury to my Grandson. Too many children to a teacher. Not secure enough people would come and go without being questioned. Lack of supervision in the playground area.
—Submitted by Janette Licon, a parent

My son attended this school and in the 6 months that he was there he had 3 different main teachers. It seemed like everyday I took him to class there was a different teacher there. The school looks good and has a good plan, but it is not followed. I took him out because the teachers they had were not trained well and they would scream at the kids alot I observed this myself. I would never recommend this school to anyone, not if you care about your kid. It seems that all the owners of the school cares about is making money.
—Submitted by a parent