You always want the best in education, development and safety for your children. StarChild Academy in Apopka, FL, strives to offer just that. We welcome children ages six weeks through 12 years. You’ll love our convenient hours and affordable rates. Traditional values provide the basis for our structured programs and proven curricula. Highlights of StarChild Academy include:• Daily meals and snacks• Monthly Parents’ Night Out program• State-of-the-art facilitiesFriendly, credentialed teachers staff our state-of-art facility. Your child can grow in our bright, open classrooms, which include video cameras to allow you to watch your child via the internet. You can speak directly with the teacher in the room via a telephone. We feature a strong academic curriculum as well. Reading, writing, math and science are taught in innovative manners while numerous foreign languages are spoken. Your child will be challenged and enriched at StarChild.Make your child a star! Call us or visit our website today to learn more!
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Stephanie C.

11/11/2016

Provided by YP.com

I write this not as a parent but as a former employee, I saw the things that don't come up on the camera's inside of the classrooms. Things parents miss when they're working or busy with life. I write this to give parents out there a sense of the fear that settled into my soul after I got hired to work in the same daycare my little brother had previously been attending.

At first Sat child in Waterford Lakes seemed like a wonderful place for kids to be, that is until I started on my first day. I worked in almost every classroom, I was a floater (meaning I go where I am needed but mainly I stayed in the infant room, toddler rooms, and the 3-5 age room)

I will keep the names of students and teachers out of this review for their own safety.

I have seen teachers shout directly into the ears of children, talk poorly about a specific child IN FRONT OF THAT CHULD as if he wasn't in the room. I have witnessed teachers throwing students belongings (including clothing) into a garbage can that was filled with dirty diapers, food, and trash. I have witnessed children hit their heads and cry and instead of the teacher comforting the student the poor child would hear "well if you weren't fidgeting, you wouldn't have hit your head, now go to sleep."

I have seen teachers pull and yank kids off the floor from their arms so hard one day a child had to go to the nurse because his arm was in so much pain. I have seen teachers lay their hands on kids because they (and I kid you not) 'took their shoes off during lunchtime'. Babies as young as 3 months old get ignored while crying because 'they just want attention.' The list goes on honestly. I would go home crying so many days because I did not have it in my heart to be hard on these wonderful kids who honestly were the loves of my life. My heart aches for them almost everyday and I hope they are doing well.

My point is you can do what you like with your child but I warn you to really think before you drop them off and drive away.

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StarChild Academy offers high quality, educationally-oriented pre-school.

BBB Rating
A+
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Hours
Regular Hours
Mon - Fri:
Sat - SunClosed
Services/Products
Activities After School Programs American Sign Language Bank Checks Before School Care Daycare Kindergartens Locally Owned Meals Private Schools Summer Camps Volume Discount
Payment method
check
Neighborhood
Waterford Lakes Town Center
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese
Accreditation

Licensed and Insured

Category
Child Care
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