Holly Tree Child Care Center & Preschool

This review is for OLIVIA in Nursery 1.
Thank you, Olivia, for making it a little easier leaving my first child at day care.
Olivia is sweet as can be, loving with the babies, and knows exactly what they need. My little nugget has some feeding and sleep habits that we’re working on at home, and Olivia was more than willing to put them into practice at «school.» My baby loves her — he smiles so big when I hand him over in the morning. It’s a relief to not have to worry all day (even though I do because I’m a mom) while I am at work and can’t be with my son.
Tiffany, the Director, and her Assistant, Elizabeth, are too sweet. They do a good job, and don’t mind at all when I call to check on the kiddo during the day.
I feel horrible, but can’t remember the sweetest, blonde lady’s name, who is always there in the mornings, and is always in LITERALLY the best mood ever. She brings a smile to my face, which is tough to do at 7:00 AM. ;)
It’s not «fancy» like Primrose or Goddard, but it’s loving, and safe. :)

I selected Holly Tree because of it’s location between work and home, but even though it will be out of my way when I move, I will take the extra time to keep my daughter there. I was told some not so nice things about it when I was doing my research, and even had a friend call out to her facebook contacts to reach out to me to tell me about their experiences there. From what I could tell, the current director of the center came in and really turned everything around.
They exceed all the state standards for a child care center, so I am not going to bore you with staff/​student ratios, or scores from the state website. I will tell you about the great feeling I get every day when I pick my daughter up. She is happy, smiling, tells me all about who she played with that day. She’s 2 by the way, so typically anything mommy asks is answered with a NO, but when it comes to her school she will talk my ear off. I also love that she starts radomly singing «Jesus Loves Me» and «God Our Father,» songs I didn’t learn growing up, but the staff made sure I had the words so I could sing along with her.
They have great theme days, like next weeks Mud Day where they will put the kids in a mud pit from 4 – 6 (just in time to take them home all muddy no doubt), and asked the parents to come play with them if possible. They had a Mother’s Day Brunch the Friday before Mother’s Day, and my favorite things, A Pre-​K Prom (I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to go to that).
The staff is very good with communication. Not only do you get daily updates, but emails with Ministry teachings for the week and monthly learning plans so you can continue the learning at home. They have also done a lot to coordinate relief efforts for those who suffered recently in the tornados in Alabama.
I thought that when I had to go back to work and switched my daughter from a Private Day School to a Child Care Center, she would be loosing some of the education elements she had been receiving, but I was mistaken. She is thriving, surpising me with her knowledge every day. I would recommend this center hands down to anyone.