Utopia St. Thomas More Preschool

Recently been dealing with Mary Fitzpatrick the principal and have seen in person how she treats her employees and I don’t believe that it is either a Christian place to put my child nor some place that I would recommend.

I have three children and all of them loved Utopia. They’ll tell you it’s because they have fun, but here’s why I love this program.
1. CHILD FOCUSED — The teachers listen to the children and plan the lessons around their interests. This isn’t just lip service. I’ve seen them put this into action.
2. SPECIAL NEEDS — Two of my three children have severe speech issues. The teachers at Utopia have been amazing. They’ve met with the speech therapist, reviewed the IEPs and their patient when it gets frustrating.
3. PREPARED FOR KINDERGARTEN — My kids left this program counting, writing, and knowing their ABCs and phonetics. I was worried about the private school interviews but they were prepared (and they thought they were just playing).
4. PART OF A BIGGER SCHOOL — I didn’t know that this would be important but the preschoolers are part of the family at St. Thomas More. The older kids visit the classroom and model great behavior. They participate in the dance recital, Christmas pageant and they get school pictures. It is really fun.
5. THE PARENTS — The community around St. Thomas More is wonderful. They are giving and supportive without being competitive or snotty.
6. TEACHERS — The teachers are the perfect mix of strict and loving. They care about their students and it shows.
I would recommend Utopia to anyone who wants his or her kids to have a good time while learning. It’s not the fanciest school, just one of the best.

My son just started at this school after a year and a half at another preschool in San Francisco. We have been consistently impressed with the teachers and the program at Utopia. The teachers are very energetic and full of enthusiasm and new ideas. Every day I drop off or pick up my son I see the children doing lots of interesting things, from playing musical painting, creating ‘volcanoes’, making rolly-​polly houses from recycled materials and more. They also do a good job of exposing the children to letters and numbers and other pre-​k activities in a way that is very interesting to the kids. My son comes home happy from school talking about his friends and the fun things they got to do that day. Oh, and did I mention they make the kids breakfast!