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    Oakley, CA

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    Oh my word, the sweetest preschool in Contra Costa County, hands down!!! My daughter absolutely…read moreLOVES this school, and so do I! In our few short months here, my daughter has BLOSSOMED. She was welcomed and loved by her teachers and classmates from the very first minute she was in the classroom. She has been challenged academically, which has been so much fun for her! Along with learning to write full words as well as recognizing and sound out words, my daughter really enjoys learning Spanish as well as kid friendly science experiments she has been doing with her classmates. The classrooms (and teachers) are so engaging and thoughtful, I have never seen so many kids feel so comfortable with their teachers! Every time I've been in the classroom, it is clear that every teacher here works very hard to ensure that your child's time at Celebrations is successful and FUN. Celebration Center is a very friendly, safe, and inviting place to visit. The classrooms are spick n' span clean, with projects made from the children lovingly hung up all around the classroom. The playground alone is enough to make you want to come back, it's so cute! The school goes above and beyond with holiday parties, winter and spring programs the children perform for their families, special visitors in the classroom, family breakfast morning, even parent appreciation week. Once a week the children get to participate in chapel, where they get to sing and dance and learn about Jesus. It will seriously leave you misty eyed from how sweet it is! Another thing that makes this school stand out is that the staff truly wants to encourage all parents to be the very best parent they can to their children. They have a wonderful library full of solid and loving Christian based parenting books. This is a true Christ centered school, with a professional and accountable staff. I will truly miss this school when my daughter graduates, this experience has meant the world to my daughter and our family. Thank you so much, Celebration Center, I am so grateful!!!

    As parents, we enrolled our child at Celebration Center because of its Christian foundation and the…read morepromise of a school that partners with families in raising and educating children. The kindergarten year was great. 1st grade, however, well, lets just say, recent events have shown us that this school does not practice what it preaches. Without detailed communication or parental consent, Celebration brought in a guest speaker from Committing to 16 -- someone with no formal training in early childhood education -- to speak to a class of 6-year-olds. Even worse, the speaker contradicted her own organization's message ["Committing to 16 is designed to help prevent mental health issues that come with social media use in kids and teens by avoiding social media usage until 16..." ] by encouraging kids to stay on social media... at six years old! How is that in line with Christian values or healthy child development? C'mon Nurse Kelli - make it sound right. And that's just grazing the top layer of their presentation slides... there's more than social media. How about, vaping, sexual touching? Yeah, that. Even public schools have consents toward subjects spoken on that subject. We're raising our child in a very intentional and supervised way. No sleepovers. No random adults without us present. No unsupervised screen time -- ever. Every minute of his exposure to media is something we explain and walk him through. So, to find out that Celebration assumed all children were on the same path and delivered such content without consent? Completely unacceptable. When my wife addressed the issue in person, she was met with dismissive body language and zero accountability. From what I gathered, they didn't seem to think they did anything wrong -- or perhaps they just labeled us as "overprotective parents." Let me be clear: We may be the first to speak up, but we are not alone. Other parents we've talked to were equally outraged. To top it off, our child has mentioned they often watch YouTube in class. If that's what we're paying thousands a year for, we could have stayed home and done that ourselves -- for free. Celebration Center claims to partner with parents, but in our experience, they make major decisions without transparency and then stand by them without reflection. We no longer trust the school's judgment, and we certainly don't feel they prioritize the well-being or innocence of the children in their care. If you're a parent looking for a school that truly respects and collaborates with families, think twice before enrolling here. They might say the right things, but their actions tell a different story.

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    Celebration Center - A fun and dynamic playground for our Elementary Students and After School Program Students!

    A fun and dynamic playground for our Elementary Students and After School Program Students!

    Celebration Center - Ms. Jill in chapel teaching the children about the lost sheep.

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    Ms. Jill in chapel teaching the children about the lost sheep.

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