DAYCARE REVIEW: I'm writing this review with a heavy heart…read moreand deep concern for other families. Just four days into care, I made the decision to immediately withdraw my 3-month-old son from this daycare due to a serious failure in safety and supervision. At my regular pickup time, I found my infant -- the only baby in the room -- slumped over in an unsafe sitting position that could have compromised his airway. He was also in a dirty diaper. The staff member in the room wasn't busy, wasn't with another child, and was simply not engaged with my baby at all. What's worse, my son doesn't typically fall asleep on his own -- which means he had likely been left in that unsafe position for quite some time, completely unattended. I contacted the director immediately in person and via email, asking how they would ensure this never happened again and what disciplinary action would be taken. I received no clear answers. The director showed no genuine remorse, no serious concern, and did not offer a real apology. Even when we formally terminated care and my husband came to collect our son's belongings, the staff remained silent -- no apology, no ownership, no accountability. We were lucky. I had the ability to leave my job to care for my son. But what about the parents who don't have that option? Families who rely on childcare to work and support their children deserve far better. We secured this daycare spot nearly a year in advance, trusting that our baby would be safe and nurtured. That trust was broken within days. I cannot recommend this daycare to any parent who values safety, responsible caregiving, and basic human empathy.

As a former alumni I feel the need to counter balance the one other former lakeside student and…read morecurrent Yelper. This is not a private school in the sense that you are paying money to get your kid(s) a better education. The education standards here were on par with or lower than area public schools. This is a private school in the sense that you are paying money to shelter your kid(s) from new people, ideas, or experiences. When I graduated and moved on to UW- Madison I was disappointed to learn many of my public school peers were way ahead of me in terms of college credits. They had the options to take classes that transferred for college credit in a wide range of studies. No such option at lakeside at the time. If you choose to send your children here be aware that the faculty is selected more on a blind allegiance to all things Lutheran and way less on actual ability, credentials, or suitability to teach. Many of them graduated from oddball Lutheran colleges where saying you believe is all that's needed to graduate. In my time a teacher was caught viewing pornography...during a class...in front of students...and not fired. I had an algebra instructor who did not understand the subject matter he was teaching and could only work through formulas following the teachers manual exactly. As soon as one variable was moved in a way the book did not show he was lost. My English instructor thought there was only one possible interpretation of each reading assignment; the one given in the instructor copy. When pressed to defend or elaborate on the instructor copy interpretation....there was a blank stare...followed by a verbatim re reading of the instructor copy. There was a religion teacher who would never have been able to keep his job in a public school. Here his erratic and occasionally self harming outbursts were just brushed off as him being a real zealot for the faith; when the man clearly had some mental heath issues. We had a vice principal that was obsessed with the idea of teenage gangs. We were sheltered Christian school kids going to a private school in a tiny town surrounded by farms; but this guy somehow saw evidence of gang activity everywhere. One of the star football players got caught with a bunch of pot in his locker. That would have been a suspension at a minimum for anyone else. His infraction was quietly overlooked because winning the upcoming football game was more important. This is a place to shelter and hide, a place where horizons are limited. This is not a place to develop and expand a young mind. I graduated a long time ago but family obligations dragged me back to lakeside once more for a recent graduation. The commencement speech could be summed up as 'don't forget gay marriage sucks'. Not words of wisdom or encouragement, just one last shot at the society they see as changing for the wrong around them....proving nothing has changed at lakeside.

A great place for a quality Christian education. There are great facilities with an awesome staff…read morethat truly care about your children and their education and more importantly, their faith.