I did not think I would be writing this First day! Today was the very first day of school ever for my son. He is 4 going to turn 5 on Sept. 1st to make him eligible for either pre-k or kindergarten. After taking a tour it was decided he would be placed in the kindergarten class based upon his age. I feel personally he is too young considering he has never been away from me before and we are not from Florida. The tour deceived me to be honest. When my husband and i took him to school there was nothing normal about it. Nothing welcoming about it. Coming from New York this was something we were just not used to considering even the other schools the children were attending in our neighborhood had meet n greets with their teachers. I don't even know the teachers name at Grace Community. Bizarre. The people we saw today were all different from when we took the tour back in April. But he was so excited. Sat down and said hello to everyone but clearly overwhelmed by all the kids. He didn't even cry he was so excited. 90 minutes later we received a call that he was just having too much fun it was distracting. It's the first day. I honestly find it disturbing that a school that even has a daycare cannot control my child who isn't hyper and doesn't behave badly ever in that short of amount of time. I heard no mention of a tantrum or anything. Never heard of such a thing. Maybe talk to me about it after school if it's such a problem? They inform me that he was laughing and wrote on another child's paper. He is 4! Oh my goodness How horrible! I think of The horror stories I have heard about bullying and kids beating other kids from other parents and my kid wrote on another kids paper. Hope the other kid is alright! I am told that how they handle this is I have to come in for the next couple of days to work with him when they get paid weekly to work with children. And if this doesn't work, he will be suspended at 4 years old. My jaw dropped I picked him up. This was not going to happen. He was labeled the bad boy in front of other kids who told me my child was bad because they don't know any better and they absorb their surroundings. I realize we are living in a world where children are rushed to become robots or whatever they are trying to do but they are kids. Sorry he was excited, maybe smiled, laughed and is cute. He is 4 years old! He is extremely animated. My son can read, I have been working with him a lot. He needs to socialize that's the biggest thing. What ever happened to compassion. A little girl pointed and told me he was bad. Nice. Definitely made an example of my son within the first hour of school for him ever. They gave me not one indication of him behaving badly. I don't like to call children "Bad" but I am well aware of when a child is behaving badly. I babysat my entire upbringing for multiple families. I've met the wild into everything boy. He grew up to be just fine and he wasn't "Bad" and he was way more hyper than my son. Trust me I am well aware of a kid that you cannot control. That isn't my son. It was the first day of school ever for him. These people just don't care. Perhaps we could have discussed putting him in pre k. Instead they are trying to get rid of you because they want children who will just sit there and keep their mouths shut. This is not the right fit for anyone who truly cares for their child and wants their kids to thrive. So run far away. I am heartbroken for my son and truly disgusted. It is hard enough not being from here let alone trying to raise a little boy in a world completely different from the world you were raised in. FYI considering another child was suspended in another review for literally nothing other than being an innocent precious child, Very telling. I am so sorry to that other parent that had to deal with that also. Just awful. After leaving a review on google along with many other terrible reviews, the (owner) wrote a response that claims they have to keep the other children safe. Be that as it may, they gave me absolutely no explanation of my son being dangerous to anyone. He plays and interacts with other children just fine. This is absolutely crazy. 45 kids to a class with one teacher is completely outrageous. Doing more research and all I see is that this "school" if you even want to call it one is not DCF accredited but by some organization the founder is a member of. There was no explanation for that outrageous response. They r pretending to be a school. Im stopping payment for the 90 minutes you had my child. I sincerely regret not listening to other moms! You are an abomination to child care and early childhood education . Should be ashamed I am reporting you. I assumed a Christian school would be more empathetic. I assumed wrong. read more

We are so happy with Grace Community! My daughter loves it there, she is always happy, and her teachers are always sweet. I don't know how they do that everyday! God bless them and everyone at Grace. We are blessed to be there. read more

My Grandson used to have a babysitter, but I wanted him to receive an education. Grace Community Schools became the answer to my prayers! The Christian-based education and meals received alone would have made the affordable tuition worthwhile, but the loving family atmosphere that Ms. Patricia and her team at North Fort Myers provide both my grandson and I through some difficult times made me decide to not move him when he is 3 to my local church, but remain here in their loving arms! read more

Not the type of person to leave negative reviews, but....... Please rethink taking your child here. I moved here from Miami hoping for a better daycare environment. I chose this one because of their "Christian beliefs" me being a Christian, this felt very promising and of course the price was right. Here are a few Pros and Cons Pros: They have an 8 week introductory $75/week which helped immensely Cons: Dirty, unfriendly staff, kids are not attended to properly (my 3 year old daughter was left with a pamper on all day, the pampers I left in her bag were meant only for nap time in case of accidents, she is potty trained!!) her shoes were on backwards sometimes, missing socks created blisters on her feet and her underwear had poop stains on them, (not only on the inside) the teacher would speak only in Spanish(my Spanish is not the best, she used terms for pee and poop that I never heard of, she had to TRY and translate) apart from paying your tuition. there is refrigerator and snacks conveniently right at the entrance/exit so that you can buy for your kids... if you have kids you know they always want snacks or drinks even if they were not hungry or thirsty.... this added $10/$15 more a week. Kids would occasionally sneak out of the classroom all the way to the lobby( happen to catch my daughter in the front lobby, while the teacher was in the classroom) I consoled a mom in the parking lot, she was crying because the teacher leaving her 8month old daughter in a soiled pamper causing raw blistering....these are only the few things I can think of... read more

We love this school and so do my children. My twins have been going there for close to 2 years now. Having our preemie twins start daycare when I went back to work was nerve wrecking. We enrolled them in another daycare that their cousin went to and it was horrible. They were always crying when I dropped them off and crying when I picked them up. We pulled them after a month. We finally enrolled them at Grace Community in North Fort Myers and we absolutely love it. Our twins are always happy to go to school and never cry when we drop them off. When we pick them up they are always having fun and not wanting to leave. They go into every classroom to tell all the teachers bye and we will see you later. They are always bringing home crafts and singing songs they learned at school. Grace Community was a Godsend for us! read more