ILA has helped nurture and development both my children from day care through pre-K. The teachers,…read morefaculty, and leadership provided our family an amazing foundation to build on. We could not have asked for a better partner in these last 7 years!

Before enrolling our daughter in 3rd grade, we specifically asked whether a child with no French…read morebackground could succeed at ILA. We were assured that she could and were encouraged to enroll. Unfortunately, our experience was very different. We repeatedly tried to contact our daughter's teacher, Françoise Coulon Lantz, to ask how we could support a beginner French learner at home. Communication did not occur until I showed up in-person requesting a meeting. During that meeting, she described our daughter as not knowing her purpose at school and acting "goofy." She then said many students had French-speaking parents, grandparents, or connections to France and asked, "What do you have?" As multilingual immigrants, this was surprising. I speak four languages and my husband speaks seven. We have never been asked to justify learning a language based on ancestry or cultural ties. We believe language education should be open to all children. Our daughter became afraid to ask questions, felt singled out at snack time, and excluded from classroom activities shared with parents in group chat. She was also expected to request restroom permission in French despite being a beginner, which often left her afraid to speak up! We also had concerning interactions with Pierre Burthey, who said families typically attend ILA due to French cultural ties or the ability to afford private school, then asked which applied to us. He also suggested our daughter might be better suited for public school. The impact on our daughter was significant. By the end of the fall term, she was anxious about attending school and often resisted going. We withdrew her. After winter break, the school created an individualized plan with other teacher replacing Françoise, and she thrived--regaining confidence and enjoying learning again. After three month, we were told by Pierre of his decision: our daughter is required to return to Françoise's class despite her distress. When we raised concerns, we felt dismissed and withdrew her that day. We are grateful to Valentin Raclot, Scott Murphy, Beatriz Ruiz, Valérie Rogers, Daour Mboup, Marc Bescond, Bayel Sarr, and Colin Labelle for their professionalism, kindness, and support. However, our overall experience at the 3rd-5th grade level was overwhelmingly negative. Families with children entering French immersion without prior experience should carefully consider whether this environment is the right fit. For our family, it was a nightmare!

I've heard good things about this school and met a teacher that worked here and she said "It's all…read moreabout money at this school." I didn't believe her, but now I certainly do now! We decided to send our daughter here and put a $1000 deposit down and there was a waitlist. We decided to not send her that year, but for the following year. No one had told us that we would lose our $1000 deposit, nor did they tell us we needed to put down another $1000 again to hold my daughters place on another waitlist. After phone calls and emails to get her enrolled no one has ever gotten back to me. I had spoken to the director, Michelle and she never got back to me if there's room or if my daughter would even go to this school. No communication at all! This school didn't have a problem cashing my $1000 check but they have a problem with how they treat people that want to enroll their children there. After 5 months of complaining, they magically have an opening. My husband said, "do you really trust them with our child?" My thoughts are no. I'm a strong believer in "everything starts from the top". If the director of the school sets that kind of tone for the school, I'm not interested. I don't think anyone else should be either.

I found CHA through a referral and my daughter started going at 13 months and my son at 4. CHA has…read morebeen a blessing. Every day my kids are excited to go to school, are surrounded by warm, loving and skilled teachers and are thriving. There is nothing better than knowing my children are in this great environment while I work! I am so grateful for every staff member at CHA!

Their policies is horrible this place charges you for days that your children don't go And hide…read morebehind policies to keep your money It closed without giving notice and then no refused or credit A-day be careful which day care you pick

We feel fortunate to have found this place! The owners Nancy and Charisse are the best! The staff…read morehas always been loving with our son and they have nicely arranged classrooms. Big selling point to this place is the huge outdoor area with full sun and a covered area for rainy days or when the kids need shade.

My daughter went here when she was younger and it is such a wonderful school. They treat you like…read morefamily! It was a very sad day when my daughter was finally too old to go there any more, but she made wonderful memories and friends while she was there. The summer programs are great too...never a shortage of activities for the kids to do.

Such a wonderful place for my niece. The staff are so friendly and caring. They give the kids so…read moremuch love. Every time I go in I'm treated like family and so is my niece. I love this place and if I were ever to have kids I would definitely have them go to this daycare.

Our daughter has been attending the daycare this month. I cannot say enough good things about this…read moredaycare in Lake Oswego. Yelena has helped so much with continuing what we've been doing at home with potty training. We feel that Yelena and Ray really love our daughter and get her little personality, quirks and all. Yelena understands early child development and has structured activities that are ideal for toddlers. It is a small daycare and the kids get lots of attention. The outdoor space in the back of the daycare itself is a great bonus. We are excited for more families to join the fun. Yelena speaks Russian and Ray speaks French so it's awesome to have this diversity in languages if you choose to. We Highly recommended it.

My son has been going to Toddzland for the past few months and we could not be happier! Yelena is…read morewonderful and takes such good care of him. Would highly recommend to any family looking for a safe, clean and wonderful daycare experience!

Summer and Fall 2022 were a MESS. No consistency in staffing. Multiple school directors left in a…read morefew months. Regional Director is fully corporate and clearly focussed on the $$ for profit bottom line. Little understanding of positive behavior supports. Archaic behavior management consequences in place. Low skilled staff. A fancy curriculum is marketed but in reality, not implemented with fidelity. Very little formal preschool learning took place. And shockingly... one of the most expensive sites nearby. We pulled our kids after 4/5 months of waiting for it to improve.

This school is everything I hoped for and more! after trying out a couple other schools in the area…read morewe found touchstone and absolutely love it here for our daughter.

$50 application fee hurts, for the first time. But it's one time so I can look past. My son and his…read morecousin needed child care when our daycare was closed down for "teacher training" I filled out a form and got a call that day. I needed childcare the following day and Yayaa called me the same day I registered and schedule a time to come. Yayaa was super prompt and very professional. She's amazing with both my son and his cousin, she's an amazing care taker and she also cleaned up after herself and the kids. Put all the toys away and even wiped down the kitchen counter and my sons high chair. Yayaa is really friendly and super easy to talk to! I want her to come back all the time, in fact if my son wasn't in daycare I would want her to be my sons permanent nanny! Please don't bombard her with requests for childcare because I want her to use her service!!! Highly recommend this agency and this nanny!!!

Two stars for the fact that they did call me right away and send me a few word docs on how much to…read morepay their nannies, sample questions and tax information. However, that's not what I'm looking for and not what I paid $100 to them for. I still haven't received ONE nanny application three weeks later. What services did you provide me for that money? Feels like a scam and I wouldn't recommend this nanny agency.