Favorite team of people, our kids are in great care when they go. When they're old enough for…read moreschool we will miss this place!

The issues I have fall in three main camps…read more 1- Communication! If you tell one staff member something, it doesn't mean they're going to write it down or share it with others. I spent so much time informing various staff about different things for my daughters care and would still get a call from the owner asking questions. At one point, surrounding the issue of why we were basically asked to leave, the owner Mary Lynn even told me that I should have called her back not her staff because as a childcare facility they do not have time to always be checking in with each other so if you talk to one staff member you need to follow up with that same person. But when I called during my workday her daughter was available and I spoke with her and she said she would relay that information to the rest of the staff. It is a huge red flag to me that they can't communicate, and I have examples of this over three or four instances. 2-Vaccine policies. To their credit, in their policies they are up front with the fact that, the owner specifically, does not agree with the vaccine schedule for children. The policies ask parents to be informed about vaccines, and they say if you choose to vaccinate that they have policies they ask you to follow. For example after regular vaccines your child cannot be at school for one whole day, for the flu vaccine they need to be out for a week. We knew this going into it, and I was OK with it because I can respect their stance however as a paying customer I expect them to respect my stance. About a mouth in my daughter had a small mark on her thigh, that was not bothering her was not infected or anything. I got a call in the middle of the day during my work to ask if my daughter had gotten a vaccine that I had not reported because of this mark. I was reminded to always be honest when she get vaccines and update the form. I said I know and that she is not due for vaccines until her one year appointment and that I would update at that time. Then when she did get her vaccines I made a second appointment to accommodate their policy, I informed three separate teachers that I made a separate appointment and my daughter was out for three days. I brought the filled out medical form on the day she returned. And I still got a call from the owner confirming the vaccines. Anytime she was acting tired, or when she had a blowout the owner said "this could be from her vaccines last week". It got very old very quickly. I'm sure some parents lie or don't turn in forms etc, but I never showed any signs of this yet I was still treated like a liar. I believe they do not want vaccinated children in their center and that they will find issues until you leave. 3. Meal plan. Their meal plan is very sad. Almost no protein, oatmeal twice a week at least for lunch and lots of jelly sandwiches. The other issue is they have a morning snack at 8:30 and lunch at 10:30. So if your child eats breakfast around say 7am- by 11am they've had three meals basically. The issue that caused us to leave is the owner believed our 1 yr old pooped too much. Mary thought milk was the issue- I wanted to time to explore, talk to a pediatrician because I didn't notice excess pooping when she was with us or with my our other childcare. We couldn't agree on a plan so we ended up leaving. Three or four days not being on the meal plan and eating so much my daughter's stools went back to her norm. I would not recommend this daycare based on my experience and though the teachers do seem great and the children are well cared for, my experience was less than positive.

My son started at Orchard Lane in Kindergarten and is now in sixth grade. I've been really…read moreimpressed with the school overall. The teachers are highly qualified, hard working, and most do a great job communicating with parents --classroom newsletters, emails when needed, a schoolwide weekly newsletter. The curriculum seems good; my son has learned a lot. There's opportunity to go ahead if a challenge is needed (like taking a higher math level). My son has had small class sizes every year except one. Students have many arts options. In addition to regular art and music, the older grades can participate in choir, orchestra, band, or school play and these teachers do an excellent job. Sometimes there are after-school clubs offered, like Pokemon club or learning another language. The PTA (it's called Parent Faculty Council here) does a fantastic job and puts on fun events for the kids, pays for classroom field trips and school wide activities during the school day as well as hosting optional evening events (arts showcase, movie night, roller skating, trunk or treat, etc.) The PFC has a main fundraiser in the fall and your child (meaning you) will be asked to participate. It's for a good cause but if you hate fundraising, maybe just donate to it yourself. I feel that this school, like most schools in this country, could use more funding and the staff higher salaries -- but that's not specific to Orchard Lane. Our family hasn't needed to use more formalized plans or additional services for academic or behavior issues but I know they are available. The teachers have worked with us informally on getting behavior where it needs to be (trouble sitting still, overly talkative, blurting out answers and so on). I think there are plans in the future to add an outdoor/nature classroom and to update the playground. These may be expensive projects so I have no idea of a timeline -- but something to look forward to.

Best school ever but on school picture day they thought my brother was another person and when we…read moregot our school pictures a week or two later they had someone else's picture for my picture but they fixed it

My drop off dates where approved for the beginning of March. Originally email was sent at the end…read moreof February. I get an email today (Tuesday) that they are not able to accommodate my child for Thursday and the following week. This is unacceptable since it was approved. Now my children have no daycare and I will be forced to take off of work!

We moved to Milwaukee last year and really love how our toddler has grown while attending…read moreMilestones at the Indian Hill location. The school has access to a prairie and she LOVES being outdoors! The teachers are attentive and really seem to know my toddler's little quirks and learning style. I am happy to have her here and would recommend the school to everyone.

After much consideration we decided to send our 4 year old to 4K at DMA. We are so happy we did. It…read moreis such a wonderful community and the office staff to the teachers are so friendly. You can tell they all really love what they do and truly care for the kids. Definitely come in for a tour if you are thinking about sending your little one to a Montessori School!

Just finished our first year at CELA and I can't describe how happy I am to have found this school…read more For my family, it's essential that we have a Christ-teaching school and honor our country throughout the year. CELA hits those marks and more! It's truly a cozy family oriented school and parents are always invited to the classroom/events throughout the year. The education is top notch and so are the students. Both of my kids have made amazing friendships already and the parents are just as great. We definitely found our home in CELA!

We started at CELA fall of 2022 and my daughter absolutely loves it! She looks forward to school…read moreevery single day and her teacher is the absolute best. The teaching of Christian values and chapel services have been great and engaging. She sings all the time now about Jesus and helping friends. It has been so sweet watching her grow the last few months.

This is for the CHURCH, not the school…read more Pastor Wayne Van Gelderen, Jr. is an awesome local BAPTIST church preacher in the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church history. His late father devoted his life to the fundamentalist BAPTIST Cause. I am more worldly than they would, God bless them, permit in their members. Yet his dear wife, might have been Pastor Wayne or one of his two evangelist brothers who made the marvelous point, if some of your church members attire doesn't bother you, you're not evangelizing enough. Led my first lady to the LORD biblically here. Will see them all in heaven. LOVE this church, its preaching (it challenges you, right?) and the godly wonderful music. Plenty of free parking. Note: In the wintertime when it's snowing, no worries. That's normal around here. The church's menfolk will have been snow blowing and shoveling out the parking lot. You'll can still go to church here with snow on the ground. The church will be open. Not MANY yelpers will love it here. But just a few will. God bless you.

My son attends the church and the academy. We love it here! Small class sizes and great teaching!…read moreThey preach the word of God from the KJV and they do stand by biblical principles!

Cady's Kids was a trusted center for my daughter as an infant and toddler. The staff was trusted…read morewith my most prize possession, and I always felt safe and secure knowing she was in their care. Ms. Jessie and Ms. KeCe run a top notch establishment. I'd highly recommend them for your child care needs.

I am not sure who runs this place. Not what I expected from a 5 star Childcare center at all. Very…read moreunprofessional. Inexperienced, and to top things off I think its 2 years ago that they had been rated 5 stars. The Owner by the name of Jessica has a very inexperienced Director who's very attitudinal and rude!! Her name is Cese who had the audacity to comfort me about an issue in front of her staff very aggressively than got an attitude when I responded to her yet still as a professional, in hopes that she would calm down, but no she continued. When I called to voice my issue with the way she had addressed me before going to my job where I services clients every day on how to remain professional. She took the side of her Director as excepted.. I thought I would get a more professional environment dealing with this Childcare center, total opposite. The staff are very inappropriately dressed, I wasn't sure who my child was with at times because the attire is so relaxed. Just an awful experience. I wouldn't recommend this Haunted House to any one. The kids seemed possessed and brainwashed with no personality, and I am speaking of 2yr olds. We only lasted a few weeks. Be wised when choosing Childcare for your Kids. Everything that says 5 star just isn't!! Pleased to say that my child will enroll into an much better Development Center next week. Thanks Cadys Kids, but no Thanks!

both of my kids have gone here and the results are great…read more their initial assessment shows what is really going on with my kids and then they put a plan in place to help them improve. I've never seen detail as I saw in the assessment. I've also never seen results like my kids got. My neighbor asked "who is that kid" because her personality blossomed so much.