I have had two of my kids attend south hills one is currently enrolled and my other attended 5 years ago. I have nothing but great things to say about this Christian based preschool. Ms.Tina the director is so sweet and so very involved. My son missed almost a month of school due to a lot of things happening in our family and she personally reached out to make sure all was ok. My son who's attending his first year of preschool at south hills looks forward to going on his days. They do a great job sending pictures and letting you know how they did that day. Having 3 kids I have dabbled into different schools but we came back to south hills for many reasons. I know my child is safe, happy and thriving. It's a great preschool and I highly recommend. read more

STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCHOOL!! If you care about your kids safety then stay away!! This is a toxic environment with teachers that target kids by bullying them, singling them out and lying to parents. My children were victim of this, and kicked out by the "caring director", who is sly and misleading, for supposedly biting a classmate and wrestling during class. No video was given as support, no action while it supposedly happened, just "this happened, you're out!" I find it interesting 2 teachers in a class of 10 do not hear or see this happen, it just miraculously happened and good bye!! Our child was bullied and picked on by another teacher, and felt uncomfortable going to school. One of the teachers even decided she was a psychotherapist diagnosing our kids with disorders, that they do not have, as they are normal healthy children. Since leaving our children are thriving in school and have never had any "problems" since. I'm only writing this now, to warn others so another child isn't verbally abused!! read more

I would not recommend sending your child to this daycare. Trust is so critical when choosing a place to care for your toddler/child and this church daycare just can not be trusted. There is no transparency, no accountability and lack of compassion by too many staff members to be able to say children are being treated properly or lovingly. Don't take the risk and find a different preschool. read more

We love SHA and ALL of the staff, our 3 year old and 5 year old have been there for @ 1.5 years. Ms. Karla was AMAZING for our son who can be aggressive, he even hit his teacher once and Ms. Karla handled it with appropriate, and loving care. Every morning our son runs to Ms. Karla and gives her a big hug! It is so sweet to see him love his teacher. Ms. Laura and Stacy also have helped in his class and are caring and supportive. Our strong willed daughter did great with Ms. Griselda. She was prepared academically with letters, numbers, printing and cutting. We love Ms. Griselda. When I heard that SHA focused on STEM, I though no way could they do that with such young kids. But it is true! My daughter and son both love to build and their vocabulary has words I know I never taught them! My daughter once told me, "If you want to build a structure, you start with a foundation." I was amazed when I heard that. Ms. Nogah has been so helpful too, she is flexible and professional. She listens and supports. Every staff member greets our kids by name and the school is 5 stars! We love it there!! read more

My child has been attending South Hills Academy for the last 6 months, not only is the staff friendly, knowledgeable, loving and experts in preschool, they actually love my child and know who I am when I call. The other kids are amazing too; respectful, loving and share the same faith! Luke loves his friends & teachers. He learns so much about Jesus and regular academics! They take the time to individually teach Luke manners, speech, numbers etc. I have seen a huge improvement in my child's skills! They also grade the kids on skills and have parent teacher conferences that work around your schedule! Thank you to Miss Ariel for the outstanding care you provide my child! read more

Wow is just about all I can say about this school! My son attended SHA from age two through kindergarten. The classes were so much fun he misses his teachers already. The school teaches a good combination of developmental and academic skills while focusing on science. While at SHA, he learned all of his phonics, phonemic awareness, and reading. He is entering first grade performing at a high second grade level in reading. He is also strong in math. I also have to note that all of the staff treats all of the kids like family. Every staff member knows every child's name. My son always felt welcome by the staff. If you are considering South Hills, you can't go wrong. read more

My son, who is now in kindergarten at South Hills, has been attending since he was two and a half. All of the teachers and administrators have been fantastic over the years, all of them instrumental in foster my son's growing love for school. His current kindergarten teacher, Ms. Mary, has been a godsend; she is utterly amazing and has done a wonderful job giving him a broad foundation for his education. My wife and I believe that having the right fundamentals early on is essential for continuing success in their academic life. We could not have asked for a better school and teachers in that regard. SHA has been a wonderful choice for making sure that my son is way ahead of the curve when he goes into first grade next year. read more

Hello to all who are reading this review. Please know that it is based on my experience and not meant to paint a picture of what every family's experience will be or is now at South Hills Academy: My son attended SHA for about 8 months. I was very happy with his teachers, Miss Jessica & Miss Erika. They are pleasant, kind, patient & great with all of the kids. All of the teachers that I have come into contact with are awesome. Miss Stephanie is great as well, she heads the nutritional program and also the Parent Volunteer "Co-Pilot" team. She is very sweet, engaging and just a genuine person-- she works hard to create fun and educational experiences for the kids and makes sure they have a balanced and healthy snack and lunch each day. Miss Jessica, Ms. Erika and Miss Stephanie are all true assets to the SHA team! Overall we had a good experience at South Hills Academy. We ended up moving our child to a school closer to our home just recently, and I am very happy with that decision. Here are my thoughts: I wish I could rate 5 stars, however I was a bit put off by the lack of simple relational aspects that I experienced, including but not limited to, the fact that the Director of the school didn't say more than a few words to me for the duration of my child's time there, at least 8 months or so. I know she may have been busy, there are lots of parents in and out of the office everyday and I know that it is impossible for her to sit and converse with every person everyday-- I didn't expect that-- however, I believe that simple acknowledgement and engaging of students AND parents regularly during the school year would go a long way to make them feel like they matter and aren't just a tuition check every month. It would have been awesome if the school had more of a family like feel, which in my experience it lacked, out side of the teaching staff. I'm sure others will say that it did or does have that family feel for them and that is awesome! This is solely based on my personal experience while there. The cherry on top for me was that on my child's last day at the school, the Director simply said to him "Bye, good luck," (no, I'm not kidding!) and watched us walk away. I don't believe we would have even gotten that if she hadn't happened to walk out of the office at the same time we were leaving out the front gate. Sadly there was no acknowledgement of my child, no, "We'll miss you!" Or even a hug or hi-5, (I would think you that as the Director of the school she would make an effort to let that child know that they mattered to her? Guess not.) I will say say that the assistant Director was with her as we left and she did exactly that. I appreciated her acknowledging my little guy & giving him a hug and saying "we'll miss you!" it meant a lot. The Director simply stood and looked on from a few feet away. My son didn't think twice, he's only 4 and had no idea, but there was a lack of caring or nurturing toward him which was saddening & upsetting to me as his mother. Not everyone is warm and fuzzy, or completely outgoing in regard to relating to others, and I get that. Still, I was disappointed in the lack of engagement overall. As for our "last day" experience, I couldn't imagine running a school, knowing that a child was not returning, and not giving them a hug & a few kind words to let them (and the parents) know they mattered to you while they were in your care. Maybe that's just me, but I don't think it's too much to expect from any child care establishment, and considering SHA is a Christian preschool, I would also expect that loving like Jesus would be a running theme. I believe Jesus would have scooped my son up in his arms, acknowledged their time together, and sent him off knowing he was loved. Going forward, I truly hope that SHA will consider creating a more family like feel for all parents and students by engaging them outside of "hello" & "goodbye", and in my opinion it starts at "the top." Take time to ask how your families' experience at the school is going, or how their child is doing-- not having an hour long conversation-- but just simple courtesy & acknowledgement of others is always nice. If it can honestly be said that that is what is being practiced & created now, then perhaps my experience is completely unique, and I hope it is. As a side note, I made plenty of effort to get plugged in while at the school. I joined the Parent Co-Pilot Team, helping to plan events for the kids throughout the year, and was also Room Parent for my child's classroom, just to name a couple of ways. Even after getting involved, there was still a great feeling of disconnect. Such a bummer. All that said, I wish the best for anyone who chooses this school for their child, not a bad school, just not right for our family. read more

Everything about South Hills Academy is what a parents wants for their child. The staff are awesome and it's so obvious that they love what they do and truly care about the kids. My son is legitimately excited to go to school! He runs to his teacher on the play ground when we get there in the morning to give her a hug and he gets so excited, that's not something he's ever done at other schools or daycares. The staff is very attentive with the kids they notice little things that as a parent you'd totally miss and they communicate them to you. I love that the kids get to experience CHAPEL, with pastor Kellen and learn about God in such a fun and age appropriate way! I seriously love this school and I'm so happy that I chose to bring my son to South Hills Academy! read more

I cannot stress how happy my husband and I have been with South Hills Academy. We have 2 of our boys attending there now. Once my 5 year old goes to first grade, my youngest will be able to go. My kindergartener is already learning stuff from a public school's first grade class. He started reading in the beginning of kindergarten. He is already learning double digit addition and subtraction. The kindergarten's class room size is only 9 kids, so he gets a lot of individualized attention. My other son is in pre-k and he is already picking up his letters and numbers, stuff kids learn in kindergarten. Aside from the academic's, the school is itself is very personal and loving. Everyone at SHA loves my kids and cares for them. Gretchen makes it a point to know all the families, not just mine. After the Sandy Hook tragedy, SHA informed all the parents how devastated they were at this and made it a priority to revamped their security. They made it an extra effort to make us parents feel that our kids were safe in their care. I would recommend SHA to anyone who needs a loving, caring, attentive preschool for their children. read more

My wife and I toured South Hills for our three year old daughter. We decided to pass when we saw a teacher yelling at a student for spilling his cheerios on the ground. To us that was totally unacceptable to be yelling at a child for spilling something. These are very young children they are working with and this poor boy got yelled at for dropping his food. It broke our hearts and we quickly thanked them and moved on. read more

Worst customer service. I went in with my husband and daughter who was going to be enrolled. Great school. Looks well organized so I decided to sign my daughter to this preschool. So the next day they said they would call me back regarding her enrollment and availability for her. But no reply. I called them again I left Gretchen (the head director) a message. And still no reply. My husband called many times with a message and left messages from the admin people, but again no reply. A week has passed and no reply . Finally,, I got a hold of Gretchen and she said she has to leave for work. It's 12:30 noon. So she said she will get back to me the next business day or a couple of days later . Wtf. Seriously, they don't want my business. If this is the way they treat people, Im glad that I didn't enroll my daughter here. This place is way more expensive than other preschools and much snobbier and rude. read more

Unfortunately my family had a very bad experience at South Hills. I had gone to the church a couple times and liked it so I was very excited to start my 2 1/2 year old daughter at the preschool. It didn't take long for me to start seeing red flags with this school and her teacher. My daughter was in Mrs. Carla's class and she was nothing a preschool teacher should be. As a parent, you expect a preschool teacher to be loving, kind and nurturing and she had none of those qualities. At first I thought I was overreacting but then when I started playing school with my daughter at home and she started yelling at all her dolls and stuffed animals I became a little alarmed. She had never done this before and was yelling things that she could have only heard at school. In my opinion, a preschool teacher should not be yelling at her students. This was just the first of the red flags I would see. When I would drop my daughter off, I would notice that Mrs. Carla was no where to be found to greet her students and when I approached her about my daughter not liking a certain activity at school she was very cold and dismissive with me. If she was like this with me it made me wonder how she treated her students. I soon discovered that my daughter was scared of Mrs. Carla which was heartbreaking for me. This was her first experience with school and she was scared of her preschool teacher! I knew it wasn't just my daughter since she loved the assistants and other teacher. She spoke very fondly of them so I knew Mrs. Carla was clearly a poor teacher. When I approached the director, Mrs. Nogah, and Mrs. Carla about pulling my daughter out neither seemed too concerned. Initially, they didn't even ask me why. Eventually the director did ask why but seemed to have little interest in what I had to say. As for Mrs Carla, she didn't say one word to me the whole time. She didn't wish my daughter luck in the future, didn't apologize for it not working out, didn't ask why...NOTHING!!!! This only validated my suspicions that she had no interest in her students. I was so happy that I acted fast and took my daughter out quickly. I have never reviewed a business before but felt that this was too important to not share with other parents. There are a lot of Christian preschools to choose from and if you want a loving and Christian environment, then I would stay away from South Hills. I believe every good business/operation starts at the top so when you have a director who doesn't seem to care all that much about the students well being then you are going to have teachers who perform in the same manner. read more

My wife and I love this school. Gretchen and her staff are amazing! Normally I don't write reviews but I think they deserve it. I am a tough critic and I think this review is appropriate. Our son has been attending this Academy for the past two years and they've been nothing but helpful, respectful, attentive, and just very loving to our family and to our son. The cool thing is they don't treat our child like just another student. They treat him like he's family and that's what we love about this place. Every day everyone seems to be in a good mood and very helpful. They actually care about what they do. We have had the pleasure to have our son in teacher Melissa's classroom and with Miss Mary in the previuos year, and they both were awesome he learned so much, he loved his teachers and he looked forward to going to school. I am big on value and price and they far exceeded my expectations in both areas. We have tried other schools locally and Southhills in my opinion is by far the best preschool/day care in Corona. I can honestly say that we will miss them as our son moves to his next level in education. read more

My child attends this preschool... after visiting several preschools and trying one of the commercial chain preschools, we found an amazing gem in South Hills Academy. I cannot say enough good things about SHA! The staff and teachers are so caring - they never let a student sit there and cry (unlike other programs). Each class is staffed with multiple teachers to ensure a good student-to-teacher ratio, so that if one kid is having a difficult time, there is a teacher to help her, stay with her, take her for a walk. They intentionally keep the class size small to maintain a good ratio and ensure each student gets individualized attention. The curriculum is great - the students are engaged and interested always. There is a good mix of outdoor time, physical activity, learning time and play time. Parents are allowed to volunteer. There is an open door policy - parents can drop in any time or call. Every teacher knows every child's name - it's amazing. There are ample security measures in place to provide for each child's safety. The director and assistant director are excellent about communicating with families through calls, notices, emails, Facebook and twitter. This school is truly a hidden gem and a great blessing to our family. read more