Brookhaven Academy

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• March 2025 by mariapaz jaramillo
  I am happy to know that my son is in good hands with each of the teachers at Brookhaven, they always show their love and affection towards all the children.
• March 2025 by putra ariwangsa
  It was really hard for me mentally at the beginning to leave my child in a daycare, I am sure every mother feels the struggle, but after we found Brookhaven Academy i see how much it benefits my kids. They learn so much there, now even my three year old has her support group of other three year olds 😀. The staff is really caring and nurturing, it takes a village to raise a child and I have found mine. Highly recommend.
• March 2025 by Maria Fimbres
  The level of care this school shows is beyond average. They are like family! My boys love going to school! I love that is a curriculum based school with additional languages taught. My 4 yr old talks to me in Chinese (he has to explain what he's saying since I don't). Before we leave the school my 2 yr old has to run into every classroom and give each teacher a hug. Can't sing enough praises we found this gem!
• March 2025 by Shell Chiem
  I can't express how thankful I am for each one of these ladies for taking such outstanding care of my kiddo. Every person at Brookhaven is so kind and everyone works so well together. They really go above and beyond to teach your child and not just babysit them. My kiddo is excited to come every day and loves his teachers!
• December 2022 by Heather Hester
  Brookhaven Academy is an amazing place for children! My son has attended since he was 12 weeks old. The staff are loving, nurturing, kind, and truly enjoy their jobs! My son has greatly benefited from the educational curriculum they use. He learns different languages, art, culture, karate, and participates in global celebrations! Recently, Brookhaven started offering Parents Night Out once a month. As busy hardworking parents who don’t have babysitters readily available, this has been a blessing to have 3 1/2 hours on a Friday night alone to invest in our marriage! I highly recommend Brookhaven Academy! ?
• December 2019 by Taylor Jones
  Both of my children (6 and3) attended Brookhaven. My 6 year old attended before he started kindergarten and the summer before kindergarten and he liked it just fine.The first problem we had, was when a staff member at Brookhaven allowed a woman I have never met (she is a friend of my ex husband but I have never seen her, talked to her, or met her) to pick up both of my children!!! WITH OUT MY KNOWLEDGE! My ex husband and I have a pick up schedule that Brookhaven was aware of and it was not even a day that my ex husband was supposed to pick up. I didn’t call the school and neither did my ex to make any arrangements for anyone to pick up. My ex husband texted me when I was on my way home and asked my why his friend’s had the boys. I was so confused so I called Brookhaven and asked where my kids were and I was told that my “ex husband’s sister” had picked them up. They didn’t check ID or their pick up list. They didn’t even call me or my ex husband to confirm. They just released my children to a complete strange! I was a horrible situation. I should have pulled them out of Brookhaven right then! But after much thought and reassurance from the director and the staff that nothing like that would never happen again and they promised my boys would be safe, I gave them another chance. (My boys had been through a lot over the previous year and I wanted them to have stability not another change!)My oldest son started kindergarten and went to kids club, however, my 3 year old still attended Brookhaven.Everything was fine for a few months but then I started noticing some changes in my son. He HATED going to Brookhaven and cried every morning at drop off. My son has a bit of a speech delay so he isn’t as verbal as you average 3 year old. Not to mention the fact that he just turned 3 in Dec. Towards the end of our time at Brookhaven, I was getting a phone call or a report everyday saying my son had done something (bit another child, hit, kicked, etc.) I also started to notice my son had bite marks, scratches, and unusual marks on him. I asked the staff about the marks and I was always told that they didn’t know what happened. I decided it was best for our family to find a new school.We are now attending a our new school and my 3 years has not gotten in to any trouble AT ALL. I am told by his new teach everyday what a joy he is to have in class and how he is such a sweet, helpful boy. My son runs into his new school and he is so happy to be there! He is like a complete different kid!I really wish I would have seen how miserable he was at Brookhaven and gotten him out sooner! I should have paid attention to the red flags!
• December 2019 by Estefani Santana
  Brookhaven AcademyBefore I start I would like to say that this was just my experience with this school. This does not mean that is a bad school, however unfortunately the Brookhaven School did not meet my expectations.My son has been going through a difficult phase at this time, even still he was expelled from their program. He is a good boy, but he had a diffucult time adapting to the new envirimnent and progtam. He had the common defense reaction that every 2-year-old starts to have. He needed to be taught how to deal with his own feelings (when understood). My expectations was that an adult to solve problems that they he alone can not.I already got calls to pick up my son simply because he did not want to sleep. (Yes he has a different schedule from other families). Usually my son is tired at 3pm in the afternoon. I did everything I could to keep my son following the rhythm of school.For example, my husband leaves at 7 in the morning to go to work, to return home at 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening. and for this reason I did not have time to put my son in bed at 7. (when I get home from work after picking him up from school). Considering I still have dinner to cook, clothes to wash, and to leave my son awake so that he sees his father every day. Because of this he goes to sleep at 9, to wake up the next morning.As such my first disappointment started when the school could not understand my son not wanting to sleep, and call me to quit my job, and go get my son when they were trying to make him sleep and begans crying.In addition, I advise you to take pictures of any scratches your child may have. I have often seen my son injured and have not taken pictures. For example, I've seen scratches, a bump on the forehead, scratches on the back and close to the eyes.The school advised me that my son pushed another child, which was wrong)however he should have explained to me why he did it. (I do not want to defend his mistake) But I can only understand the reasons to teach him when he himself tells me what happens, like the children were kicking the toys that was in his hand.He speaks Portuguese and speaks English. We have already received a written message from the school saying that my son was BULLYING because my son repeated the name of another child. When I'm actuality she only cried because she did not understand what he was saying. What he was actually telling her was that she could not hit him.Unfortunately with these events I do not feel that the school has a sense of a 2 year olds early child development.My son can hardly explain his feelings in Portuguese, so little in English.What makes me more disappointed is that when my son arrived with a bump on the forehead purple ,nobody could tell me what happened. when he arrived with scratches on his back, no one told me that this had happened. but they are the first to complain when my child does something wrong. Without understanding what is happening to him either.Finally, we arrived at a time when my son cried to not enter the school, he constantly asked me to change schools. But I believed it was "a child's thing," because when he's not in school he's with me at home.he told me that he wanted to go to another school to be "a good boy", because in this school he was not a "good boy".this is a bit of our expectation in 4 months at this school.For me the ideal would be for the child to enter school already knowing how to speak well and express himself so that parents can better follow their children in school.??
• December 2018 by E. Cortez
  My son has been attending this daycare for 3 years now. He loves the daycare and seeing his friends and teachers. They are all amazing. During the school year the daycare bus picks him up from school. With all the hectic and stress from work I at least have my mind at ease knowing the my child is being well taken care of. Mrs. Rachel is so nice and compassionate and she sincerely cares about all the kids and them staying busy and active while also learning. The staff there hasn’t changed they are very dedicated. I highly recommend this daycare to parents. I truly am thankful for this daycare and staff.
• December 2018 by Lilian Trent
  A warm and friendly environment. This is the third preschool we tried and it turns out to be the best choice for our son. Our son's learning and behavior improved tremendously. We couldn't thank his teachers enough. Great choice!
• December 2018 by Megan Castaneda
  This school is amazing. Our daughter started here two years ago. She made so many friends here and learned so much in just two years. She is always singing (sometimes in Chinese!) when driving home from the school.
• December 2018 by Wylie Children's Dentistry
  Great place ! Very clean and kids love it here.
• December 2015 by S. Lin
  I can't say enough about this school! The entire staff is very caring, very responsive and communicates very well with the parents, They are always willing to check on the kids and give you updates, my 4 year old daughter loves her teachers, she looks forward to going to school every day and always has a smile on her face when I come to pick her up. my husband and I are very impressed by the performance of our daughter ever since she has enrolled into this school! Highly recommend to anyone!!!
• December 2013 by Aries Webb-Williams
  I would select no stars but that isn't an option. I was referred to this school by a co-worker. My sons will be 2 and 4 and I was looking for a school with more hours and summer care. When I saw the website and spoke to Dr. Wong (owner) on the phone I was very impressed. My husband, mom, and I went to visit the school last week. Within the first 5 minutes in the building my mom made a comment, "I've seen enough". She had see one of the teachers yelling at a child in the 2 year old class. We continued with the tour but my mom lingered behind to check this teacher out. We walked into her classroom and she was slow talking, the kids looked like zombies, they weren't doing anything productive, and they looked very scared. While Dr. Wong took us on the tour, I kept my eye on this classroom. We observed a teacher in the Taekwondo class send a little boy out and told them to bring him to Ms. Sirah (the same teacher that was yelling). He was about 4 and she was the 2 year old teacher. When he got into the classroom she grabbed him by the arm and started yelling at him. My mom asked one of the admins if this teacher was the school disciplinarian. She said, "Yes, we send the problem children to her when they act up." During the visit my mom said she saw this woman physically spank two children on the bottom. I saw her aggressively grab multiple children. We left out of there and we were in agreement that our children would never attend this school. I called Dr. Wong today and told him of what we observed and why we decided to not enroll our children, he tried to act surprised by the information. He told me that they don't use her as the disciplinarian, but I immediately corrected him and let him know that we saw them send the kids in to be disciplined. I think these parents need to know that their children are being physically abused.