The Goddard School of Weston 2 North Avenue, Weston, MA 02493

"We LOVE the Goddard School, Weston. Our daughter, who is in 3rd grade constantly tells us that it was her favorite school ever! Our son, just graduated from the school to start kindergarten. He was very nervous and sad to leave. Leaving this school was harder than the actual milestone of starting kindergarten at a new school. The facility is new (5 years old). We have been with them from the beginning. The inside of the school is clean, inviting, and is in a super convenient location. We can't say enough about the Staff and the Teachers. They are all so warm and loving. They honored all of my nervous “new Mom” requests, especially in the early days when I was so cautious about leaving my first child. The curriculum was age appropriate for each stage our children were in and prepared them well to start elementary school. The school was truly a blessing for us. When the ups and downs of life got crazy, the Goddard School was the one consistent and dependable factor. We are incredibly grateful for the love and support over the years as well as the lifelong friendships we developed with other parents, teachers, and faculty."

"My daughter graduated from preK at Goddard in June 2021 and has just started Kindergarten in another school. She stayed at Goddard for 3 years and I highly recommend it! She loved to go to the school, since the very beginning. The school facility is new, well structured and has a lot of space for outdoor play. All classrooms have its own bathroom, which are very clean and easy for our little ones to access and learn to go potty. All the teachers are really great, patient, loving and skilled to develop new skills. My daughter has significantly developed while at school, and even the Kindergarten teacher recognized how advanced she is (she can already read and write words on her own before K). Another plus is that the owners and the school directors are always at site, they are fast in communications and in resolving any issues. School is very clean and they implemented measures to be covid safe. We had a wonderful experience and already miss the school!"

"We started our son at The Goddard School in Weston right after his first birthday. Almost a year later it has become our son's home away from home! He is so happy to go to school every day. The owners, Sally and Firas, and all the teachers at Goddard School give my son loving and thoughtful care. I am able to go to work and feel confident that my son is in good hands and experiencing, exploring and learning new things. The team at Goddard Weston goes above and beyond to make this school a special place. They coordinate theme days and visitors to enhance the curriculum and have opportunities for grandparents and parents to come in to participate in seasonal events. I appreciate the daily updates via the Tadpoles email. I am able to see my son's nap time, diaper changes, what he ate for lunch and what kinds of activities they did throughout the day. They even include daily photos of our son. It is such a nice documentation of his development, and grandparents love to see the emails too! The minute you walk through the doors you can see the care and pride the owners and teachers take in their school. Art work and photos of smiling children line the walls of the hallways and classroom doors. Jen, the director, is there to greet with a smile and is always available to chat or address any daily concerns. Both the classrooms and outdoor play yards are clean, bright and beautiful. Each classroom is age appropriate and designed to meet the needs of the children they serve. The Goddard School Weston stands out above the rest. Their attention to detail, loving care and community outreach make Goddard a place I feel proud for our family to be a part of."

"Our son started at the Goddard School in Weston when he was 4 months old and has recently graduated from the Infancy room to the First Steps classroom. I have found great comfort in the competency and caring nature of all of his teachers and the staff. The teachers are on top of all his needs and also provide a rich learning environment with story time, art projects, yoga, obstacle courses, learning sign language, outdoor exploring, etc. The teachers are eager to share his learning and developmental progress with us at the end of each day. Our son is excited to go to school and clearly enjoys playing with his friends. On a practical note, the school has been designed to make it as easy as possible for busy parents. A few examples include: the teachers welcome the students with open arms at the beginning of the day- easing the transition of getting settled and the parent departing; the school washes the crib sheets daily; the teachers send electronic daily reports detailing meals, naps, bathroom, fun learning activities and snapshots taken throughout the day; the teachers notify and send reminders to parents of needed clothes, food, and bottles; the school hosts monthly kid nights so that parents can enjoy a night out! I am grateful for the care that my son receives and also for the peace of mind I have leaving him at the Goddard School."

"We deeply regret that we enrolled our son in this pre-school, being under the impression that all locations of the Goddard School provide excellent educational and social experience. The Braintree location of the Goddard School provided our son with excellent educational and social experience. however, his experience in the Weston location of the Goddard School was traumatizing. Most of his days in this pre-school were painful, unhappy and unsatisfactory. He spent most of his time in a Privacy Cube, which the school management also calls a Safety Zone. There were only 4-5 kids in the Pre-K classroom and neither teachers, nor owners have any common sense in providing safe, educational and nurturing atmosphere for students. The Director of the pre-school was the only person, who we felt comfortable to communicate with, however, the owners never let us communicate with the Director without their presence. When we brought our concerns on our son spending his time in the privacy cube all day and always being upset because he was frequently hit by other kids and toys were often snatched away from him, the owners took it personal and behaved extremely self-defensive and rude because the kids who were not behaving well were their own twins. As professionals in the fields of education and science, we do realize that it is common among four-year-old kids to take toys away, hit and push. However, our son was facing it every day and one of the owners said that hitting is normal behavior. Unfortunately, we do not agree with this statement because we do not want our child to be hurt as he is not used to being hit and pushed. We were also concerned that eventually he would copy the same behavior. We tried to talk to the management about the privacy cube/safety zone because we think that students should feel safe in their classroom and school overall, instead of looking for a "safety zone" to hide there with a toy and be separated in the classroom. After the last incident, when I saw our child sitting in the privacy cube, crying and helpless, and asked the class teacher what had happened, the teacher said as usual that she did not know. We decided to dis-enroll our son from the Goddard School based on his traumatizing and painful experience. Our son is attending a different pre-school and we are very satisfied with his educational and social development in his new school. And most importantly, our son is happy, smiles, laughs and jumps during activities and is surrounded by caring and nurturing teachers and experienced management, which he did not experience in the Goddard School in Weston."