The Academy at Venice: A Bright Horizons Preschool

"Both our kids loved going to the Academy. The staff is great and lovingly cared for our kids. The smal size made it feel like a bit of a second family."

"I’m in the middle of my second child at this school. It’s an intimate sweet place, even though it’s part of a big corporate machine. All the ladies here care so much for the kids and that’s what is most important. They are safe and loved. The facility is clean and modern. The toys are plentiful. And you can even have lunch ordered to deliver at this location, if you’re fancy!"

"Both my boys go here and we love them so much. It's an extension of our community around the boys, I trust them so much and they are supportive in their guidance and growth as they (and we!) develop! Location is so handy and the property is always clean, fun and maintained to a really high standard. Snacks are healthy, they provide a balanced curriculum that focuses on developing skills and learning about themselves and building confidence in their worlds!"

"Our son was enjoying his time at The Academy. Really loved teacher Monica. We were really satisfied. Then upon welcoming his baby brother our son had a very common behavior: he started biting at school. They offer to put a plan together to address this but when they didn’t see results soon enough they asked us to pause the enrollment until he’d show improvement. So at 6 weeks post partum in a Thursday I was told my son couldn’t come back the next day. He couldn’t say goodbye to his teacher and friends. He was already going through lots of change with the arrival of his baby brother, didn’t need another major change in his life. We found another school patient enough to address and monitor his behavior improvement. He stopped biting soon after. So the Academy is a good facility until your child doesn’t behave perfectly and then you’ll see they don’t have the resource and the will to patiently address the issue. What upset me the most is that they put our family in the difficult situation of finding another daycare on the spot while we were going through major life updates. That didn’t feel right. Just want to flag that it is now illegal in the State of California for public pre school to expel children…good thing The Academy is private. Oh sorry they didn’t expel our son, they « paused the enrollment until he shows improvement »."

"Our daughter went to Academy at Venice when she was around 3.5 years. We were not sure how she would adjust as she had not gone to a daycare for almost 1 year since the pandemic began. But thanks to the teachers, the transition was so smooth. She loved going to her school every single day and was very excited about her teachers and friends at school. She also picked up on communication skills and getting along with other kids with the help from the staff. Everyone was so helpful, and we are very grateful for the care they provided with. We had to relocate to another city, otherwise would have continued with the center all the way."