Stepping Stone School 9

10/19/11

Best Child care ever

by SolR at Citysearch

I love this school . We have 2 children, Boy 5 and girl 10. My Daughter went on to Elementary and is such a good student, its amazing, all attributed to the Stepping School #9. My son still attends, he has one more year to go before he goes to Public school. He loves his teachers and does not want to go home at the end of the day , he can t wait to return the next day. MS. Nita and MS Maria, we owe you a great deal for teaching our chlidren the skills they needed to get to the next level in their young lives. My daughter is a leader and i am sure you taught her that. My son is also a character, I am sure that you brought out that extrovert in him. I am sure he will go along way with the basic skills you taught him. Thanks so much . RR

03/01/11

stepping stone daycare #9 ROCKS!!!!

by mylilboy at Citysearch

We love stepping stones daycare 9!! Everyday I leave my son with MaryAlice I know he is in good hands. When I tell Peyton, "your at school with MaryAlice" he always smiles.I guess he loves it as much as we do. MaryAlice makes me feel so comfortable to where i dont have to worry when im at work which is awesome. Jessica and the rest of the staff are so wonderful. Always smiling!!!! Thanks stepping stones and all the AWESOME girls who take care of our little man

02/17/11

Please don't send your precious baby here!

by LittleBMomma at Citysearch

Parents, if you care about your children please send them somewhere else! Like you, I did my internet research! I felt comforted seeing the 4 and 5 star ratings of Stepping Stones #9 BUT I have to tell you, they must pool their reviews with the other schools. My son was in the Ducklings infant room and it was sheer chaos...dirty, dirty, dirty, chaos! On his first day he went almost 8 hours on 3 oz of milk (he is over 13lbs!). Every time I picked him up he had a dirty diaper! I never saw the women in there wash their hands between feedings or clean the toys, or anything else (other than the changing table which should be a given!). I had to go a grab someone to tell them I had put my son down in his crib. And I guarantee I could have walked out of there with someone else's baby NO PROBLEM!

At the end of the day, I would look at his daily sheet to find out that he had been in his crib almost all day...no interaction :(

If you want me to make comparisons then you need to check out Bright Horizons! Prior to our first day, one of th teachers spent 1 hour doing an "intake process" with us to learn about our baby. They asked to hold him. And since starting there he has been on buggy rides, spent time outside with the teachers, done tummy time each day, played on the activity mats, been held and they haven taken the time to FEED HIM!

BH is a night and day difference. They CARE about my child instead of just "dealing with" him.

Please, think long and hard about what you want for your child and PLEASE check out Bright Horizons before committing to Stepping Stones. Really!

08/20/09

Stepping Stone IX still needs work

by PanamaMom at Citysearch

It is not surprising that Stepping Stone IX continues to have a revolving door for Directors and Assistant Directors. We joined Stepping Stone IX eight years ago when my youngest son was a few months old. It was highly recommended to us by friends because of the good care Miss Cindy Cerda provided to the babies in the baby room. She was so good with our children and she still continues to be the best teacher in the baby room. At that time in 2001 we were very lucky to have a Director that stayed for almost the entire time my oldest child was attending this location which was up to preschool. Afterwards it became a revolving door for Directors and every time there was a Director that seemed that they will stay they either left or got transferred to another location. I believe that in the past 5 years we have not had a Director that had stayed more than a year. Sometimes it feels that this is the training center and once Directors are trained they get moved to other locations. In the summer of 2008 we finally thought there was hope when Carrie came in as a Director and Ms. Belia was the Assistant Director. You could see the changes that were happening in the school. The teachers were happy. The rooms were staffed and there were always supplies available. We thought this was good. It was not even a year in May 2009 when the Director got transferred to a new location and a new Director came in. It was also very sad to know that after 13 years of Ms. Belia’s dedication to this school she got transferred to handle the supplies for Stepping Stone schools at the Parmer lane location and filling in as Assistant Director where needed. This is a big loss for Stepping Stone lX. She knew the families and always went an extra mile to assist us in every way that she could. She truly cared that we were happy with the service that we were given. It doesn’t seem the same anymore without her. The warm welcome is not there anymore. You can tell she is missed by the children and the teachers. I just wanted to thank Ms. Belia for her dedication to the children of Stepping Stone lX for so many years and we truly will miss her.

I also want to give thanks to a core of teachers that have been part of Stepping stone lX for many years: Ms. Nita, Ms. Maria, Ms. Katie, Ms. Robyn and of course Ms. Cindy. It is because of all of them that we stayed for so many years at Stepping Stone lX and survived the continuous administrative changes at this location. I appreciate their dedication, patience and continuous care that they provided to our children.

• Pros: Affordable, caring teachers
• Cons: Administrative staff gets moved to other locations

07/31/09

Worries at Ease!

by MargieA at Citysearch

The Stepping Stone School on Shoal Creek has been wonderful! It is well organized and I feel very safe to have my child attend this school. Every time I enter the school I am greeted with smiles and the sounds of children's laughter. It is very reassuring to know that my child is having fun while I am away. The teachers and directors are very attentive to the children which put my worries to ease!