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Frisco, TX
Carpe Diem Private Preschool
Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents. |
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neighborhood: West Frisco · Telephone: (214) 619-0699 · Website: www.carpediempreschool.com
Basic Stats
| Established | 2006 |
| % of teachers with: | - CPR | 100% |
| - First aid | 100% |
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Facilities
| CONDITION OF FACILITIES RATING (4.9) |
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| Building, bathrooms, hallway |
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| Classroom equipment and furniture |
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| Outside play equipment |
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Transportation
- Parents bring their children to and from school
Dropoff Procedure
- Parents walk their child into the classroom
- Teachers/director meet children at their cars and walk the children into the classroom
- 7:00 AM is the earliest time a parent can drop off a child
Late Pickup Policy: "Children must be picked up no later than 6:30 pm. A fee of $1 per minute/ per child will be assessed after that time." -- Excerpt taken from Carpe Diem Private Preschool publication
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Features of the Preschool
| Provide a third year | Yes |
| Provide a kindergarten and elementary school program | Yes |
| Affiliated with a religious institution | No |
Facilities Include:
| Classrooms (with bathroom attached) | |
| Classrooms (with kitchenette attached) | |
| Music room | |
| Art room | |
| Library | |
| Computer Lab |
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| Playground |
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Accreditation, Membership & Awards
| Accreditation by the National Association of Young Children | Yes |
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
We love this school. Carpe Diem has a wonderful program that includes spanish, music and computers that begins from almost the day the child begins attending the school.
Parent #2
Strengths: creativity of curriculum; kindness/compassion/discipline of teachers and staff; encouragement of the love of books, music; other cultures; parent community is fairly "tight" -- parents often socialize outside the classroom
Weaknesses: occasionally, communication could be better in terms of letting parents know what's going on in the classroom -- whether it's a specific class activity or a specific issue/concern going on with their children.
Parent #3
Carpe Diem has been wonderful for my three year old. Her teachers take her high energy and can turn it into positive learnings. She loves her computer class and spanish class in addition to her music class. Her teachers have exceeded every expectation!
Parent #4
Our daughter attended another preschool in Frisco and we were not pleased with their teaching methods or the friendliness of the staff. One of our neighbors recommended that we tour Carpe Diem. We felt comfortable as soon as we walked in the door and so did our daughter.
The kids have centers, music, Spanish and computers every day. Our daughter is learning in an environment that she thinks is so much fun! Her teachers are always attentive and communicate well with us regarding how she did each day.
We are so glad that we found this school!
Parent #5
Wonderful Staff and great program for the children. The teachers are degreed, and not a big turn over rate. My daughters teacher has been there 7 years. The cost is high, but worth the money!
Parent #6
LOVE IT, LOVE iT, LOVE IT!!!!
ALL teachers know my daughter by name!! As soon as we walk in the door, they all say hi, and wave, and smile. This is the first school that my kid went to, she's been there for a year now, and i know that when she's there, i don't have to worry. In a year, she had learned sooooo much!!!
Great school!
Parent #7
I have a two year old daughter that attends Carpe Diem and we love it. It has a great curriculum and the low teacher to student ratio.
Parent #8
It would be impossible to list all the outstanding opportunities that Carpe Diem offers you for your family in only a few paragraphs, you can look that up on line. What you will not find on line is how much love and understanding your children will get at Carpe Diem in Frisco
We had our children enrolled in another program in Frisco before we came to Carpe; we were amazed at the turnover at this other school and the lack of accredited teachers on staff. Our daughter had three different teachers in a three month period due to turnover. We decided to take a tour of the Carpe Diem in Frisco as well as three other pre schools in our area. It took us less than three minutes to decide that Carpe was the right school for our two little ones. The number of teachers that had been with Carpe since the school opened was amazing and we are happy to say that three years later they are all still there. Our daughter moved on the kindergarten this year and the only thing she cried about is that she was not getting to go to Carpe anymore and it was not fair that her brother still got to go there. Of all the great thinks we experienced at Carpe having our child love her school so much that she wanted to stay rather than move on to a big girl school told us we made the right decision when we choose Carpe Diem.
If you are looking for a school that will help your child grow and learn we strongly recommend Carpe Diem. As our children move forward in life we will always know that we selected the best place for them to start.
Parent #9
I would highly recommend Carpe Diem. I have 2 children and they have both attended since they were 12 weeks old (My son is now 3). The teachers are very loving and the turnover is extremely low. My daughter has the opportunity to have the same teachers that my son had, which is excellent for mom and for baby! My husband and I never worry when our children are at school. We know they are safe and happy. Most of all, they love to go to school. Some nights, I have to force them to go home. The curriculum is great - very educational, while still providing lots of time for play. I researched many other schools and Carpe Diem was the only one for us!
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