Home-School Connection

OVERALL RATING (4.3)

Conducts an open house at start of school year

Conducts a parent-teacher meeting at start of school year

Conducts regular parent teacher conferences

Provides summary of child’s learning at end of year

Provides guidance on developmental goals for the following year

Provides guidance on best Kindergarten and elementary schools

Bright Horizons offers a variety of school-home connection materials. One is www.brighthorizons.com/growing. This is a site where parents can find resources, information, and programs designed to help their child grow, learn, and discover. From cultivating a love of books or channeling their child’s natural curiosity into scientific inquiry to discovering valuable parenting tips and ideas, this parent resource Web site was designed with parents and families in mind. Our program for learning, The World at Their Fingertips, also has a World at Home component. The World at Home provides a database of activities for infants through school age children to do at home with parents, many that naturally flow from everyday life. The activities cover the curriculum spectrum - language, science, math, social skills and so on. Parents can draw off of this database to extend what is happening in the classrooms. They may also submit activity ideas to share with all of our faculty and families around the world. Bright Horizons has also teamed up with The Learning Network to offer Bright Horizons EarlyLearner, a wonderful online child development support service. Bright Horizons EarlyLearner allows parents and teachers to track each child's development and create an online portfolio. A portfolio includes parent-teacher Child Observation Records that map the child's growth and a journal to record experiences and insights from parents and teachers. Bright Horizons EarlyLearner also includes: • information about development • classroom activities targeted to the child's development • tips for parents and teachers • opportunities to question experts Bright Horizons EarlyLearner is integrated into The World at Their Fingertips approach to parent conferences and tracking development: a partnership approach designed to create a shared point of view on the child's development and goals for success. Children in our infant and toddler programs also receive daily notes sharing some of the day’s highpoints as well as information on meals and diaper changes. Each child (infant through preschool) also receives a journal chronicling their time at the center. Journals are an interactive communication tool for parents and teachers to record highlights of both center and home life. Bright Horizons has an open door policy so parents can visit any time. Annual parent teacher conferences are also conducted for each child in the center.

Separation

OVERALL RATING (4.1)

Director's and Parents' Comments

Parent #1
My child separated easily.

Parent #2
Questions on teacher personality, competency, training and how our children feel about them is needed to provide depth to the survey. Also, questions need to have a 'doesn't apply' or 'not applicable' option

Parent #3
This school does not provide a ready-made community. We did develope some nice friendships with other families as the children developed relationships at school.

Parent #4
There may be a parent community but I am not aware of it - informally I arrange play dates and share information with some parents that I know.

Discipline

OVERALL RATING (4.0)
Parents' Opinions
Parents at this school, on average, believe that conflicts between children: are handled extraordinarily well in a way that not only gives me confidence in the safety of my child but also reassures me that my child (and his/her peers) are learning the early skills needed to socialize effectively with one another

Parents' Notes on Discipline, Health and Safety

Parent #1
I think that the bathrooms should be cleaned more frequently especially for the Honeybee and Panda children (since most of the kids in this program are newly potty-trained). Kids pee on the toilet and on the floor.

I think they should also have refrigerators for the lunches. This way, the milk in the lunches and other food items do not get spoiled.

Parent #2
The facilities are fabulous! The kids have everything they need here! Discipline is almost always handled appropriately. All of my difficulties are probably that of a worried mother. However, especially since this is a facility where children attend for many hours a day, more time could be spent teaching kids to cooperate and understand each other.

Parent #3
The front door has a security lock, but should also be manned at all times for people coming in and out of the building. The shared bathroom in honeybees/pandas needs to be attended to every 30 minutes as the toilets and floor are often dirty.

Parent #4
Conflicts were resolved quickly but some children needed more support than they were getting in really learning the skills of conflict resolution. The three-year-old out-door play space is the only one that doesn't have bikes and trikes.

Parent #5
Because there are several other classrooms with children of other ages, I really don't know about sick children or the equipment in those classrooms.

Extended Care

Notes on Schedule and Extended Care

Notes

Two year olds - Full day rates
4 days = $940
3 days = $858
2 days = $764

Two year olds - Half day rates
4 days = $886

Preschool (must be potty trained) - Full day rates
4 days = $868
3 days = $788
2 days = $722

Preschool (must be potty trained) - Half day rates
4 days = $752

Application Process

Admissions Process