The Goddard School

1720 Cres Plaza Dr, Houston, TX 77077, USA

Address:	1720 Cres Plaza Dr, Houston, TX 77077, USA
Phone:	+1 281-596-0300
Site:	goddardschool.com
Rating:	4.6

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David Wang

My son has been in this school for over a year. We love this place and deeply trust this school. I have read some of the low star ratings. Since I have no position questioning their story, I would like to share some points that we like about The Goddard School West Houston 1. Front Desk Staff and Management: These ladies are always very nice and helpful. My son had a seizure before so whenever his temperature raises above 98F we get super nervous and call the front desk to check his temperature VERY frequently till the point that we even feel bad to call the 5th time on a day....on the other side of the phone, its always a welcome and warm response, immediate action, and they are even forced (by us) to familiarize C degrees vs. F. They also gave us many good advises and sometimes even remind us important things that we forgot. I know they are proud of calling themselves "school" as they offer many academic and education. We like them because they are a "daycare" who really "care". 2. My son is still under 3 so my reviews are mainly focusing on the first step to toddler to get-set. One good thing about this school, unlike the other schools we once visited, is that they separate kids by about 6-10 months into different classes. Its hard to imagine (in some other schools) what will happen when a 2 years old try to wrestle a toy from the hands of a 3 year old boy. Another merit of this class arrangement is that my son starts to build friendship with other kids of same age since basically the whole group of 10-ish kids move together through the past 15 months. 3. We are very lucky to have good teachers in each room too. They care. My son is a little crier especially in the morning and especially during some transition time. His teacher sees that, come to him, talk and comfort him, and even protect him. I can see his face turn calm and comfort when he sees his favorite teacher. Our son is a little shy and didnt wave or say hello to anybody. His teachers and the front desk staff/directors always smile and say hi to him every single time, even after he moves to other classrooms. Sometimes we almost feel awkward when my son didnt react at all but they always have big smile on face. Yesterday when a classmates mom told us that my son comes to her, waved hello, and showed her his lego, we cant express how big of a thank that we want to give to them. Again, for the negative comments, I cant say anything but I, as a parent, do understand that they are managing a group of kids. There is difference between "taking care of a group of children" vs. "taking care of your own child". However, we choose to take them to daycare for (always) a reason that we cant avoid. On the other hand, "not being treated as the top priority" sometimes is health to a kid. Rest assured, thats a daycare we stayed over a year. :)

Carole Massaglia

It has been 7 months that my daughter has been enrolled with Goddard school on Eldridge. She was first in the Infant class and then in the Get set class. At first I was a little nervous for her adaptation because she didnt speak any english and it was her first time in a daycare. 7 months later I am totally convinced we did a great choice for our daughter. With his educational approach and the diversity of the activities this school allows all child to develop their natural curiosity, to develop at their own pace and to stay themselves . - I like the reporting system and the constant communication to the parent. - The school is secured, clean and well maintained. Flexible hours . - I think the management of this school is very open minded and modern . - The office staff is always polite, helpful and understanding . They have much reassured me each time I had questions. - Thanks to the patience and the skills of the teatchers, my daugher developped special relationship with them and is almost fluent in english now.. She is always happy to go to school to see " her teatchers and friends". And if you have a feedback to give, they are always receptive to hear it. They are doing a really great job. I am glad my daughter can learn in an international environment with friends of all nationalitie, in a school in which I totally trust. The only cons I would give is that they dont provide lunch, but you can easily deal with this. For all these reasons I will highly recommand this school. C.M

Jennifer Correro

The Goddard School in the Energy Corridor is amazing. The staff and teachers are very excited to work at the school and be around the children. It really shows how much they love what they do. I was always greeted with smiles and "good mornings." My daughter had Mrs. M and Mrs. Vanessa as her teachers and they were amazing! Stellar! The school offers wonderful programs, like a free book a month, yoga, dance, music- that are included with tuition. Everyone in the class gets a book and they read it together and do activities that relate to the book. For example, they read " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and then do an art activity where they make their own caterpillars or they do a physical activity where they act like caterpillars. They also have a great language program where they teach Spanish and Chinese. Mr. Bradley comes to the school once a week to do music lessons. Its amazing. My daughter is currently attending a Goddard in another location in the city and it doesnt compare. We bought a house in a different area so we had to move to a different Goddard. Its more expensive and offers none of the extra curricular activities without increasing the cost. No free books and no music program whatsoever. I really wish I could return to the Goddard in the Energy Corridor but the drive and Houston traffic is miserable. I would recommend The Goddard School- Energy Corridor to any parent who wants more than just a glorified day care. Its wonderful!

vivek jay

This is the worst school Ive ever known. What the people care is money, money is their god and children is just the tool for them to make money. I enrolled my baby into this school last year, so I paid 250 registration fee and two weeks deposit. Altogether its almost 600. But my baby was not used to school and got ill so I talked to the head of the school and postponed my baby for half a year. However, there are always unexpected circumstances to arise, we moved to another place so I talked to the principal if I can get my deposit back. I understand that the registration fee is non-refundable, but I think its totally reasonable to get my deposit back. The last two weeks tuition since we havent been to school at all for this two weeks. But the principal said something like, hey, Ive met parents like you too often before, and I know they just come up with an excuse and want to get their money back. If every parent do things like that, how can our school make money. I wont give any of your money back. I was very angry but I have no way to get my money back since its already in his pocket. So I just gave up and lost 600 dollars in this bad school with bad people. But I feel lucky still because I didnt give them more chances to make money from me. I believe any school in this neighborhood is better than this one. Thank god I dont need to see these bad people again.