Harmony Schools

Reviews

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  My family has had an amazing experience at Harmony. Any issues or concerns that have arisen have been handled professionally and in a timely manner. Our children look forward to going to school and we are confident knowing that they are in a safe and nurturing environment. We have recommended Harmony to many of our friends, without reservation.
  By Nikole Mauger, June 29, 2017
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  My experience with the Harmony school has been very positive. Previously, my son was attending a Bright Horizons, and I regret not starting my son earlier at the Harmony school. The staff was very accomodating during his transition from the prior daycare. The staff always kept him engaged, and ensured he was learning. In fact, I am running out of space to store all of the arts and crafts he had made while he was at the Harmony school! In addition, because of the education he received during pre-K, the first year of KinderGarten was a breeze! (He attended KG at another school.) In fact, I was so impressed with the Harmony school, then I enrolled my second son at the age of 6 months. The teachers have always been very hands-on, and are always able to answer my questions, and provide me with advice. The entire staff is very friendly, respectful, courteous, and professional. Going to work everyday is easy, as I know my son, who is now 2, is in great hands.
  By Anita Goyal, June 27, 2017
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  I took out my 20-month-old daughter from Harmony school after 7 weeks (3 part time weeks and 4 full time weeks) because Lisa, the manager and teachers believed that they could not meet my expectations! She was absolutely right! Because I expected my little one not to get diaper rash most of the time due to her staff carelessness in changing her diapers! They could not meet my expectation because I noticed that my child had been dehydrated all one afternoon and I wanted them to make sure that her water had been refreshed and refilled! Because I preferred my child not to listen Indian traditional music when she took her nap! They could not meet my expectation because I asked them to rinse the rice before my child and other children play with it to reduce its Arsenic Acid level, which was very toxic for their health! And finally, on the last day I noticed that my daughter’s cup cap had been replaced with other kid around the time she got very sick and ended up to ER! I figured it out when I once more noticed that her cup is empty and wanted to refilled it and saw my daughter multivitamin stained straw in other kid cup! I felt that I was discriminated when I asked for a place to nurse my child and they hesitated to let me use the spot! I absolutely agree with her because her careless team could not meet my expectation to take care of my precious child! I was surprised when Liza told me that my daughter did not had any progress exactly 5 minute after Shalini told me my child had made a lot of progress and the only concern was eating! That was another reason I could not trust a system in which the director bolded non-facts to force me get my child out because they were not capable of collaborating with my child early intervention teacher for her eating. On my tour day, I clearly told Lisa that my daughter cannot feed herself and she needed to be fed and she assured me that they would feed her. We were not worried at the bigining but when she started full time schedule she did not eat although I was told that they are doing their best to feed her! The only thing I observed was that my daughter had developed very defensive reaction when they wanted to feed her, which I concluded their feeding approach had not been appropriate and gentle enough and they did not earn her trust. Once when I was giving her some biscuits, Lindsey approached her in a forceful manner by pulling out her hand and pushing a pouch toward her mouth and she start screaming and refused even to take food from me. When I told her that they should not push her to eat, she rather than taking my advice insisted that she was not forceful. That was the moment I saw a very unsecure behavior and started thinking how I can trust this type of personality to take care of my daughter. On the second week of my child fulltime stay, Lisa wanted us to have her early intervention teacher at school to help them find a better way to have her eat. After almost two weeks we finally could have had early intervention teacher to come to school. I was extremely astonished when Lisa and Shalini, head teacher, told me that they could follow the early intervention instructions and be collaborative after the first session with him. I checked with him and surprisingly found out that the only thing he wanted from them was to make sure that she got some experience with some texture like sand when she played outside. Liza mentioned that they couldn’t meet my expectations and again she was absolutely right because they are not the right caring team for my child! So, I never recommend Harmony school to those parents that are detail oriented and like to check on their child and question some of the procedures and processes. You find that the teachers and administration are defensive and inflexible and not trustworthy! I do not want to have my child in hands of people who takes care more about their prestigious! Name rather than my child!
  By Tayebeh Bahmani, April 01, 2017

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