Jesus’hands Preschool

I have mixed emotions with this school. My daughter went to school here from Pre-​K and Kindergarten. Let me dissect it based on our experience.
PROS:
1. I love the proximity of this school to restaurants and markets. I can do some shopping after dropping off or before picking up the kiddo.
2. I like the design and safety features of the school. You need an access code to get in, you will pass through the Principal’s desk and there is a sign off sheet.
3. There are installed cameras in major areas of the school which you can view the classrooms and playground from your phone to check on your kiddo (hello helicopter parenting)
4. I got lucky with my daughter’s teachers. They are warm and friendly and genuinely caring.
5. Tuition is competitive and not as over-​priced ($ 750/​month whole day) I have shopped around and I was satisfied with the price.
6. Hot meals.
7. My daughter learned a lot. She benefit from studying the Montessori style. She is now in public school and she is ahead of her class.
CONS:
1. ENGLISH is not the major language. Majority of students are Koreans as well as teachers. Probably about 4 non-​Korean teachers. I myself was having a hard time understanding our conversations with the directors and some teachers. I was about to pull my child out when I heard a new teacher is going to be her class advisor. The situation got better. Thank you to Ms. Rona. We stayed coz of you. It was a lot easier to communicate especially there are a few of us parents who cannot speak Korean.
You must wonder why we stayed… please refer to pros.
2. I pack my daughter lunch regardless of the school food provided. Menu is promising and balnced although sometimes, menu is not followed. I ask my kid what was served and sometimes, it is not what was stated on the menu passed out. The menu says breakfast but I haven’t seen anybody ate breakfast. Maybe I just missed.
3. The camera DOES NOT RECORD! This has upset me because one parent almost backed up on me and my daughter while we were at the parking lot walking to the school door. We got into an argument because she was on denial and that I was the one who stopped behind her car. I asked for the CCTv from the school director to prove my point and she says it does not record. Oooohhhkay. That was a very bad day for me. It took a while to make peace. Go figure. The humiliation in public and me being yelled at in front of my child by a parent because I was behind her car at the lot. Hahaha
4. I had to buy my daughter’s classroom handsoap and hand sanitizer. I checked their bathrooms and soaps are watered down and sometimes not refilled.
5. Field trips are same for the past years my kid was enrolled. Not so organized and I have always chaperone on field trips, I always ended up finding kids straying away from the group and some are left in bathrooms taking a pee while the majority have moved on.
6. Christmas and major school events sucks not because of the children’s presentations but management’s medium of instructions. Please consider that there are also non-​Korean speakers. If this was exclusively a Korean school, please do not advertise or accept non-​Korean speaking families. My husband is Korean and most of the time the translations makes him cringe and he gets pissed in behalf of us who cannot understand.
6. My daughter gets sick every month. Some parents still let their kids come in even with pink eye, bad cough, chills and vomiting. It is clearly contagious (I know coz I can professionally diagnose). I have to talk to the director about these situations. My kid is not a sickie kid but I was noticing patterns and I check on the class and yep, they do spread germs.
7. It came to my attention that my preferred teachers are leaving and a lot of students are moving elsewhere. There must be a reason behind it so I have decided to take my child somewhere.
8. I do not see textbooks. Where are they?
9. School is open all-​year round 90degs and kids are playing outside. My daughter gets constant nosebleeds and perfusing with sweat everytime I pick her up and do random visits. I personally checked their thermostat and it was 81 inside classroom. Is that acceptable? Since it has been hot, I have been picking up my child early.
Bottom line: I still thank this school for my daughter has learned a lot. I may not be able to compare it with the public school academic system as of yet but this establishment needs a big improvement. Over time, the quality was dwindling. I hope it could have been better. It was time for us to move on.

Best daycare ever.
Ian was in Kindercare — Buena Park when he was under 2 years old. The only reason he was in Kindercare was because Jesus Hands accepted kids more than 2 years old. Though Kindercare was good to Ian, the style of care offered was different to what we were looking for.
From the get go Jesus Hands gave us a warm, safe and loving feeling that Ian would be well taken care of. It has been one year since he has been going there, and we plan to keep him there for a while.
Pros:
1) Teachers, especially Miss Helen and Miss Lisa, are the best ever. They are genuinely caring and loving. All the other teachers are also very caring (Mother-​Like)
2) Food is freshly prepared every day and is healthy.
3) Playground with padding against walls was well thought of to prevent running kids from banging against sharp corners. 5 Stars just for this.
4) Drinking water fountain in the playground for kids to keep hydrated.
5) All the kids and teachers are very happy being there. Odd but a very positive thing. They had extra events for every Hallmark festival which was nice and thoughtful.
6) We have seen teachers pay extra attention to new kids who take a while to get adjusted to school. Teachers spend extra time until the adjustment period is complete. This is something we have not noticed at other day cares. Ian being an example.
7) Director is friendly, and hands on when help is needed in classrooms.
Cons:
1) English is not their first language. However, seeing Ian happy kind of doesnt make this an issue for us.

I LOVE this school! I pulled my son from public school and wish I would have enrolled him here from the beginning! My child has made such a positive improvement and has learned so much since he’s been there. I love that they teach the bible to the children. The teachers are loving and very attentive I wish they would go up to 6^th grade. I was able to monitor my child thru an application that made me feel at ease. We are Latino and my child now speaks some Korean God bless the loving staff they have touched our lives in a beautiful way we will miss them dearly especially Ms J

So there was an open house recently and this is a review on that. Essentially, its designed to keep parents aware of the progress the kids are making and what the school has taught them up to this point. Also, you get to see how the kids interact and how the teachers interact with them.
1. Demonstrations. Lots of stuff posted on the walls so its hard to tell how much of that was the teacher and how much was genuinely the kid’s work.
2. The Montessori style demos they did with the kids and their funky puzzle games was kind of interesting I suppose. Mostly just common sense tactile big cylinder in big hole small cylinder in small hole exercises. Triangle puzzles, vocabulary, picture identification, art identification, and songs and games. Somewhat interesting.
3. TONS of sugary cookies and they threw in some grapes for good measure.
4. English is sorely lacking. Fortunately, again, Korean is very strong.
5. The only two things really great about this school are the teachers (they genuinely seem caring and friendly) and the really great playground area.

I enrolled my Son in June and I will say that Jesus Hands Montessori is well worth the tuition here are my reasons why… It took him a few weeks to warm up being the first time he has been in a school setting and being an only child I knew it wasn’t going to be easy… BUT His teacher worked with him on warming up to make friends within those couple of weeks he was playing and interacting with more lil’ ones.
He was potty trained within a week of actually trying with his teacher.
They give him Breakfast, lunch and snack with a nap. =)
The school is monitored by surveillance cameras which you can access from your cell phone or computer (that made me very comfortable and my decision a little easier). They also have a security door that opens upon your special code. So no creeps can just walk in.
The Directors are very nice and are always willing to answer any questions. I did not get the feeling of WE WANT YOUR MONEY… like several other schools I interviewed with.
But all in all we have noticed my sons academic skills are getting better and better each month. I would HIGHLY recommend Jesus Hands to any parent looking to get a great start in their lil’ lives!!!

THE OTHER PRESCHOOL
My wife had been warning me that we had to take our kids to preschool but I didn’t think much about it until we visited a different one and I freaked out. The fences weren’t very high and the adults didn’t seem very attentive. As we pulled up to the parking lot, a bunch of little boys came to the fence and looked at us, while the adults were back there under the shade. Anyone could come and just snatch a kid away. And the gates weren’t even locked so a kid could just open the gate and walk away.
THE SEARCH
So I freaked out and started researching and then visiting. I visited about 20 preschools in one week. And my favorite one was Jesus Hand. It wasn’t too big which I liked. Also everything was so secure. They had to enter a password to get in and there was always someone at the front desk right where people walked in. They had like 20 security cameras and it can be viewed on the Internet (though there is major lag so it’s not very useful for online viewing). The playground is totally padded with the foam thingie. And the entire playground area is really well shaded.
My kids liked going there and the teachers seemed nice.
Eventually we pulled them out b/​c they kept on getting sick. I guess it’s normal that kids get sick a lot when they first start preschool, but with another newborn at home, we couldn’t afford having all these germs brought home. So we got a live in nanny.
But I have to say that in terms of facility, you can’t beat this preschool.
Everything is secure and well set up– yet it didn’t feel like a prison either.
I didn’t like the feeling I got when I went to Tutor Time or Kinder Care (and those places were way overpriced).
Jesus Hand had their own cook and had some asian food (like korean bbq which the kids liked).
The price was like 750 a kid but included all the meals.
And they were very accomodating. They didn’t open till like 8 or 7:30, but b/​c we needed to drop them off ealier, they came 20 minutes earlier just for my two kids.
Overall, it was a great experience and I loved the staff there.