First Friends Preschool

Mar 27th, 2024

Our daughter has been at this preschool since 2021. We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful center care for our daughter. All the teachers/staff really show that they care. The program provides communication with parents via an app making it easy to speak with the teachers. The facility is clean and they provide nutritious meals for the children. They make drop off and pick up easy. The playground has been redone and provides an amazing space for the children to explore and play. We are so appreciative for all the incredible teachers and staff. Since starting at the school, our daughter has grown significantly emotionally and socially. Our daughter has developed wonderful and beautiful friendships here. Now that she is in VPK, she is thriving academically and the teachers provide activities to improve carryover of what they learned in school. We are grateful for this school and we love Ms Theresa and Ms Kelly.
Mar 27th, 2024

Our daughter has been going to First Friends since the summer of 2023, and she has flourished right before our eyes under the nurturing, care, and direction of Ms. Theresa and Ms. Kelly. She is ready to take on kindergarten by storm! Ms. Carla and Ms. Wendy are always so warm and inviting. All of the staff I've encountered have been kind. You can tell these teachers truly care about their kids and building them up for success!
Mar 23rd, 2024

This is the best VPK/Preschool around. Miss Carla, Jackie, and Sam are awesome! My kid loves the staff and cannot wait to get to school everyday.
Oct 22nd, 2023

I would highly recommend First Friends Preschool to any and all families. It will be difficult to convey the amount of gratitude I have for this preschool, but the simplest way to put it : they care, beyond measure, about your child and the individual journey. The atmosphere is fun, energetic, and educational, and the staff and teachers are kind, compassionate, and professional. The Director, Ms. Dianne, and Assistant Director, Ms. Stephanie, are extremely helpful and supportive. If you are lucky enough for your child to be placed in Ms. Sues class celebrate! I cannot say enough wonderful things about Ms. Sue and her care. Our son is continuously learning- educational, manners, good habits to set him up for success, etc. and she truly is immersed in supporting and developing the characters of each individual child. About 7 or 8 months ago our 3-year-old started having trouble in a classroom setting, and the first several months were both extremely confusing and frustrating. We could not figure out what was going on, my son- who was just beginning to speak fully- was conveying that he was confused as well. We had several evaluations done over a long period of time, and many of the issues were played down as He will grow out of it Hes just a young boy This is just a phase until eventually, (as a recommendation from staff at First Friends), we found a pediatrician, an hour away from home, who was able to begin us on the right path with specialists. I say all of this because this LONG journey was a process that Ms. Sue went out of her way with providing daily support for. By the time we were able to get official diagnoses and start in specific therapies, I had done as much research on my own as possible, correctly suspected what it could be, and began trying everything I possibly could to provide him support and resources throughout the day in a school/stimulating environment. It seemed like every day there was a new resource or tool that we were trying and Ms. Sue was ALWAYS ready and eager to try anything to help. She paid special attention to him and his needs, always taking note of any concern she recognized to be brought to my attention, and she always came up with creative ideas to accommodations for anything he might struggle with. Her line of communication is fantastic I have a way to get a hold of her quickly, but she wants me to call during her lunch hour, so she can devote time and her full attention to telling me how his morning was/if there were any issues- This is pretty much a daily thing, and always welcomed from Ms. Sue. I have been working on getting him in to the school system with FDLRS for about 6 months now, but it has been a long process, and Ms. Sue, as well as MS. Diane, has gone WAY above and beyond because they truly love and care about him, and my husband and I will be eternally grateful for the love and support they have shown the past year.
Oct 25th, 2023