Hyde Park Play School

My kids went to HPPS from 2010 - 2013. They had an outstanding experience and the administration/leadership was top notch! Still to this day, when I drive past HPPS with my daughter, now 15, she will comment on how much she enjoyed that special place. Keep up the great work!

We have really enjoyed HPPS! We have been here for 2+ years, and we have LOVED the teachers that our 2 kiddos have had from the infant room all the way to the preschool/pre-k class. They definitely have a great focus on the children, and the teachers & administration love these kids like their own! The teachers adjust to each child's needs and help make the experience fun for them each day. HPPS does a great job of preparing them for kindergarten as well as letting them play and be kids!

We have really enjoyed our time at HPPS! Our now 7 month old daughter started about 3 months ago and loves going each day! She is excited when we drop her off and I feel like she is in great hands there! The teachers have picked up on her preferences and adapt to her needs well! It was definitely worth the long waitlist time!

We love HPPS and are so grateful for our time there. The teachers in the Parakeet room are amazing and my daughter loved going to school everyday - no tears, or meltdowns at any drop offs. Her class work was well thought out and she always enjoyed showing me everything she did. They always did outdoor playtime and even neighborhood walks when they could! On top of the teachers, the administration made sure our transition into HPPS was seamless. Alycia communicated clearly and provided the necessary documents so that everything was set to go before our arrival.

Edit: We reported to the State, they investigated and found a ton of violations and health concerns. Unfortunately daycares have such low expectations they consider it “low” risk even though it’s disgusting conditions. Check the pictures attached from the state. DO NOT PUT YOUR BABIES HERE!! We waited on the waiting list for the infant toddler program for about 16 months. We could not have been more excited to get a spot, we pulled our daughter out within 2 weeks because of the excessive screaming at the babies. Thank god we listened to our parental intuition, we had no idea why our daughter was fighting so hard every single day to go in. She was terrified. Another one of our Friends has their son there and listened to teachers scream at kids on the tour day..... I think they are coasting on a great reputation from 2 of the teachers who just retired right before we came into the program. We reached out to the Director first, Alycia with no response for days. We followed up over and over again and finally got a response after the 4th email. She acted very aware of the yelling issues and did not seem to care much to improve the situation... that was the last straw for us. Problems in business will always happen, but negligence from the leadership is continuing the treatment of those kids and made us painfully aware of how aware they are, and have no intention to improve or fix the situation.