Covenant School of Del Norte

Our family loves this school. Our sons have been going to Covenant since they were both babies. Both boys love going to school and always have fun while there. We have never had a concern over their safety and are beyond amazed at everything they learn. My newly four year is already reading word and doing basic math! They make it fun at school so my son is excited to practice what he learns at home. The teachers and staff are great and truly care for the children. We are so happy that we chose Covenant to take care of our boys!

We couldn't be more pleased with covenant. We have been sending our children for about 2 1/2 years now and have always felt our children were safe and well cared for. Their curriculum is great and my children love to go to school and learn. My son has a peanut allergy and that was a huge concern for us when choosing a day care. All of the food is provided and that was a big plus for us. The meals and snacks are healthy and well balanced and my children eat things that they would never touch at home. I have loved all of the staff especially my kids teachers. I recommend Covenant to all my family and friends.

Earlier this year I had to look for child care on the fly! It was a nightmare to say the least. I toured almost every daycare in Albuquerque. Coming from a law enforcement back ground, I am always protective. I was happy to find Covenant and knew immediately that's where we belonged. Some of their many strong points are; Cleanliness, secure, communicate (Brightwheel, which they actually use almost every few hours!), kind, loving towards the kids...In particular, Joy (the Director) is top notch. On our first week she personally called me to let me know my daughter was doing okay. They genuinely care about their family's. I cant speak higher of Covenant Del Norte.

Covenant has been incredible for our family! Our son is loved, is being challenged and loves going to school. He loves his teachers, loves learning and is on is way to reading before kindergarten. The staff has worked with us to find the best classroom for our son and Ms. LaNell is wonderful at communicating daily with us. Our baby just started to attend as well and I feel so comforted knowing he is safe, loved and is happy while he is there. There have been times that communication wasn't always consistent with teachers and administration, however it was quickly resolved to do what is best for students.

Overall this is a good daycare program. I was more enthusiastic about it until this last year when we noticed a lot of time being spent watching cartoons on tablets and a big screen tv. Pediatricians recommend an hour and a half or less of screen time per day for kids and when they've already reached that limit by the end of the school day, it's a little disheartening. For the amount of tuition, I would hope for more teaching or reading time and tablets and tv's to be used sparingly.

I don't know how many parents will read this review, but I hope it gives a different light on what really goes on in the school. Before Ms. Joy took over the school I would have given this school a positive review, but since she has become the director the school, Covenant has gone down. The school use to welcome parents being involved in with their child's education, but this is not the case anymore. I found Ms. Joy to not want parents involvement at all. On top of it she was never there. When we would drop off the kids in the morning and would want to talk with her we would be told by the front office that she was not in. When asked when she would be in, we were told they did not know. I would try calling through out the day and most of the time was told that she was not there and the front office would offer to help and then tell me that they would relay the message since they were unable to answer the questions that we would have. I decided that I would try a different approach to get in touch so I would send an email and if I was lucky I would get a response within the week. My question to a future parent thinking of sending you child to Covenant, how do you run a school if you are never there? The other issue with all of this, if you wanted to complain about the situation good luck with that because her father, Paul, happens to be the CEO of the school and would always take her side and tell the parents that it was their miss understanding. This went on for 2 years and finally my husband and I decided to remove our children from the school. There are much better environments for children to flourish and where it is a partnership with the parents and the school, it is just sad that Covenant del Norte is no longer one of those places.

My son has been attending Covenant del Norte for 1 year. We love this preschool. Our son is now bilingual, confident and crazy about his teachers and friends! Highly recommended