Rocky Mountain Preschool

this business is family owned and operated. owners and staff really care about the kids!

Yikes. I feel compelled to review this preschool after touring last week. My expectations were high based on the marketing from their website. Now I am wondering if all the 5 star reviews are fake. Unfortunately, I feel completely misled. Instead of being a beautiful outdoor education program, what I witnessed made me wonder how the state could even qualify them for Colorado Shines. Let's suffice it to say that the facility is filthy, the "teachers" were either yelling and looking angry and exhausted or ignoring the small kids. Most of the kids weren't even outside in the teeny tiny play area in the midst of the strip mall. Around every turn I heard screaming and crying from generally unhappy kids who were not receiving any instruction or engagement but rather being ignored. To me the whole place smelled like pee. Also, when I arrived for my appointment to tour, I had to wait around till someone with a child there finally let me in. The center had all my information wrong and they thought I was having a baby in two months when I am not even expecting - I have a 4 and 2 year old (insulting?!). Then I was rushed through the tour by a completely disinterested employee. I had to ask for their prices, but after seeing the place I wouldn't want my kids there even if it was free. For the price, would you want your kids being either ignored or yelled at? Now I get to deal with endless email spam from them asking when I'm enrolling. The whole experience was a waste of time, but honestly I mostly just feel badly for the kids who go there and I would urge others to look elsewhere.

After finally finding a place i felt would be good for my daughter I ended up facing discrimination either based on my source of payment or race.I toured the facility today the male owner asked me questions including where my child came from and how i would be paying. She spent about a month and a half at the learning experience before they closed. We had no issues.All of this was known before the tour I was told great. Proceeded with the tour, taken to my childs room and met the teacher. Was told she would be able to start as soon as ccap processes everything and then they would send me a list of what i needed. About an hour or so after leaving I received a text saying my daughter cant enroll in their programBecause of her history at TLE. We have no history it closed soon after we got there. My messages trying to see why were ignored and I was informed they can't discriminate against me. Sadly, a place I was really excited for my daughter to start I now will be filing a formal discrimination complaint with the state and licensing.Its really a shame that people still have to be treated differently

After months of delays with little notice or communication from RMP- it finally opened May 15th, it was supposed to open in January - I get delays happen but the communication was awful. I have yet to get an email about his first day and his first day was yesterday.I, unlike the owners of RMP, have empathy and compassion. I was willing to overlook these red flags, and chalked it up to bad planning and management.Gifted children, children with autism, special needs or just a toddler having a bad day can be challenging for any teacher. So let me preface with this- our son struggles with new environments, and transitions (transitioning from play to nap time) can be very challenging in a new environment. He had a VERY bad tantrum when transitioning to nap time his first day, he was kicking, hitting and spitting. These anxiety and fear based behaviors are not acceptable but they are all a child knows when they can't verbalize how they are feeling. But to hear that son had a tantrum for an hour in the classroom and he wasn't removed is absurd. It's pretty standard to remove the child from the environment to reset when they are having a meltdown. So I was confused that he was in the classroom when I picked him up early with two teachers and the girl at the front desk all standing over him while all the other children were sitting in their cots staring at him.I was approached by the co-owner? He never introduced himself but he is the son of the owner. My child is in your care - I am paying you and entrusting my son's health and well-being with you and you don't introduce yourself? Wait til I get to his motherHe proceeded to ask me with the classroom door open, with teachers AND children who can hear, if my son had ever been tested. Incredibly unprofessional. He was agitated and told me that he can't have teachers quitting because of my son. WOW. No empathy, no compassion - makes me question the experience of the teachers if they are so fickle to leave after a toddler tantrum.I told him it's best to remove the child from their environment so they can reset. He responded with, we can't have him leave every time he has a tantrum. I left humiliated because, as any parent with a child who is gifted or on the spectrum knows, it is HARD to navigate.The encounter had me upset but I was determined to turn a bad day into a good experience. I printed off pamphlets for the front desk and teachers with some intervention techniques that work for him.When my husband and I sat with the teacher this morning we got a nice smile and nod but nothing else. My son came from a preschool where the teacher gave us ideas, and different things to try(His old teacher was collaborative and you can tell she had experience with children of different backgrounds). It was just another red flag. I left my son in his class and we walked to the front desk to give the other pamphlet to the front desk. The girl at the front desk, Audrey- who has been very sweet and very helpful- was speaking to another parent. But another woman was there and said she could help us. I had no idea she was the owner. No greeting, no smile, no introduction. She looked miserable, had the look of disdain on her face. It really caught me and my husband off guard. Shouldn't the owner of a small business be happy to meet her "customers" and introduce herself? I nervously told her that with his gifted nature things like transitions are hard, especially in a new environment. She gave us nothing. No words of encourage, no compassion, no empathy. She told us, if he's going to be this way that the classrooms are only going to get bigger- WOW. I was shocked. COLD AS ICE.I came back with my husband an hour later and talked to the son of owner. Told him that we will be disenrolling our son immediately. If the OWNERS don't have empathy and compassion when speaking to parents then they won't with a child.Please read the other bad reviews before putting your child here, I wish I had.And as always- listen to your gut when it comes to your babies!

We went here because all the other day cares were busy, but it ended up being a great place. My three-year-old really liked going, and when we needed to pull out last minute due to a death in the family they were very accommodating. If we return to the neighborhood I would definitely use them again.

I started taking my two kiddos here a year ago. They both love going to school. It's been amazing to see all the things they've learned. My favorite part as a parent is the communications I get throughout the day about the kids. I feel like this lets me be involved in their learning experience even when I'm at work.

I started taking my daughter here a little over a month ago, and she absolutely loves her new school! I love the teachers that work with her and make her feel excited to learn. they're always doing fun and engaging activities with their classes.

My grandson went to Rocky Mountain preschool at Willow Creek full-time for several months. During this time we questioned the quality (or lack of) of learning at a pre-K level, the moodiness and behavior when we picked him up, the lack of projects or papers that were brought home, and the lack of communication from staff. Furthermore, he'd come home and say the kids were mean. We witnessed this a couple of times, and nothing was said by the teacher. The behavior is fairly normal, but kids need to be guided about behaving kindly, and not ignored. Rocky Mountain advertises cleanliness, art, music, science, show & tell, etc. but that's not the case. The classroom was sometimes dirty from the day before, a posted curriculum was never available. security was also lacking as the last few times I picked up my grandson. My access code on my phone was not working, and I rang the doorbell, and was given access to the facility without anybody checking who I was, or even acknowledging that someone in.Fast forward a month and a public school pre-K program only three hours, 3 to 4 days a week and my grandson is happy, excited to go to school every day, is singing and humming. And he's bringing home projects every day, he's writing his letters, and even adding and subtracting. He's finally excited to be learning and playing nicely with others. A completely different little boy from the very first day at a public school half day pre-k program. I can't fault Rocky Mountain 100% because it's probably a good facility for a daycare, but clearly not suitable to prepare our kids and get them ready for kindergarten. I also believe the focus for the owners is in their new facility in Parker.

Our daughter was just hurt so badly that she needed to go to the E.R. We tried to go in to look at the video but I guess all the video in the building does not work. This place may seem nice on the outside but things like this are very common and they all add up quick. I'm extremely disappointed in whoever is in charge of this place.

Love this school!! My kids have grown and developed so well in the past 2 years. The school has been amazing through Covid.