Vanguard Academy

I love the Vanguard Academy. We moved to Louisville from Phoenix last March and Anne graciously accepted us into her school. We came from an amazingly well-​respected preschool in Phoenix that we loved; therefore, we thought it would be tough to start at a new school. With Vanguard, we couldn’t have asked for a better transition. My 5 old daughter began reading nearly 3 weeks after we enrolled her into JK. We knew she was ready, but they didn’t have a literacy program in Phoenix. Mrs. Ettel did such a great job with her JK program and my daughter adapted very quickly. My son may have had a tougher transition, but Ms Weathers worked through the 3 weeks of crying at drop off very calmly (while my husband and I freaked out.). This year, my daughter has advanced to Goshen and my son is attending kindergarten at Vanguard. Without a doubt, the 11:2 ratio of kids to 2 remarkable kindergarten teachers at Vanguard offers a huge advantage over other kindergartens. additionally, my daughter was more than ready for Goshen when she started. Overall, all preschools have some challenges, but Anne is creating a solid tradition at Vanguard. I would absolutely recommend this school to anyone who cares about their child’s learning.

While the preschool and academic setting are top notch, the communication between parent and center are lacking.
At the beginning of the school year we got two conflicting lists of supplies and pass codes for the school’s alert system that were wrong. It took me three phone calls to make sure they put my child in the proper days, after sending in all of my paperwork stating the same thing. Proactive parents should not have any issues working around this and some ofthe chaos may be attributed to their recent addition onto the school.
A+ for our current teachers. They both communicate well and make me feel at ease with my child attending during the academic year. I feel like they are making a difference in his social skills and are teaching him things I didn’t expect to be part of the educational curriculum. I was a bit skeptical if he would obtain anything new when they sent home the first of the year sheet with what they would be learning and he already knew it, but so far, so good.
A+ for their security system, consistency of staff, and video monitoring of all the classrooms.