Desert Hills

My daughter has wrapped up her first year of preschool and I'm happy to report that everything I said a year ago held true about the administrators and then some. I don't think I could have asked for better teachers than Ms. Julie and Ms. Vichiny for the care and support they have shown not only my daughter, but all of the students in classroom 101 last year. Special thanks to Ms. Elly and Ms. Francesca for all they did to keep the momentum going throughout the summer too! As for the substantive education my daughter received, all I can say is that it was great watching her grow this past year thanks in large part to Challenger. The quality of education here is wonderful. Their well-rounded curriculum not only balances your child's core subjects with art, Spanish, play time (there's a lot of play time, especially during extended care :)), and of course, nap time, but it is done in a seemingly fun way--the Challenger way. My daughter loves singing their songs so much I ended up buying the Challenger Phonics Fun set. . . . It's a nice break from the Disney stuff, and includes video lessons to help her take what she was taught in her classroom back home with her. I'm happy to say we're back for kindergarten and after my daughter's first day (which I was nervous about), she alleviated my nerves when I picked her up and told me how much fun she had with Ms. Henderson and Ms. Wheatley. We're looking forward to another great year at Challenger.

The staff at this school has been nothing but excellent from the start. My wife and I went on a school tour in 2022 and about 10 months before our daughter could even enroll in the pre-k program because she was too young. We were in the research phase of deciding which school we were going to enroll our daughter in between Challenger, Merryhill, Montessori, and UNLV Preschool. We communicated this to the staffer that gave us our first tour, and they were understanding and professional about it. The tour was informative, every staff member was so welcoming, and the school was very clean (huge plus). Fast forward to this past Spring where we narrowed our choices down to Merryhill and Challenger and we wanted to do another tour, and once again, the staff could not have been better. From the fast responses via email and phone when scheduling the second tour, and during the entire time we were touring the school again. So far we are happy to say that we decided to enroll our daughter here and we're confident we've made the right choice.

We just finished up a great year in Kindergarten! Challenger school has an amazing reading program that teaches phonics. We love everyone at this school. The teachers , administrative staff , front desk & the kids. Best academics school! Highly recommended.

I was looking for a school for my son and researched many in our area. I mostly wanted concentration on academics and principles which this school by far surpassed any other. It is very clean and well put together, they are quite kind and care about your kids while teaching them the principles of life they so importantly need to know. In less than 2 months my son went from just knowing the alphabet to reading books. This is preschool by the way, I can't wait to see what is in his future. Here they know who you are and are very welcoming.. not just a number...Money well spent...Excellent education!

Our kids have been here for the last two years. They handled COVID well with both in person and online programs that were great. Now that we're back in person, the staff has been amazing, the kids are happy and thriving, and the curriculum is very advanced, but the kids are learning and keeping up just fine. We couldn't be happier.