Mary Sears Children's Academy

They consistently did not meet the ratio for the number of adults per children. Don't drop off and pick up in the hallway - go to the classrooms and see for yourself. I would NEVER recommend this facility. more

We would like to send a big Thank You to the teachers, care takers and staff of Mary Sears Children?s Academy of Orland Park. Our son Ryan has been attending Mary Sears for the past two years and I cannot say enough about how much he has learned and grown since he has been attending. We recently attended a baseball game, as a group with the school and it was so wonderful to see Ryan interact with friends and see the staff in another atmosphere. We really loved it when we saw Ryan?s eyes light up when he saw Mr. John at the game as well and when he saw Ms. Zacyzk. Ryan could not wait to see her, quickly making his way down several rows of seats just to show off his new sun glasses and baseball to her. It was so warming to see how he interacts with the staff. As business owners, we understand what it takes to hold such high standards of care and we appreciate the structure and compassion that we see and feel going into Mary Sears Orland Park. Ryan has learned so much from Mary Sears from respect, education and how to interact with other children. He loves the apple picking, worm hunting, playing outdoors in the beautiful yard, pool time, pony rides and the Tumble Bus! We also love how he comes home with a little something of what he has done that day from tracing his name to coloring a picture. We just wanted to say Thank You for making us feel comfortable about leaving our most precious boy in your care. We recommend your place to people all the time. Please, let your staff know I appreciate everything they do! more

The poor reviews about this school are absolutely correct! I can vouch from experience and regret ever using this ?school?. Do NOT send your children here! None of the ?teachers? are certified and anyone in a position of power is related to the director. They are given carte blanche to do or say whatever they want. They put on a lovely dog and pony show for parents about how the ?children come first?. However, after the parents leave they just let children sit and cry, and actually yell at staffers who try to comfort the children! Mary Sears talks about a lot about R-E-S-P-E-C-T but they don?t show any respect to the children OR to the staff! The school ?rules? state that children should ?never be talked down to?, but this is routinely ignored by bitter and mean sarcastic ?teachers? who demean the children and mock them. Screaming at a three year old to ?RESPECT!? means nothing if you don?t set the example for them. I recently took a course in classroom management and everything the instructor discussed about having consistent rules and a calm and caring atmosphere was never followed at Mary Sears. They would routinely make up new ?rules? on the spot that didn?t exist before, and spend more time spying on each other and engaging in gossip than watching their own classrooms. They break their own ?rules? about how males are not to be with the children when they go to the bathroom. What they claim goes on and what actually occurs are completely different things. I know what my children experienced and they are NOT liars. Mary Sears is a terrible institution and more like a boot camp that any kind of loving nurturing environment. I hope this place gets shut down. more