Turtle Rock Preschool, Irvine CA

Regardless of parent's enrollment, they choose students based on family prestige or wealth unlike any other preschools.

Our daughter is in the infant program at Turtle Rock and we absolutely love it! We toured a handful of different programs during our application process but TR was the most impressive, and it's easy to see why it's so competitive to get in. The staff is exceptional: we absolutely love Miss Sarah and Miss Maria in our daughter's room, and Crystal and Francesca in the front office are always so friendly and helpful. Turtle Rock has been an amazing school for our child, and we absolutely love the communication about her day. Plus the photos they share with us! My wife appreciated being able to sit in with our daughter as she transitioned into the new daily routine. We love it at Turtle Rock and I'm confident your family will too!

My daughter and son have been at Turtle Rock Preschool since the age of two. Both of them have received an excellent education. The classrooms are well organized and clean. The playgrounds are safe and well-supervised. The staff is well-qualified and administration is high-effective.

Classroom
They have a well-organized and high-quality classroom environment. All the materials are easy for kids to get. The types of play (loud, quiet or social) are separated by shelves and furniture in order to build a clear boundaries.

Teachers
Teachers at this school are effective and beloved. They are very genuine and always listen carefully to the children and parents. Incidents between children are very low because the staff deal with them effectively.

Classwork & Homework
The amount of homework depends on each kid special requirements. They always have advices available for parent to positively evolve children’s learning process. They make the learning process full of fun. I always know what is expected and have an approach to engage my kids according to teachers advices.

As a parent of two kids (8 years old and 3 years old), I think Turtle Rock Preschool is the best preschool in the entire Orange County.

1. FAIR, informative and considerate enrollment process

I see some reviewer left a 1-star review complaining his kid didn’t get admitted because the school’s enrollment process was competitive. While everyone is entitled to his own opinion, I think the rating is unfair. I feel this is just like you left a 1-star review on an Apple product because it was more expensive than a cheaply made knockoff. We should focus on the quality.

Our first kid applied twice but didn’t get the chance to attend the school. Our second kid applied and eventually attended the school four years later. Not getting admitted to the program or being putting on the waitlist doesn’t mean “our kids are not good”. It is sad some review thought in that way. To us, the application process has always been transparent. The admission staff are extremely considerate and informative.

2. Well-organized learning program focusing on both academics and social development

It is truly amazing to see how fast our kid grows at Turtle Rock Preschool in just a little more than half a year. They have so many different and fun curriculums that our kid can get the well-rounded experience. Our Kido gets to explore the new things, make and play with friends, and don’t want to leave the school.

3. Professional and patient teachers and staff

Our kid is very awaring. The teachers are extremely encouraging. Our kid has been given enough time and patience, and also properly challenged to play, learn and grow. Without such fantastic teachers, we cannot image such a progress in communication, academics and sports can ever be achieved.

4. Safe and diversified Campus
As far as I notice, the community is well diversified and the campus is extremely safe. There are extremely strict procedures implemented at the school to ensure kids’ safety.

We toured and applied most of the private schools in Orange County. In regards to earlier childhood education, we think Turtle Rock Preschool is SECOND TO NONE.

Update** I can see someone left review pointing at me and other parent for being not fair on comments right after the score went under 4.
And you can see there wasn’t any review for 5years and suddenly numerous reviews just popped up for this school. I can defiantly see how they much want to keep the review score. What a coincidence! Ha.

First of all, it is not that my kid didn’t get accepted. We just decided to stop the process on our side after having a lot of research, and all those process. We didn’t get the best impression from the director nor school teachers. That was why we decided not to send our kid. You can leave any reviews here but there is a website you can see true review and I have read some bad experience with this school.

Also the reviewer said “the best preschool in OC”? What a strong statement haha. Did you experience all the preschools in Oc? I don’t think so and I am pretty sure there is better schools, also all kids are different. You can’t say this specific school is the best for every kids.

We felt that this school wasn’t for our family.
I know you disagree with some bad reviews but everyone is different ok?

———previous review——-

They have extremely complicated enrollment process for preschool and kinder. You have to go through multiple test to get in. They interview parents then you have to attend “playgroup” thing- which they test if your kid can fit in for 3hrs so they can select good behaved ones. We decided not to send our kido to this school because we didn’t want to test our kid if he is good enough, also didn’t like the idea of shool being so selective even for this age. I am not sure how much diverse they respect when they pick kids. Preschool kids are too young and they can be what they want to be. They are still exploring.

Disappointing enrollment process. No point waitlisting your child here, you’ll be in endless wait. They have pre decided on which kids to enroll, the applications and the whole multi step enrollment process is just formality.

Turtle Rock Preschool has been an amazing school for our family! This is our 4th year at the school and now have both kids going and they both love it. They both want to stay longer when I come to pick them up and that says alot. The teachers and staff are professional, compassionate and very friendly! The environment is very positive with a perfect balance of fun and learning. I know my kids are safe and well taken care of when I drop them off. I highly recommend this school!

I love this TRP. Three of my kids are here at the moment. I'm so happy I can have all of them in one place. At least for a year. My oldest is in Kindergarten. It is unbelievable how much he is learning. I can't get him out of the classroom. He wants to stay there until the school closes. The teachers are very attentive and easy to talk to. My kids love it here and I feel safe and comfortable that I'm leaving them in a safe, educational, fun environment. We started going here 3 years ago. We have been to other preschools, but this one hands down is the best!