Scottsdale Academy at Southwood, Tallahassee FL

Scottsdale offers a happy, healthy and educational environment for young minds. My daughter has attended Scottsdale for 2 years and I have been consistently impressed with their service, communication and level of care. The staff love and care for the children like their own and my daughter finds great joy in her time spent at school. It is peace of mind sending my child somewhere I trust!

I want to provide some fair balance to these reviews that the school asked parents to put out here to mask the negative reviews at the bottom. The radio commercial says Scottsdale Academy is NOT a drop off service. Quoting straight from the mouth of Shelby, the Director, Scottsdale is a “glorified babysitting service”. And I would agree with this because we experienced just that. Scottsdale treats your kids like they’re a disposable. No help or growth if they’re struggling in any area of life as a three year old. Do your child and yourself a favor and do not send them here.

Jennifer, Roy, Shelby and the entire executive team (and staff) at Scottsdale are most accommodating and caring for each and every child’s well being and cognitive development. Having two children enrolled at Scottsdale in SW for the past 5 years, we are beyond happy with the curriculum, teaching and support along the way. We highly recommend Scottsdale Academy!

I had personally worked at Scottsdale Academy for a little over 3 years before becoming pregnant. I knew when making the decision of where to put my baby at 12 weeks old that they would be at Scottsdale Academy. From the owners, directors and teachers - I knew my baby would be taken care of and loved. 3 years later I had twins and again no question of where they would go but Scottsdale Academy. The cleanliness, learning environment and knowing their kids on a personal level is something you can’t pass up when trusting others with your children. My oldest loves going to school and constantly talks about his teachers and friends at home. When you’re a parent who works and can’t be with your child for 8+ hours a day, this is where you want your children to be!

Scottsdale @ Southwood has become a part of our family. My son began attending when he was 8 months old (he is graduating VPK this year), and we cannot imagine trusting him with any other provider. The teachers love each child, and the office staff, Shelby, Britany and Darry, are responsive and understanding. When my son had a stroke at 18 months old, they were incredibly accommodating to him and his needs. His teachers and other staff ensured he would have a welcoming place to come back to once he was released from the hospital. Each of his teachers and staff members helped make reasonable accommodations for him and his physical needs. I have recommended Scottsdale @ Southwood to 3 of my coworkers, and all of them enrolled their babies. We will miss calling Scottsdale home as our son graduates and moves on to Kindergarten. If you want to know your child is well taken care of and loved every day when you drop them off, pick Scottsdale.

We LOVE Scottsdale! Our daughter has been in their care since she was two months old, and we have had a wonderful experience. The staff is so caring, and communicates very well, so I never worry that they are going to “miss” something. Our baby clearly loves going to school- she grins at the workers whenever we drop her off and is always in a great mood when we pick her up. Because our daughter was a preemie, she receives various therapy services (OT, PT, Speech), and Scottsdale is fantastic about letting her providers come see her at school. We would strongly recommend Scottsdale to any family looking for daycare for their child.

For the better part of 7 years my 2 children have been able to call Scottsdale Academy their second home. Between my 2 children, we have been in virtually every classroom and have loved every one of them. The staff are amazing people who make every effort to ensure that each day is a great one for the children. My children would come home with new songs and snippets of information that they had absorbed from their days at school and I have watched as they have thrived in Scottsdale’s caring and educational environment. The hardest thing we have to do as parents is to trust the most precious part of ourselves in the care of others and the staff at Scottsdale has made the environment one that my family has loved to be a part of.