Hacienda Child Development Center in pleasanton
Address: 4671 Chabot Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: (925) 463-2885
Website: www.headsup.org
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Imelda Acosta, Director
License Number: #010213410 & #010213411
Year School Established: 1987
Facility: Center. 8 Classrooms. Capacity: 136
Ages: 0 to 14 years
Need to be Potty Trained? No.
Open Year Round Yes.
Holidays: We are closed only 10 days per year.
Phone: (925) 463-2885
Website: www.headsup.org
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Imelda Acosta, Director
License Number: #010213410 & #010213411
Year School Established: 1987
Facility: Center. 8 Classrooms. Capacity: 136
Ages: 0 to 14 years
Need to be Potty Trained? No.
Open Year Round Yes.
Holidays: We are closed only 10 days per year.
Program Times
7:30 am to 6 pm.
The center offers full time and part-time (part-day and part-week) programs. The school is full time only.
7:30 am to 6 pm.
The center offers full time and part-time (part-day and part-week) programs. The school is full time only.
Fees and Tuition:
Based on location, age, length of day, and length of contract. Find all information at www.headsup.org.
Based on location, age, length of day, and length of contract. Find all information at www.headsup.org.
Enrollment Information
Forms are available by calling the specific site or going online at www.headsup.org.
Forms are available by calling the specific site or going online at www.headsup.org.
Special Programs
All programs are tailored to the individual needs of each child. All centers have one bilingual Chinese-English preschool room and the schools offer special Chinese language programs. Intensive writing programs are offered during the summers at both schools.
All programs operate year round, 7:30-6:00 PM, to serve working parents. The center and school are closed only 10 days per year. Because the learning program is individualized, students may take vacation whenever it is convenient for their parents. During the summer, the school presents intensive writing camps, known as "Write Now!," for both its own students and students on summer break.
All programs are tailored to the individual needs of each child. All centers have one bilingual Chinese-English preschool room and the schools offer special Chinese language programs. Intensive writing programs are offered during the summers at both schools.
All programs operate year round, 7:30-6:00 PM, to serve working parents. The center and school are closed only 10 days per year. Because the learning program is individualized, students may take vacation whenever it is convenient for their parents. During the summer, the school presents intensive writing camps, known as "Write Now!," for both its own students and students on summer break.
Teacher to Student Ratio
-Infants, 3:1
-Toddlers, 4:1
-Twos, 8-1 (6:1 during busy transitions)
-Preschoolers, Kindergartners, 10:1
-School students, 12:1
-Infants, 3:1
-Toddlers, 4:1
-Twos, 8-1 (6:1 during busy transitions)
-Preschoolers, Kindergartners, 10:1
-School students, 12:1
Meals Provided By
Breakfast: Home
Morning Snack: Home
Lunch: Home
Afternoon Snack: Home
Catered meals are available at extra cost. Private breastfeeding areas are available for nursing mothers.
Breakfast: Home
Morning Snack: Home
Lunch: Home
Afternoon Snack: Home
Catered meals are available at extra cost. Private breastfeeding areas are available for nursing mothers.
Additional Information:
Since 1987, Hacienda Child Development Center and Hacienda School have served infants, toddlers, twos, preschoolers, elementary students, and middle schoolers in an enriched Montessori environment where children can grow to fulfill their full potential. One of the program goals is to nurture a "heads up" child: bright, alert, motivated, independent, self-confident, and social. A second goal is to help parents become more sensitive to and aware of their child's developmental needs, to become more knowledgeable and more self assured, and to participate directly in their child's growth. The center and the school offer parents the security of knowing their children are receiving the finest care and developmental guidance available. They combine an innovative approach to learning with traditional values and the joy of discovery. They borrow from the best model programs and make use of the most recent educational research. The infant and toddler programs are based on the proprietary HeadsUp!® Approach, which makes use of play and learning games to help lay the necessary foundation of all future learning. The preschool program is a modified Montessori curriculum incorporating art, music, and imaginative play into the traditional emphasis on practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, science, and cultural activities. The elementary and middle school programs emphasize academic fundamentals, including art, music, PE, technology, Chinese, and Spanish, while never losing sight of the importance of nurturing caring human beings. The center and school exceed the minimum staffing ratios required by state law: the infant program maintains a maximum 3:1 ratio, rather than the 4:1 requirement; the toddler program maintains a maximum 4:1 ratio; the two-year-old and preschool programs maintain maximum 8:1 (6:1 during critical parts of the day) and 10:1 ratios respectively, rather than the 12:1 state requirement; and the school ratio is 12:1, far better than the 30:1 norm.
Since 1987, Hacienda Child Development Center and Hacienda School have served infants, toddlers, twos, preschoolers, elementary students, and middle schoolers in an enriched Montessori environment where children can grow to fulfill their full potential. One of the program goals is to nurture a "heads up" child: bright, alert, motivated, independent, self-confident, and social. A second goal is to help parents become more sensitive to and aware of their child's developmental needs, to become more knowledgeable and more self assured, and to participate directly in their child's growth. The center and the school offer parents the security of knowing their children are receiving the finest care and developmental guidance available. They combine an innovative approach to learning with traditional values and the joy of discovery. They borrow from the best model programs and make use of the most recent educational research. The infant and toddler programs are based on the proprietary HeadsUp!® Approach, which makes use of play and learning games to help lay the necessary foundation of all future learning. The preschool program is a modified Montessori curriculum incorporating art, music, and imaginative play into the traditional emphasis on practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, science, and cultural activities. The elementary and middle school programs emphasize academic fundamentals, including art, music, PE, technology, Chinese, and Spanish, while never losing sight of the importance of nurturing caring human beings. The center and school exceed the minimum staffing ratios required by state law: the infant program maintains a maximum 3:1 ratio, rather than the 4:1 requirement; the toddler program maintains a maximum 4:1 ratio; the two-year-old and preschool programs maintain maximum 8:1 (6:1 during critical parts of the day) and 10:1 ratios respectively, rather than the 12:1 state requirement; and the school ratio is 12:1, far better than the 30:1 norm.