2016 Sangha Offering

We enrolled our daughter at Buddha’s Light Private School as soon as she was old enough. On our first visit, we knew that the school was going to be a perfect fit. The classes are small and the teachers are fantastic. All of them are very dedicated and full of energy and life. In addition, the school offers an immersive Mandarin language class for their daycare and pre-K age children. We consider ourselves very lucky to have found this school. Our daughter has progressed exceptionally well and she is fluent in Mandarin. We wish we could continue past pre-K but she’ll be back for their after school program. Everyone at the school, especially the director, makes you feel like you are part of a larger family. Buddha’s Light is highly recommended.

Blake Boling (2015-10-7)

不知不觉中，卡卡已经在“佛光山達拉斯人文學校”度过了将近一年的美好时光。她，曾经是第一天入学，面对父母离开时不知所措而嚎啕大哭，被老师搂在怀里不停安抚的小奶娃；曾经是蛮横霸道，不知道与人分享的小调皮。幸运的是，“佛光山達拉斯人文學校”有着极富耐心和爱心的老师们，在她们的关心和呵护下，卡卡健康快乐的成长着。上学，成为卡卡每天最期待的事情：在这里，她可以跟喜欢的老师们学习手工、童谣和舞蹈；在这里，有陪伴她开心游戏的一群小伙伴；在这里，有让她挥洒无穷精力的play ground… …。每天接卡卡回家时，我们都能欣喜地看到她发自内心笑容和她在生活技能上的进步。非常感谢老师们，正是由于你们的教导和呵护，让卡卡依然保持着可爱率真的天性，让她学会如何关爱他人并与小伙伴们和睦相处，让她拥有了这么美妙的童年。

Annika Vargason (2015-9-30)

Our daughter has really done well at Buddha’s Light. She is 2 ½ and we, of course, worry about her health and happiness, socialization, and development. She seems very excited every day to go to school and happy at the end of the day. The learning environment, activities, structure, fresh food, happy people at work every day…all very important. They have an indoor bounce house for rain days or cold weather, which is neat.

The report cards at the end of day are really good and the message boards keep us up to date. All helpful information for coordinating care. Her reports always say she was in a happy mood, what she ate, how long she napped, etc. Our daughter has a strong personality, and I secretly hope there are no 2 year old “meltdowns” like we see at home. I have noticed at home that she is more interested in cleaning up and reading and so forth. We were worried about babies getting sick at regular daycare, but the BLPS facility is clean. You can tell everybody is very vigilant and conscientious, not like other places.

So, we are very happy and feel like the environment is enriching for our daughter. We plan to add our other daughter at 18 months, too. We like the tenured teachers and the Mandarin immersion for our baby’s future development. When they are old enough, we hope the Mandarin will help them get into a tri-lingual charter school and do the after school program at BLPS.

Shawn Heiser (2015-11-19)