Challenger School – Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Our family toured Challenger School-Sunnyvale in February with our daughter entering Kindergarten. The headmaster gave us a tour and, at the time, suggested that we schedule an assessment for our daughter. She told us about the summer program and how it would benefit our daughter’s development. She said we could put a deposit down for the school year and the assessment and that all was refundable except for the assessment fee. The school took our down payment for the school year before the assessment and acceptance letter to the school. They were eager to persuade us to write the check. We attended the summer program where our daughter was bit by other students more than once. The teacher communicated the first incident without any resolution to the problem. The next day my daughter was bit again; this time, the office admin called to tell me. There was no written incident report for either scenario, which was odd. At the end of the program, we learned from the teaching staff that the leadership staff reprimanded the teacher for telling us our daughter was bitten. At that point, we decided we didn’t want to return to Challenger School. We didn’t like how they handled our daughter getting assaulted. We kindly asked for our deposit, and they refused to return it. I even asked the admin staff in the office before my request if the deposit was refundable if we changed our minds for the school year, and they reaffirmed what we were told during the tour, that it was. This staff is dishonest and does not handle behavioral issues responsibly. They quickly take your money without taking any responsibility for their lack of leadership. Keep your child away from here.

I like to share my experience to those parents who are trying to send their kids to this school. I was trying to enroll my son and daughter so registered for assessment test. Registration fee they charged for both kids are $700. When I visited school for3 times including open houses, none of those faculty and clerks told me the refund due date even we asked several times. When assessment is done, they informed acceptance of my son two days before the end of April. Since I didn’t received any acceptance letter for my daughter, I called them to withdraw both from enrolling. Then those clerks and director told me the due has passed and I cannot get my refund. That is really outrageous. Whenever I emailed to them, never respond as courtesy. That’s very rude. I still haven’t got my money back. I think Challenger has trained those clerk and Principle to rob those parents with that method. Maybe I need to take legal action to the school.

We joined this campus in 2021, and I noticed that the negative reviews were from several years ago. The school changed its principal a few years back, and I am currently very satisfied with its operation. The school’s director is very responsible, and the teachers are all very nice and have a strong sense of responsibility in guiding my child. The environment is clean, the campus is spacious, and academically, it consistently maintains corporate uniform standards, which I appreciate. My child is slow to warm up, and every day when I pick her up after school, she wants to play a bit more and doesn’t want to leave. For me, that’s enough. Overall, I am very happy with this campus