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What an amazing school! All three of our kids attended UADC in our 2 years in Madison, and it was a wonderful experience for our entire family. The faculty and staff are true educators, constantly training and keeping current in their field. Maybe even more important, they are all extremely warm and caring people who became like a family to us. UADC is a very welcoming environment, with families from around the world contributing to a unique and diverse community. Meals and snacks are cooked by a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu (YUM) and are included in tuition. Specials like music and yoga, as well as intrepid field trips around Madison are a regular part of the curriculum. UADC raises funds every year for its scholarship program, which provides tuition assistance to families with limited means. The afterschool program is a great alternative to the on-campus programs at MMSD, with directed activities and optional private music lessons for piano and violin. If you're a transplant to Madison, or a long-time resident, you can't find a better place for your kids than UADC!

My family loves UADC. Our oldest daughter has been attending for two years now, and she enjoys going to school every day. The staff are wonderful and do a great job of nurturing and teaching kids in class. We love the daily emails that tell about what the class did that day. My daughter loves the play-based learning and feels comfortable and safe at school. The classrooms are large, and set up with lots of different areas to explore.Overall, it is a wonderful place!

I am so in love with UADC, I don't even know where to start singing its praises. And, importantly, my daughter who attends UADC (for 4K) loves it just as much as I do. The teachers, the healthy food, the management, the caring environment, and the overall learning experience at UADC are just fantastic. My daughter is not someone who adjusts well to new social situations (to put it mildly), and we had already experienced years of unrelentingly painful drop-offs and early-morning 'tummyaches' prior to coming to UADC. I don't know what sort of magic they worked at UADC, but my daughter now begs to go to school, and is disappointed when the weekend arrives. She also tells me that she likes their food better than what I cook at home. :) Some of the unexpected features of UADC have been the frequent field trips - the UW Geology Museum (corresponding to their learning unit on dinosaurs), local parks, the Capitol, a fire station - I love that they get to do so much experiential learning on our campus and in the community. I have also been impressed by how much my daughter has actually *learned* - she comes home spouting off facts about the speed of meteors and features of different dinosaurs, etc. Overall, I wish I could keep my daughter here indefinitely, and I'm looking forward to sending my younger daughter to UADC as soon as she's old enough to attend.

UADC is amazing. Their job is to make life easier for the parents. If you have any special requests, they'll accommodate them. Their proximity to campus means great diversity in students and teachers. Many of the parents work on campus. If they offered programs for kids over 6, I would keep my kids there as long as possible.

My son is attending UADC for the second year now. He loves it. The teachers focus on the whole child, promoting socio-emotional development in addition to introducing kids (even in the 3 yr old classroom) to reading, writing, math, science, and art. The kids get additional yoga, music, and Spanish classes. They get lots of time to run and jump as well. Lunch and snacks are prepared on-site and served family style. UADC recently added an after-school program, which my son will attend once he starts elementary school.