Virginia Quality Rating

• 90% of a child’s brain is developed by the age of 5.
• 78% of parents of children under 6 in South Hampton Roads work outside the home, and must find care for their children.
• 1 in 8 children in our region arrives at kindergarten not ready.
• Children who start school behind tend to stay behind.

Parish Day School is dedicated to providing a high-quality education for your child. A first-rate preschool education will prepare your child for kindergarten and beyond. To further promote excellence in education, Parish Day School has chosen to participate in the Smart Beginnings Virginia Star Quality Initiative.

What is the Smart Beginnings Virginia Star Quality Initiative?

Finding and accessing high quality child care can be a challenge. The Virginia Star Quality Initiative was created to provide a consistent way to distinguish the level of quality in early education programs, allowing you to make more informed choices. Early learning providers who participate in this completely voluntary program are provided with a way to continually improve the quality of their services.

The quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for early childhood providers awards programs one of five star levels of increasing quality. But the rating is only the first step of the QRIS process. After receiving a rating, programs are given tools to improve their quality through mentoring and other assistance.

Our school is currently under evaluation. We are working hard to continuously improve the quality of our program.

To read more about the Smart Beginnings Virginia Star Quality Initiative, please visit the Smart Beginnings Website.