ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN PRESCHOOL
AND DIRECTOR LISA TUCKER
ORIGINALLY POSTED JULY 10, 2015
West Valley Families Local Business Week: We have lots of great memories of Estrella Mountain Preschool. I especially like that they bring in Goodyear Fire to teach the children about safety issues. We had a great experience there and continue to hear good reviews all these years later.
With the new school year upon us... I thought it'd be a great idea to revise this feature from July 10, 2015. Lisa Tucker is the Director at the preschool and has some great advice for first time parents sending their little ones off to school, too! Watch our Facebook page for more features all week long! |

Our family is originally from Laguna Beach, California. My husband and I have known each other since we were 8 and even had our pictures next to each other in the yearbooks from middle school through high school. We reconnected when I was 30, in Laguna, and were married 2 years later. My husband, Ross, owns Technology Six and works from home repairing computers, doing AutoCAD, 3D modeling, website design and repairing bikes. We have 2 boys – Cole is a Junior in High School and Davis is in 8th grade at EMES.
We moved to Estrella in 2004. We wanted to find a quieter and less crowded environment to raise our boys. Our criteria were that it had to be 6 hours from Laguna, have great school, a golf course and a body of water. Estrella met everything we were looking for. Coming from a small town, we loved the small town feel up here and the closeness of the community.
I began working at the preschool in 2005 when my youngest started preschool there – over 10 years now! I started as an assistant teacher. The next year, I taught a pre-kindergarten class and continued to teach for 5 years. In 2010, I became the Director for the Preschool.
Estrella Mountain Preschool is a ministry of Estrella Mountain Church. As a Christian preschool we are focused on providing guidance and instruction to 3-5 year olds as well as developing their spirituality. We have Chapel time on Tuesday which is so much fun. Our Pastors Denny and Daniel share the love of Jesus with the kids and parents who attend every week. We sing, dance and learn that God loves us, we can love others, and learning is fun! When the preschool opened in January 2004 we had 2 classes. We now have 5 classes, 10 teachers and serve over 60 students and their families from Estrella, Goodyear, Avondale, and the Buckeye areas.
We moved to Estrella in 2004. We wanted to find a quieter and less crowded environment to raise our boys. Our criteria were that it had to be 6 hours from Laguna, have great school, a golf course and a body of water. Estrella met everything we were looking for. Coming from a small town, we loved the small town feel up here and the closeness of the community.
I began working at the preschool in 2005 when my youngest started preschool there – over 10 years now! I started as an assistant teacher. The next year, I taught a pre-kindergarten class and continued to teach for 5 years. In 2010, I became the Director for the Preschool.
Estrella Mountain Preschool is a ministry of Estrella Mountain Church. As a Christian preschool we are focused on providing guidance and instruction to 3-5 year olds as well as developing their spirituality. We have Chapel time on Tuesday which is so much fun. Our Pastors Denny and Daniel share the love of Jesus with the kids and parents who attend every week. We sing, dance and learn that God loves us, we can love others, and learning is fun! When the preschool opened in January 2004 we had 2 classes. We now have 5 classes, 10 teachers and serve over 60 students and their families from Estrella, Goodyear, Avondale, and the Buckeye areas.
We wanted to find a quieter and less crowded environment to raise our boys. Our criteria were that it had to be 6 hours from Laguna, have great school, a golf course and a body of water. Estrella met everything we were looking for. Coming from a small town, we loved the small town feel up here and the closeness of the community.
Having been with the preschool for so long, I have seen and been blessed with so many wonderful and lasting relationships with our families. Estrella Mountain Church and Preschool is committed to creating a relational environment with our families, the community and with each other. It is a wonderful place to work and I work with a group AMAZING women who devote their days to teaching these precious kids. Each of our teachers is so incredibly loving, nurturing, committed and exemplify the love of Jesus every day.
With school starting next month, we know that many parents are nervous about their kids being away from them for sometimes the first time. Sometimes I think the separation and tears are harder on the parents than on the kids. Typically, any tears quickly dry up within the first few minutes. Our teachers are very sensitive to the fears and sadness that our kids feel, (after all we are moms ourselves), and we do our best to love them through this new transition. I typically will call parents of those little ones who have tears at drop off just to let them know how they are doing and our teachers will text pictures throughout the day to our parents to assure that their baby is ok.
With school starting next month, we know that many parents are nervous about their kids being away from them for sometimes the first time. Sometimes I think the separation and tears are harder on the parents than on the kids. Typically, any tears quickly dry up within the first few minutes. Our teachers are very sensitive to the fears and sadness that our kids feel, (after all we are moms ourselves), and we do our best to love them through this new transition. I typically will call parents of those little ones who have tears at drop off just to let them know how they are doing and our teachers will text pictures throughout the day to our parents to assure that their baby is ok.
When the preschool opened in January 2004 we had 2 classes. We now have 5 classes, 10 teachers and serve over 60 students and their families from Estrella, Goodyear, Avondale, and the Buckeye areas.
In the past 11 years, we have seen Estrella grow and change so much. New restaurants, schools, market, housing. Even with all these changes, the one constant is the amazing people who live and work up here, the small community feel and how everyone looks out for each other. I feel so blessed to live here and to work at a place that lives out love.
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