Hacienda is well known as a hub of commerce. One of the key characteristics that has marked Hacienda as a premier work destination is the emphasis that it has placed on addressing the needs of families with children. Since its inception, this mixed-use development has made sure that critical childcare and child development resources are available to those who make Hacienda their work location. Today, Hacienda features a number of childcare providers and preschools, fully accredited private schools, a public middle school, tutoring centers, an art academy, a music academy, and several after school programs.

Childcare, Preschool, and After School Programs

The availability of childcare, preschool, and after school programs is one of the advantages of living at or near Hacienda. There is a wide range of choices, including bilingual and Montessori programs.

• EnGrace Montessori Academy

5950 Stoneridge Drive, (925) 201-1120, www.engraceschool.com

The Montessori Method, which promotes self-directed, practical learning, is at the heart of EnGrace’s curriculum. Its English and Mandarin Bilingual Education program for ages two to six includes a wealth of activities to ignite curiosity and teach vital life skills. Outdoor activities enhance physical health, while arts, crafts, and music foster creativity and rhythm. Story Time enriches language abilities and instills a love of reading.

• Global Village Montessori Preschool

4807 Hopyard Road, (925) 425-7455, www.gvmontessori.com

This preschool provides a Montessori education for children aged two to six. In addition to subjects such as reading, writing, math, science, culture, and practical life, its staff emphasizes a child's physical, emotional, and creative development. The facility has been designed to provide an inviting, safe, and stimulating space for children and includes a well-equipped outdoor play area. Global Village also offers summer camp.

• HeadsUp! Montessori Preschool (formerly Hacienda Child Development Center)

4671 Chabot Drive, (925) 463-2885, www.emersonmontessori.com

HeadsUp! offers daycare for infants from six months and preschool for children up to six years. Its infant daycare program combines an innovative approach to early learning with traditional values and the joy of discovery. Games and activities encourage the development of fundamental thinking skills through combined learning and play. The nationally recognized facility design features large windows and spacious indoor play spaces.

• Pleasanton Bilingual Montessori Preschool

5724 West Las Positas Boulevard, Suite 200, (925) 460-9920, www.pleasantonbilingual.com

Pleasanton Bilingual Montessori Preschool is the first and largest bilingual (English and Mandarin) Montessori School in the Tri-Valley. The staff is committed to providing children with a comfortable, peaceful, safe, and stimulating environment where they can begin to learn a second language naturally. The school serves children from 15 months to six years and includes kindergarten. Optional enrichment include Art, Dance, Kung Fu, and STEM classes. .

• Safari Kid

4464 Willow Road, Suite 101, (925) 940-1403, www.safarikidusa.com/pleasanton-location

Safari Kid offers preschool and private kindergarten for children ages two to six. Its after school program and summer camp are available for students from kindergarten up to sixth grade. The proprietary preschool curriculum is inspired by traditional methods, including Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf, and also reflects current brain research on early childhood development. The result is a focus on the whole child.

• The Little Butterflies

5698 Stoneridge Drive, (410) 585-5988, www.thelittlebutterflies.com

The Little Butterflies provides nurturing care and engaging learning experiences that promote language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development for children six months to six years of age. Its program focuses on developmentally appropriate activities that help children mature into well-rounded members of society. The curriculum is child-centered and teacher-directed, with play integral to learning and essential to quality of life in childhood.

• Yang Fan Academy Preschool

4160 Hacienda Drive, Suite 100, (925) 396-9506, www.yfacademy.org

Yang Fan provides comprehensive preschool, after school, and summer camp programs. Its preschool provides an engaging learning environment for children ages two to five years old. Its experienced educators are passionate about providing high-quality early childhood education, which include daily Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish classes as an option. Yang Fan’s after school program serves students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Its summer camp as online as well as in-person opportunities.

Schools

Families with elementary and middle-school-aged children have many choices at Hacienda. They include a Montessori school, a public middle school, and several specialized, accredited private schools that are well-known.

• Fusion Academy

4301 Hacienda Drive, Suite 120, (925) 623-5433, www.fusionacademy.com/campuses/pleasanton

Fusion Academy is a private, fully accredited middle and high school for students in grades six to 12. Its one-to-one instructional model helps students maximize their academic potential, while experiencing the collaboration benefits of its Homework Café, social clubs, and other activities. Fusion’s mission is to help each student flourish–emotionally, socially, and academically–through positive, mentoring relationships and a personalized education experience.

• Hart Middle School

4433 Willow Road, (925) 426-3102, www.hart.pleasantonusd.net

Thomas S. Hart Middle School is part of the Pleasanton Unified School District and serves students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Its total enrollment in 2023 was just over 1,100 students. Hart has been recognized as a California Distinguished School. Its offerings include several different sports teams, a variety of musical bands, a choir, and many other after-school clubs and activities.

• Stratford School

4576 Willow Road, (925) 737-0001, www.stratfordschools.com

Stratford School is an independent private school that offers preschool through fifth grade at its Pleasanton campus. The curriculum emphasizes science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. It also incorporates music, physical education, foreign language, and social skills development. Stratford's goal is to prepare students for admission to competitive high schools and colleges. They are encouraged to participate in leadership, community service, and extracurricular activities

• Summa Academy

5901 Coronado Lane, (925) 425-7377, www.summa-academy.com

Summa Academy offers kindergarten to sixth grade to students with Autism and other special needs. Its mission is to provide high-quality individualized instruction and intervention for students with disabilities and prepare each student to contribute to their communities. The California Department of Education has certified this private, nonpublic school to provide educational placement and services to 48 students with special education needs.

Tutoring and Enrichment Services

Parents can find a host of tutoring and enrichment services for their children at Hacienda. There are many opportunities for students to receive individualized coaching in specific subjects, explore art or music, and learn or use a new language.

• Bollywood For Life

4855 Hopyard Road, Suite C9, (925) 701-1627, www.bollywoodforlife.com

Bollywood For Life is a creative dance and fitness studio that offers seamless Bollywood dance and fitness classes for children between the ages of four and 12 as well as adults. Dance choreography classes for kids ages six and above allow them to hone their dancing skills, learn coordination, tap to exciting music, and get a chance to perform on stage. Online classes are also available.

• Code Ninjas

4811 Hopyard Road, Suite G5, (925) 425-7089, www.codeninjas.com/ca-pleasanton

This learning center teaches children to code through a game-based curriculum that teaches teamwork, logic, math, and problem solving. In Code Ninjas CREATE, kids ages eight to 14 have fun building video games and developing ninja coding skills on the path from white to black belt. This service also offers Code Ninjas camps, for ages five to 14; birthday parties; and a Parent’s Night Out.

• Expressions Dance & Arts

4811 Hopyard Road Suite G6, (925) 523-3645, www.expressions-dance-arts.com

Expressions Dance & Arts is a family-friendly dance and performing arts studio. Its goal is to provide high-quality dance instruction for all ages in a welcoming, supportive, and professional environment. Children’s classes are offered for ages two and up. They include Tap, Ballet, and Creative Movement for ages two and three; Ballet, Jazz, and Hip-Hop for ages four to seven; and many others

• Fusion Academy

4301 Hacienda Drive, Suite 120, (925) 623-5433, www.fusionacademy.com/campuses/pleasanton

Fusion offers individualized instruction on a full-time and part-time basis, including tutoring and mentoring students who need additional support in a particular subject. It offers over 250 credit classes for students who need to catch up or remediate lost credits or take a tough class in a more personalized environment. It also offers post-secondary counseling sessions and assistance with college applications, essay writing, and more.

• Growing Stars, Inc

4695 Chabot Drive, Suite 200, (925) 558-2283, www.growingstars.com

Growing Stars is a pioneer in affordable online tutoring. Its program is designed for convenient and effective tutoring, with an individually tailored curriculum and one-on-one tutoring sessions. The goal is to help children develop a renewed interest in learning, with an eye towards better study skills and grade improvement in school. Because the tutoring is delivered online, it means that scheduling is flexible.

• Huntington Learning Center

4855 Hopyard Road, Suite C-03, (925) 463-2334, www.huntingtonhelps.com/locations/pleasanton-ca

Huntington's certified tutors provide individualized instruction in reading, phonics, writing, study skills, elementary and middle school math, algebra, calculus, chemistry, and other sciences. It also offers preparation for the SAT and ACT as well as state and standardized exams. Huntington programs help students develop the skills, confidence, and motivation needed to succeed and to meet the needs of Common Core State Standards.

• Ichen Art Academy

4430 Willow Road, Suite I, (925) 353-2877, www.ichenartacademy.com

Ichen Art Academy accepts children ages four and up, adolescents, and adults for programs including Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Children's Art Exploration, Children's Creative Painting and Drawing, Sketch, Water Color, Oil Painting, Cartoon and Design. The academy is the first all-around, comprehensive, and systematic art institute dedicated to Chinese-Western art education in the Bay Area. It offers a variety of summer art camps for children.

• Joyful Kids Club

5627 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 200, (925) 338-7347, www.crosspointchurchsv.org/JoyfulKidsClub

Joyful Kids Club is an after-school tutorial and enrichment program that provides homework and study support groups, diversity enrichment, and popular classes for students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Those include Chinese, Painting & Drawing, and Piano. It is located in a renovated 20,000-square-foot facility, and is a ministry under Crosspoint Church in Pleasanton. Its mission is to serve the families within the Tri-Valley community

• Korean Heritage School

5925 West Las Positas Boulevard, Suite 200, (925) 227-0880, www.trivalleykoreanschool.com

The Korean Heritage School is a bilingual school serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade. In addition to meeting California state requirements, the primary focus of the school is on the Korean language and culture.

• New World Music Academy

4430 Willow Road, Suite M, (925) 462-5400, www.ensembleschools.com/new-world-music

At New World Music Academy, students of all ages and levels benefit not only from lessons and classes but also gain self esteem by participating in recitals, student projects, community outreach programs, and other events. Instruction is provided in areas including piano; voice; guitar; strings, including violin, viola, and cello; winds, including clarinet, sax, and flute; drums; and more. Online music lessons are also an option.

• Nrithyollasa Dance Academy

4430 Willow Road, Suite K, (510) 623-8230, www.nldance.weebly.com/index.html

Indumathy Ganesh founded Nrithyollasa Dance Academy in 1989. The academy provides intense training which enables the students to gain mastery over this ancient dance form. In addition, the school imparts excellent training in the theoretical aspects of Bharathanatyam and nattuvangam (dance conducting). Students of the academy have performed in various events and charmed the audience with their abhinaya (expression) and keen sense of rhythm.

• Spring Music Academy

4811 Hopyard Road, Suite G4, (510) 556-6607, springmusicacademy.org

Spring Music Academy provides music education classes for children of all ages, including choir, piano, vocal, music theory, and general music education. From babyhood through the early elementary years, the Music Together program nurtures each child's natural musicality. In family classes, grownups learn together with their children. It also offers a choir and musical summer camp for ages five to 15.

• Summit Tutoring Center

4430 Willow Road, Suite C, (925) 251-9888, www.summittutoringcenter.com

Summit is located just steps from Hart Middle School and offers individualized tutoring in English, math, chemistry, and biology for students in grades six through 12. A Homework Club is also offered after 3:30 pm Monday through Friday during the school year, with high school seniors serving as teaching assistants. Summit also offers instruction in art and Chinese as well as summer camp SAT prep.

• T & D Dance Academy

4430 Willow Road, Suite D, (408) 406-0634, www.tnddance.com

T & D Dance Academy offers a variety of dance classes. Classes are available for both children and adults.