The Harmony School at Princeton Forrestal Village - Plainsboro NJ Child Care Center

1 MERWICK ROAD , PLAINSBORO NJ 08540
(609) 799-4411
3 Reviews

About the Provider

Description: There’s something magical about the dreams of children. They’re innocent. Insightful. Uninhibited. And if nurtured properly, those dreams can come true. At the Harmony Schools, we protect the dreams of children. We encourage their creation, support their formation and celebrate their realization.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 11HAR0003
  • Capacity: 156
  • Age Range: 0 - 13 years
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Issue Date: 2025-07-23
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2028-07-23
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection Date Inspection Type Reinspection Form
2025-08-29 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2025-07-23 Monitoring No Center Inspection
2024-03-07 Email Yes Center Inspection
2024-01-25 Monitoring Yes Center Inspection
2023-12-14 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2023-11-13 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2023-10-03 Renewal,New Sponsor No Center Inspection
2022-09-16 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2022-08-16 Monitoring No Center Inspection
2021-04-20 Email Yes Center Inspection
2021-04-19 Renewal No Center Inspection
2019-12-06 Monitoring Yes Center Inspection
2019-10-29 Monitoring Yes Center Inspection
2019-08-28 Monitoring No Center Inspection

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Reviews

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T. B. 2015-09-19 02:36:02
I have used this provider for less than 6 months

I took out my 20-month-old daughter from Harmony school after 7 weeks (3 part time weeks and 4 full time weeks) because Lisa, the manager and teachers believed that they could not meet my expectations! She was absolutely right! Because I expected my little one not to get diaper rash most of the time due to her staff carelessness in changing her diapers!
They could not meet my expectation because I noticed that my child had been dehydrated all one afternoon and I wanted them to make sure that her water had been refreshed and refilled!
I preferred my child did not listen to Indian traditional music when she took her nap!
They could not meet my expectation because I asked them to rinse the rice before my child and other children play with it to reduce its Arsenic Acid level, which was very toxic for their health!
I felt that I was discriminated when I asked for a place to nurse my child and they hesitated to let me use the spot!
And finally, on the last day I noticed that my daughter’s cup cap had been replaced with other kid around the time she got very sick and ended up to ER! I figured it out when I once more noticed that her cup is empty and wanted to refilled it and saw my daughter multivitamin stained straw in other kid cup!
I absolutely agree with her because her careless team could not meet my expectation to take care of my precious child!
I was surprised when Liza told me that my daughter did not had any progress exactly 5 minute after Shalini told me my child had made a lot of progress and the only concern was eating! That was another reason I could not trust a system in which the director bolded non-facts to force me get my child out because they were not capable of collaborating with my child early intervention teacher for her eating.
On my tour day, I clearly told Lisa that my daughter cannot feed herself and she needed to be fed and she assured me that they would feed her. We were not worried at the bigining but when she started full time schedule she did not eat although I was told that they are doing their best to feed her! The only thing I observed was that my daughter had developed very defensive reaction when they wanted to feed her, which I concluded their feeding approach had not been appropriate and gentle enough and they did not earn her trust.

Once when I was giving her some biscuits, Lindsey approached her in a forceful manner by pulling out her hand and pushing a pouch toward her mouth and she start screaming and refused even to take food from me. When I told her that they should not push her to eat, she rather than taking my advice she insisted that she was not forceful. That was the moment I saw a very unsecure behavior and started thinking how I can trust this type of personality to take care of my daughter.
On the second week of my child fulltime stay, Lisa wanted us to have her early intervention teacher at school to help them find a better way to have her eat. After almost two weeks we finally could have had early intervention teacher to come to school. I was extremely astonished when Lisa and Shalini, head teacher, told me that they could follow the early intervention instructions and be collaborative after the first session with him. I checked with him and surprisingly found out that the only thing he wanted from them was to make sure that she got some experience with some texture like sand when she played outside.

Liza mentioned that they couldn’t meet my expectations and again she was absolutely right because they are not the right caring team for my child!
So, I never recommend Harmony school to those parents that are detail oriented and like to check on their child and question some of the procedures and processes. You find that the teachers and administration are defensive and inflexible and not trustworthy! I do not want to have my child in hands of people who takes care more about their prestigious! Name rather than my child!

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Fern 2015-01-02 00:40:30

I know this school very well. As one of the special instructors that comes in to teach an advanced program 1-2 times a week, I see a well run school. The teacher retention is the best I've witnessed in all the schools I visit.

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Velle 2013-06-28 16:42:05

I use to work here I thought this was a great area to work I loved the work place but I got bullied I was treated with no respect by one of the teaches name mrs.kim in the class room i don't know if it was a Prejudice thing but this lady was rude to me and always yelling at the stuff I even called her out and said shes unprofessional she might be a good worker and been there for years but she has no right to treat people the way she did to me and others she is the reason I left I wish people like her was not working at daycares like this because she makes this place look bad I remember crying to the owner and here I thought she will do something she stood by her which made me leave I was great there I came on time came early when they wanted me too I was great with the kids god doesn't like ugly and I hope people that have a problem with her stand up

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