Amherst’s Only 5-Star Licensed Child Care Center

Brilliant Start Academy is a unique child care facility where an emphasis is placed on total child development. We believe in learning through play and view all activities as educational opportunities.

The supportive learning environment at Brilliant Start Academy emphasizes intellectual, emotional, physical, and social skills throughout your child’s day. We accept children from 6 weeks to 12 years old. Research-based curriculum is implemented in every classroom. Every child in our center has a rewarding, enriching, and nurturing learning experience in our education center.

At Brilliant Start Academy, we believe that all children have the right to learn! Therefore, all childcare tuition includes preschool curriculum and activities for your child. All children, including infants and toddlers, are involved in learning activities throughout the day in our center led by qualified teaching staff.

We strive to achieve a fun learning environment that allows children to grow emotionally, socially, physically, and intellectually. We believe that children should be allowed to explore the world around them in order to define and develop interests throughout their educational experience.

Brilliant Start Academy also believes that the school should be an extension of home. Children should feel the same sense of security and comfort in school that they feel in their own homes. Our program promotes the development of self-esteem, social interaction, and emotional well-being. Our staff is trained to handle situations in a nurturing and caring manner to promote self-worth and to instill productive conflict-resolution skills in the students.

Brilliant Start Academy adheres to a strict nondiscrimination policy.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.