Unincorporated Snohomish County · Licensed center
Wee Care Academy
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- Medium emergent curriculum center, licensed for 68 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
- Ages on the license: birth to 7 years.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 406 Seattle-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 11% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at all 3.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- April 7, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2024 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Openings and Working Connections subsidy aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Emergent curriculum and play-based
“An emergent curriculum is a way of planning curriculum that is based on the children’s interest and passion at a certain point in time.”
Who cares for your child
Jordan Braswell (Administrative Director) since 2013, Kristy Dykes (Academy Director) since 2013 and Rebecca Aquino (Program Supervisor) since 2016.
Of 2,387 Seattle-area providers, 74 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of thirteen years.
What it costs
$2,815 a month for an infant
Lower than 57% of the 46 that publish a price.
Higher than 74% of the 70 that publish a price.
Higher than 60% of the 99 that publish a price.
Wee Care AcademyMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
- Part time
- $1,117 to $1,793 a month
- Application fee
- $100
- Siblings
- 5% off your total tuition if more than one child is enrolled at the same time
A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
- Meals
- Early morning snack, breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and evening snack served daily; CACFP participant; nut-free kitchen and classrooms
- Outdoors
- Outside multiple times a day for 30-90 minute periods; kept inside above 100F, below 20F, or AQI above 100
- Sleep
- Scheduled rest period 1:00-2:30pm with nap mats
- Diapers
- Parents/families provide diapers
- Updates for parents
- Procare app (daily/weekly reports, photos, messaging), quarterly newsletter, FlashAlert closure alerts, winter parent-teacher conference
- Schedule
- full-week and part-week (2-5 days/week options)
- Closed
- 11 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Closed New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, July 5th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two professional development days a year; early closings on Thanksgiving Eve, New Year's Eve and July 4th
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Parent must pick up within 1 hour for fever of 100.4 or higher, repeated vomiting or loose stools, and other listed symptoms; physician note may be requested to return
Details
- Website
- weecareacademy.org
- Address
- 16727 Alderwood Mall Parkway
- License
- PL-20477, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3+
Nearby
- Christ the Rock PreschoolMedium center · 0.9 miLast state visit Feb 5, 2026 · 3 citations
- Time4kidzMedium center · 1.0 miLast state visit Jul 22, 2026 · 1 citation
- College for Kids @ LynnwoodMedium center · 1.5 miLast state visit Sep 17, 2026 · 1 citation
- Dr Jun's Institute of Montessori EducationSmall center · 2.1 miLast state visit Nov 5, 2025 · nothing cited
- St. Thomas More Early Learning CenterSmall center · 2.4 miLast state visit Jan 15, 2026 · nothing cited
- Orchidpeaks MontessoriSmall centerLast state visit Sep 15, 2025 · nothing cited
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Add what is missingSources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_46ea3aaead874fec99a3c215fddcd1da.pdf
Who cares for your child
- Staff weecareacademy.org/copy-of-our-curriculum-1
- Staff weecareacademy.org/…/288453_883e7327d6594aa19490c7ddda04251c.pdf
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Second price — Checked July 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_1e59d1bb5e904c5280cf76767a52ae5c.pdf
- Application fee, Sibling discount — Checked September 2026 weecareacademy.org
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Updates for parents, Hours, Closed — Checked July 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_46ea3aaead874fec99a3c215fddcd1da.pdf
- Diapers — Checked August 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_46ea3aaead874fec99a3c215fddcd1da.pdf
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_1e59d1bb5e904c5280cf76767a52ae5c.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 weecareacademy.org/…/d346ab_46ea3aaead874fec99a3c215fddcd1da.pdf
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 weecareacademy.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 projects.propublica.org
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 to 323.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.
Nearby
The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 10, 2026.