History:
Peninsula Day Care Center, located at 525 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, is a private, nonprofit organization, founded by former ministers and business owners, Herman and Mary Jo Shaw in 1974. Starting with 6 children and a vision for a center where children would receive loving care with creative programs designed to enrich and stimulate their social and academic growth, PDCC now serves close to 400 children from ages 2-1/2 through 6th grade.

Schools Served:
As our center grew, we saw the need to provide transportation to and from the children’s neighborhood schools. We started with one van, but now have a fleet of buses and vans.

We meet all school schedules at the following schools:

Palo Alto: Briones, El Carmelo, Fairmeadow, JLS, Palo Verde.

Los Altos: Almond and Santa Rita.

Mountain View-Whisman: Bubb, Castro, Graham, Huff, Crittenden, Monta Loma, Theuerkauf and landels.

Our buses receive the highest grades from the CHP during yearly inspections. Our drivers are fully qualified and trained to meet CHP standards with current First-Aid certificates.

Parent Comments:
The uniform comment of parents who visit Peninsula Day Care Center is that the children are happy and the center is exceptionally clean. Parents also comment that the children are nurtured and receive individual attention from our highly-qualified staff. Parents tell us they never worry when their child is at PDCC, because they know he is safe, receiving good care, and above all, loves to be here.

License:
The state agency that licenses day care centers uses our center as an example of how child care should be provided. We continually receive the highest ratings from the licensing agency, during their annual, unannounced inspections.

To visit PDCC, call 650-494-1880 to make an appointment.