Utah’s Top Rated Local® Child Care Providers Award Winner: Discovery Tree Academy

Top Rated Local® is pleased to announce that Discovery Tree Academy is a second-time award winner for child care providers in 2019.

If you are looking for an outstanding, local child care provider, look no further than this award-winning company!

Discovery Tree Academy has received many overwhelmingly positive reviews across three different verified sites with an average rating of 5.00 stars, earning them an impressive Rating Score™ of 92.15 and a 2019 Top Rated Local award for ranking as one of the top three child care providers in Utah!

Here’s just one of their many five-star reviews:

“Discovery Tree Academy has been so amazing! We searched and searched for a quality child care and preschool for our daughter, and Discovery Tree exceeded our expectations. The teachers and staff are wonderful, caring, and knowledgeable. My daughter had an excellent experience! She was loved and cared for, and she learned so many things. Thank you!!” – K.S.

It is because of excellent reviews like this that Discovery Tree Academy is now able to call themselves a Top Rated Local award winner for the second year in a row!

More Than Your Average Childcare Facility

We were excited to catch up with Discovery Tree Academy and hear about how the last year has gone for them, so we sat down with owner, Tim Carter.

Tim started off by telling us a bit about their business and their team, as well as what makes them stand out compared to others in the industry. He shared:

“We have 12 employees; eight of them are caregivers; we have a chef and then an administrative staff. We have three unique things that make us different. First is the facility; we keep it clean, current, and fresh. Second is security; we offer state-of-the-art security, software, and communication to ensure our parents know what’s going on at the facility and with their child. Finally, third is our curriculum; we’ve spent years developing and putting it in place. It’s an all-day, every day program, which is rare in this industry.”

When it comes to their accomplishments over the last year, Tim was excited about what the recognition of Top Rated Local means for Discover Tree Academy. He said:

“Winning this award for a second year in a row as a Top Rated Local business means a lot to us. It validates the hard work we do to make sure that we have satisfied clients who are willing to leave positive reviews online.”

Making It As A Small Business

It takes a lot of courage and even more hard work to make it as a small business in today’s world. We asked Tim what has been the most rewarding part of being a small business, like Discovery Tree Academy. He shared:

“We saw a need to do ‘better’ in our industry. Not ‘best,’ because that implies that you’re done growing. As we looked at this industry, I wanted to provide a program and facility that I would have confidence in if I were a parent. We work towards ‘better’ every day to ensure we give parents that feeling of confidence.”

There are many businesses out there that are looking to build as impressive a reputation as Discovery Tree Academy has managed to. We asked if Tim could share any expert advice with these companies. Here’s what he had to say:

“Online reviews and a presence that is across the board, consistent, and positive has to be your number one priority. You need to be willing to do the work to get [reviews].”


Congratulations to Discovery Tree Academy for being a 2019 Top Rated Local award winner, and special thanks to Tim for taking the time to speak with us!

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