Evergreen Academy - Issaquah

Center · Issaquah · 3601 228th Ave SE

What kind of place is this?

Size 167 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Ages served 6 weeks – 6 years

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 15, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousPamela Pasley have expired food worker's card. Huma Junaid expired food worker's card. Renewed the same day (11/12/24) Swagatika Dikhit missing food worker's card. · November 12, 2024

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.

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 12, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Pamela Pasley have expired food worker's card. Huma Junaid expired food worker's card. Renewed the same day (11/12/24) Swagatika Dikhit missing food worker's card.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious

One of the bathrooms had a large plastic bag covering the toilet seat. There were some plastic bags accesible to children under the diaper changing table. All bags were removed during the visit.

Report (PDF)

May 2024 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · May 29, 2024

Bottle preparation

WAC 110-300-0280(1) · Short Term

Bottles in one infant room was missing dates.

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) / 110-300-0215(3)(c) · Serious

Need to ensure that medication forms for diaper cream and sunscreen is completely filled out (expiration dates, start and stop date etc.) signed and dated with day and year. Some staff are missing Basic/Initial STARS and upon review do not have the DCYF medication training. In Room 111 it was observed that there was moisturizing cream for several children by the sink and accessible to all children.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious

Roller shades on windows had hardware on the wall to manuever cording but the cording was still loose. Equipment cording in rooms observed to be accessible to children and can form looping. In rooms heavy items stored on shelving units and above cubbies were not secure. Chipping paint was observed in door frames, window sills, and on montessori number rods and blocks. Room 109 water exceeded 120 degrees degrees one sink was at 125.2 and 122.9.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Room 111 was observed to have a small bottle of Dawn soap and a Magic Eraser sponge by the sink accessible to children.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(4) / 110-300-0106(8) · Serious / Short Term

Files reviewed: Staff member: D.A.S was missing documentation in MERIT of Basic/Initial STARS and Health and Safety Training via the DCYF Portal listed under WAC 110-300-0106. F.A was missing Basic/Initial STARS. She completed Safe Sleep listed under WAC 110-300-0106 but is missing all the rest of the Health and Safety Training via the DCYF Portal listed under WAC 110-300-0106, All staff files were missing documentation of a current BBP training.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Evergreen Academy - Issaquah hasn’t published four things

Tuition · Hours and late pickup · What a typical day looks like · Sick and biting policies

Worth doing yourself

Ask what changed after each, and whether the state has been back.

On the visit: what you can only see — how the room smells, whether teachers are down on the floor with the children, how staff speak to each other. Those, and the 7 questions worth hearing answered out loud, are in the note below.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

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