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Kce Champions LLC at Impact Puget Sound Elementary School - Center

discoverchampions.com

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 65 children.
  • Champions, part of KinderCare: public company; majority holder Partners Group (private equity).

What to know

License: 5 years to 13 years (state). They serve: K-6th grade (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since December 2021. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Dec 1, 2025Nothing cited
  • Dec 10, 2024Nothing cited
  • Apr 11, 20241 citation
    • Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Less than 9 inches of ground covering under the spin around equipment on the play struture and slides. Need to ensure under all drop areas that there is enough ground covering.”

        WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b)

  • Dec 8, 2021Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 79% of 272 had rules cited at 2 or more.

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%
  • 1 of 415%This center
  • 2 of 417%
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 1, 2025
On file
4 visits since December 2021 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Less than 9 inches of ground covering under the spin around equipment on the play struture and slides. Need to ensure under all drop areas that there is enough ground covering. · April 11, 2024

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Dec 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Dec 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · April 11, 2024

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Less than 9 inches of ground covering under the spin around equipment on the play struture and slides. Need to ensure under all drop areas that there is enough ground covering.

Report (PDF)

Dec 2021 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

Meals
Most sites offer breakfast, lunch, and snacks; meal service varies by site (all Champions schools)
Updates for parents and schedule
Updates for parents
Discover Champions app and family portal: daily updates, push/email notifications, and messages to the site director (all Champions schools)
Schedule
Full-time or part-time (summer camp) (all Champions schools)

What staff are paid

Teacher at Impact Puget Sound Elementary
$21.65 to $26 an hourJob posting, August 2026

Details

Phone
(253) 347-5582
Address
3438 S 148th St, Tukwila, 98168
License
PL-81714
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled
Siblings
You could qualify for a tuition discount if you have more than one child signed up.

We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, tuition, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.

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Sources and dates

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What it costs

What staff are paid

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Details

KinderCare offers its before- and after-school programs under the Champions name, at 1,128 sites as of July 4, 2026. From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 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.

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