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St. Thomas School Early Learning Center

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At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 64 children.
  • Hours 8:15 a.m. to 12 p.m., 5 days a week.
  • Tuition Preschool $1,875 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 13 years (state). They serve: Preschool (3-4 years), PreKindergarten (4-5 years), Kindergarten (5-6 years) (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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since September 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 14, 20261 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Staff do not have current food cards.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Nov 20, 20251 citation
    • Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “There were cords in room 163 that were loose and accessible to the children.”

        WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c)

  • Mar 5, 20251 citation
    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “There were 2 children that have prescribed medications and the medications had expired dates of 12.24 and 2.25.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i)

  • Sep 14, 20231 citation
    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “There was an epi pen that was expired and there were no prescription labels on the medication. The was a packet of benadryl that was not in the original packaging. There was medication with no medication authorization form.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i), WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii)

The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had fewer: 71% of 272.

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 14, 2026
On file
4 visits since September 2023 — all of them cited findings
Most serious
Serious — Staff do not have current food cards. · September 14, 2026

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

Sep 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 14, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff do not have current food cards.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 20, 2025

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term

There were cords in room 163 that were loose and accessible to the children.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 5, 2025

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious

There were 2 children that have prescribed medications and the medications had expired dates of 12.24 and 2.25.

Report (PDF)

Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 14, 2023

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026

There was an epi pen that was expired and there were no prescription labels on the medication. The was a packet of benadryl that was not in the original packaging. There was medication with no medication authorization form.

Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

What it costs

Preschool$1,875

St. Thomas School Early Learning CenterMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 113 preschool programs publish one.

A day here

8:15 a.m. to 12 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals and schedule
Meals
Snacks provided for Early Learning Center students; lunch provided for ELC Enrichment students; no additional cost (included in all-inclusive tuition) (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Schedule
Full-week (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

Phone
(425) 454-5880
Address
8300 NE 12th St, Medina, 98039
License
PL-12845
Established
1951

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What it costs

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

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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