Program Name: Marks of Excellence    License/Registration ID: 43546


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Alicia D. Marks Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Amityville
Site Address: Map
455 Albany Ave., North Amityville, NY 11701
First Licensed/Registration Date: Sep 8, 1997
Current Registration Period: Sep 8, 2023 - Sep 7, 2027 		Phone: (631) 789-0800
Fax: (631) 789-3920
Total Capacity: 186
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 36
-Preschool: 134
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 3/13/2024 1:04:15 PM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 10
-School-Age: 0

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
 Removed from referral list: No
This program is located in a school.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.
 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Nov 13, 2025 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2025-I-LIRO-114011 Violations Found
Oct 16, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-108734 Violations Found
Jul 16, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-053140 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
May 27, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-041435 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 4, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-002201 No violations cited for this Inspection
Oct 10, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-089383 No violations cited for this Inspection
Jul 1, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-053454 Violations Found
Jun 12, 2024 Self Reported Serious Incident 2024-I-LIRO-053465 Violations Found
Mar 28, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-LIRO-001816 No violations cited for this Inspection
Dec 21, 2023 Monitoring 2023-I-LIRO-055645 No violations cited for this Inspection
Additional Inspection History
*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Nov 13, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Nov 13, 2025 418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Corrected
Nov 13, 2025 418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: Corrected
Nov 13, 2025 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, Corrected
Oct 16, 2025 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, Corrected
Jul 1, 2024 418-1.4(b)(1) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. Corrected
Jun 12, 2024 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury, Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
 Enforcement History
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services uses a range of tools to help bring child care programs into compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since December, 2020: None