The teachers are bad they can't teach all the kids do is sit there all day and do nothing don't…read moresend your kids here

Not a real Montessori school, demonstrates blatant disregard for student well-being. Your money…read morewon't go towards your child's education here. We withdrew after 7 weeks. Where to start... When my older son was so riddled with anxiety one day he refused to get out of the car at drop-off I knew I had to spend some time in the classrooms to see first-hand what was going on. Up until this point we had heard stories from the kids, were suspicious of the lack of work being done, and had already had a meeting with the headmaster over a separate safety issue that was going on at school. What I found when I visited the classrooms was virtually no academic work being done, the core components of a Montessori program not being delivered, and a hazardously frigid cold building. HAZARDOUS SCHOOL BUILDING. At $17k+ tuition, you'd think a school would have basic necessities like heat. I've attached a photo of the thermostat from inside my 2nd graders classroom on the day we pulled him out of this place. 52 degrees in the 3rd week of October. I was told it was "too early" to turn on the heat. See attached violation from the City of Pontiac building department for no heat and not maintaining a temperature of 68 degrees. This citation was a week after we left. Let that sink in that another week went by before they corrected the issue of freezing cold classrooms. FALSE CLAIMS TO BE A MONTESSORI PROGRAM. This school claims to be "fully accredited" and we were told (in writing) that they were a member of AMS (The American Montessori Society), yet when I verified their membership status (see attached letter from AMS) I found out they haven't even been members since 2020. NO INDIVIDUALIZED OR CHILD LED LEARNING (i.e. not Montessori). Kids had same lessons assigned. The Upper Elementary and Middle School are grouped together under the same lead teacher (we were not told this when we signed up). Montessori should have a 3 year age range, not 5. I observed my 4th grader and my 7th grader working on the same materials, and that work was way below even the 4th grade level. The teacher (Ms. Carey) admitted to giving my 7th grader the wrong math and science work for the previous 7 weeks. Ms. Carey admitted that our kids at 7 weeks into the program did not have the materials or the adult support to work on anything beyond what was setup for the classroom for the start of the school year. CHAOTIC STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT. A Montessori learning environment is supposed to provide a peaceful and quiet environment where students can work uninterrupted for long periods of time. This environment was so chaotic and full of constant interruptions (including flying sharp objects being thrown across the room and other safety issues) that my kids were nervous wrecks. My older son's friend was hit in the face with a pair of scissors that someone threw. DOCUMENTED LEARNING LOSS. In the 7 weeks we attended this school, my kids went from having great grades and high scores on their academic testing from the end of the previous school year in Math, to failing the math placement tests for the school they attended last year. We now are paying for weekly private tutoring to get caught up. This is all well documented.

No academic for earlier years , treated as a daycare , huge waste of time and money!!!! every…read moretime I asked my son what he learnt that day , he would say nothing I was just allowed to play with dolls!!!!!!!!

I helped our PTA schedule 4 school enrichment assemblies this Fall, and ended up scheduling two of…read morethose programs from Midwest School Shows. I was very impressed with their professionalism and fast response to my frequent questions (thanks Brandi), as well as the big selection of different programs they had to choose from. This was good company for a newbie PTA planner, like myself, to work with. I will be using them as a resource for Spring programs as well. The two programs from Midwest School Shows we scheduled were very well received everyone at our school. The students enjoyed the 'Super U Challenge' assembly the most out of all our four assemblies. The 'Hartbeat of America' harp player was also fun, but I think appealed more towards the K-3 grades. Both presentations were very professionally put together and the entertainers skilled at capturing the attention of the 350-something students. I had several teachers comment that they were very impressed with the presentations. I felt the fees were reasonable, but as a PTA you always wish you could spend less. We debated between having the programs present two performances on the same day to make the audiences smaller. I think I wish we had, as it would have allowed for more of the audience to be close to the "action". But, you have to do what you can to stretch those PTA funds.

I've now worked with this company twice this school year. I am pleased by the consistent quality of…read morethe entertainment for our students, as well as the customer service. I have recommended Midwest programs to other schools.