This place just downright doesn't make sense. The teachers are really nice, but the management is…read morepoor, absurdly poor. The manager, or the owner, it's difficult to tell at this point, is disrespectful to students who simply make a mistake or accidentally turn around during a test when they walk in. When students try to explain themselves, the manager doesn't want to hear it, and simply gives them a "strike". Three strikes means kicked out, with several parent phone calls. Threaten to kick people out despite paying an absurd amount of money for the service in the first place, meaning you lose your money. Already kicked a person out this year and threatened to kick a few more out. Basing all of these "threats" on incorrect information supplied by people who don't know the whole story. The good things about this place: the library, the location, the food places around it, and the teachers. The manager and the administration literally don't know what they're doing.

Great support, excellent teachers and kind people. They strive for perfection. As Long as your kids…read moreare willing to work hard they will do really well with Honors Review's support

tl;dr: Montessori Matters was recently investigated for child abuse, refused to fire the teacher…read morewho hurt a child, and put on a corrective action plan by the state. We sent our daughter here as a temporary solution for the few months between when her old preschool closed and when kindergarten began. We liked the curriculum and the structure but the quality of the teachers wasn't quite up to our standards. They had immediate availability, seemed safe, were close to home, and we were assured that the teachers were well trained and had decades of experience with all sorts of kids, so we decided to enroll her. While she was there, her behavior started to change at home. She was moodier and didn't want to go to school. She said the teachers were mean. While we tried to figure out what was going on with this new school, our daughter came home and told us that a teacher hurt her. When we requested a conference with the director, Cindy, she didn't deny the accusation that Sally, one of her employees "may have been too rough" with our daughter but claimed that our daughter probably needed the behavior correction, and that the teacher wasn't really strong enough to hurt her too badly. She also claimed that our daughter was a violent child, even though she had never had a single report of hurting another person. We pulled the video surveillance that showed our daughter sitting quietly in the "watching chair" (their form of time out) when a teacher named Sally approaches her from behind, rips a fidget spinner from her hands and throws it across the room. She then wrenches our daughter up and out of the chair by her wrists and drags her out of the room by her arm into the hallway where there are no cameras. The next video clip shows 10-20 minutes later, our daughter curled up in the fetal position crying in Cindy's office. There were also two other teachers who witnessed Sally grab and hurt our daughter and lied to protect her. We asked Cindy what she intended to do to keep our daughter safe. She offered no solution and showed no concern for the well-being of our child. She even called me after the meeting and BEGGED US NOT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE STATE. As a mandatory reporter, she should know that her and I both had a legal requirement to report what happened to DCFS. In the end, the investigators agreed that Sally physically hurt our child but that it didn't meet the definition of abuse. The school was put on a corrective action plan, and to my knowledge, is still being monitored. Cindy was resistant to put Sally on leave or fire her when the investigation began. Her concern lies squarely with her business. She seems very nice but I do not trust her. Montessori Matters has had a lasting impact on our daughter an not in a good way. We've worked with other daycares and now kindergarten and have seen what it looks like when our child is loved and cared for by teachers. This isn't it.

We attended here as long as possible, had a great Montessori experience. Ms Cindy works so hard to…read moreaccommodate every little need (I had many detailed requests), and all the teachers are nurturing, understanding and supportive. Very good price too. I knew my baby would have a hard time adjusting and they eventually got her to LOVE school. They started potty training her before me, which was so helpful. Can't give enough thanks to all the care and hard work they do here. No complaints about this business at all.

THE SCHOOL IS NOT CLOSED! Classes will start up again in September…read more It has run continuously for over forty years! The Sundance School is an independent day school that continues to be a warm, happy place where all the children 2 1/2 years old through grade 8 are supported, challenged and encouraged to reach their highest potential. THE SCHOOL IS NOT CLOSED for the summer! The Performing Arts Camp runs for three sessions and puts on three amazing shows each summer! There is also a camp for pre-school-aged children. Check out the website to find out more: https://www.thesundanceschool.com/

Teachers are friendly, welcoming and will take care your child with attention. They have a lot of…read moretoys and cool activities for children. However the cost is expensive $1600 a month for mon-frir 9-3pm. Lunch not included. If you have the money, do enroll your child

Gold Material Montessori is a great school! Children feel at home - very warm environment and great…read moreeducation! The teachers are fantastic as well and care about the students and their development a lot! I highly recommend Gold Material Montissori!

Dingy and overstimulating, loud environment. The UPK half is completely separate from the…read more"Montessori" half and the toys/activities they use are clearly poorer quality and less educational. I felt like this was pretty false advertising when I found out my son got an offer at their school for UPK. Also they have no outdoor play area and supposedly take the kids to the nearby park daily but to get there you have to cross several very busy intersections.

For the past two years, our daughter has attended the New Horizons Montessori School. She just…read moregraduated from kindergarten, and we know enrolling her here was the best decision. Despite the very challenging pandemic year they did an excellent job keeping the school safe and clean. The teachers (Mrs. Neagou, Mrs. Sheldon, and Ms. Drea) are very supportive and nurturing with their teaching style. They make a conscious effort to attend to every student's individual needs. Our daughter learned through a blend of academics, foreign languages, and geography. My in-laws are former teachers, with over 60 years of experience, and they are impressed by her math and reading skills. We loved New Horizons, the teachers, and the curriculum.  We are very confident that she will enter 1st grade with a great head start. We recommend the school to anyone without any hesitation.

Love this place, only 2 weeks into summer for my two kids and already there is a noticeable…read moredifference in behavior. My daughter voluntarily said "Yes Please" to me this morning two times in a row. Thats a first for me and my little girl. can't wait to see what else the learn.

If you are looking for a quality accredited Montessori program Christopher Academy is the school…read morefor your child. I had two children through the school, starting at 2 1/2 years old and my oldest leaving after 1st grade, and I'm so impressed. Both my children have progressed to other outstanding schools in the area and they were very well prepared academically and socially. Christopher Academy staff and teachers proved themselves knowledgeable and very supportive throughout my children's time at the school and they made life-long friendships as did my husband and I.

My sister and I went here pre-K 3 through 4th grade (they used to only go up that high). This was…read moreback in the early 2000s, but my parents still say it was the best choice they ever made to this day. We, along with many other alumni, went to a Suffolk private school that was a common filter school for Christopher Academy kids to go to after the 4th grade cut off -- The fact that every single one of us among my sister and I's age groups (We are 5 years apart in age, so about 20+ kids) graduated with straight A's in the top of our classes is not a coincidence. Even now, I still see that many of the recent valedictorians of our Suffolk private high school are Christopher Academy alumni (our high school sends us the graduation mailer every year). Long story short- the curriculum, class size, and amazing teachers here laid a foundation for us all that put us ahead of our peers at our Suffolk private school, college & beyond. My parents STILL donate to this school 18 years later & do not donate a nickel to the previously mentioned school that we went to for middle/high school. We are in the process of helping multiple friends make the change to send their young children here based on our experiences. Thank you CA for shaping so many of us into successful students and leaders.

It's a great environment and an amazing experience. My daughter loves it. She loves going to…read moreschool and has made a fond attachment to the teachers and assistants. Everyone is super friendly. Ms. Amorosi, Ms. Ortega, Ms. Fiorillo, Ms. Eato, and the staff take great pride and joy in their work. They all are incredible teachers who ensure that our daughter is getting the best nurturing, training, and education a growing child needs. -

This school is great. My daughter is well cared for but learns to take care of herself. She always…read morecomes home singing a new song or telling me a new fact.

Best school I seen it and it is very clean nothing is wrong very protective and also smells good…read morefood is great.

Three of our friends enrolled our children for SAT coaching from this place and we do not recommend…read morethis provider for the following reasons: The Admin / Owner is very unprofessional, rigid and extremely rude Their guarantee is a big scam, they ask the students to take test with made up questions to have the score low and use this as the baseline with a guarantee of 300 points improvement. Free retake of their course is misleading with lot of fine prints and rigid conditions The course teaching often contained non working link and losing the session, with no make-up provided 1:1 with instructor sold during registration is not a reality Their course format, teaching is not even comparable to Khan Academy This provider charges a lot of $$$ and ROI is not worth, it is waste of our children time