This school has the cruelest high school students ever, if you don't want your child to be bullied,…read morefalsely accused of, or made rumored of Then I recommend you take them somewhere else than this high school Take my experience for example. On the first week of high school, students were obnoxious, and they sometimes left the classroom, and they talked Cruel things about the teachers Behind their backs, and for the past weeks I was cussed, yelled, given the finger, thrown a lotion bottle at, and falsely accused of smoking weed by other kids. The girl's restroom is in shambles (not sure about the boy's restroom though) When you walk in the girl's restroom sometimes the smell of weed and vape hits your face because some girls do drugs in the restroom's and the Bathroom stalls either have no locks on them or are dislocated and can't shut properly so this leaves a huge risk that someone could come in the stall your using unaware that you're in there. The sinks are Absoulutly dirty because some girls cut and brush their hairs and leave strings of hair and eyebrows inside the sinks and I think they pour milk down the drain too. Fights are really common in this school, and they happen unexpectedly, and it leaves you on edge because you don't know when another fight is going to happen and you have to be prepare for what might happened in the school, this school doesn't give out good punishment to kids who do bad things and after they punish them, they still haven't learned their lesson. False accusations and rumors are the real issue in this school; I have been falsely accused of taking a dump in the school bathroom and it spread like wildfire around the school, firstly I never took a dump in the restroom for the entire school year and second of all that is what restrooms are for. In this school students don't mind other people's personal business, and this school doesn't announce special events happening your only news source is eavesdropping, and gossip and this school doesn't tell you anything. One time there were food trucks in the parking lot, and they didn't send us emails about, they didn't announce it on the speakers, absolutely nothing. And me and my friends were flabbergasted when we saw food trucks in the parking lot, we didn't have any money to purchase things. Students don't respect no one, they always say the N-word, and they all act like toddlers even though were in high school. This high school is the worst place on earth with the worst students who obnoxiously don't care for anyone but themselves and they made my first year of high school HELL do not come to this school it will leave an emotional and physical scar on your child take them to another high school where I'm at right now.

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.

Great School & administration is tuned in and truly assists with obtaining the best education in a…read moresafe environment

We were at their convocation center (799 N.Hewitt) for a high school graduation. There was ample…read moreparking for those who arrived early, but those who came later had to park pretty far away. To start, the entry into the center was disorganized and security was a mess. They did try to screen everyone with their metal detectors and use guards to dig through bags. This process took forever and it was pouring outside so people were getting totally drenched outside. The wait to get inside was over 30 minutes long and it was horrible trying to get in. Once inside it's chaos, you don't know where you are at until you are inside and it's a battle for seats. The AV and lights were fine, but once the ceremony was over they walked all the kids into the rain and were not let back into find their families . None of them had umbrellas because they were walked out immediately in caps and gowns and formal wear. Everyone's formal clothes were ruined. We were drenched trying to find our group and it was a total nightmare. The security guards were rude and obnoxious, they didn't let the kids go back to find their families and it was cold, dark and pouring. There were senior citizens with walkers and canes getting pushed over trying to get in and out of the building and yelled at by the security. Parents who had to get the car couldn't find their kids or go back in. The whole place was poorly lit. It was a severe thunderstorm out with heavy downfall. They had zero crowd management skills what so ever. I would not recommend renting this place for events unless they can get their crowd management situation and think about what the customer experience should be. What a way to ruin an important family and child's milestone by having the graduation ceremony at this place.