Forest Park Montessori

"We LOVE Forest Park so much. Our two girls are now in their second year here and it has exceeded our expectations. It is a tight knit community and the teachers are amazing. It has been great to watch the girls thrive and come home talking about all the new things they learned that day and proudly showing us their school "works" at the end of the week. It is clear they enjoy the school and are finding learning fun even when it is a difficult subject. Big thanks to the FP teachers for pulling that off and making school a place they are eager to go to everyday."

"This school is such a special place. Since it's one classroom and everyone is there together 5 days a week, the kids and teachers have such a strong rapport with each other. The classroom felt like a big family, instead of just a school/classroom, from the first time we checked it out. We love the consistency our son gets each day, so he can feel safe, grounded and able to explore, learn, grow. The teachers are beyond amazing, everything I could hope for to guide and care for our son. The parent community is supportive and engaging."

"Our four year old daughter attends Forest Park Montessori and has been since she was just over two and a half. As soon as we stepped foot in the classroom for a tour and met with the head of school, we knew this was the learning environment we wanted for our child. It is incredibly warm and welcoming for young children and has come to feel like home for our daughter. There has never been a day when she has not wanted to attend school. (She even was upset about having a snow day recently.) The greatest asset of the school are the teachers. They are talented and dedicated educators, all Montessori-certified. More importantly, however, is their ability to connect with children, which they all do very naturally and full of heart. Their approach to teaching and learning breeds passion, independence, and curiosity in their students. My daughter began sounding out words at age three and is now bringing home short stories to read to us. She also loves math and uses long car rides to count to 100 for us. Over the weekends, we often hear her say how much she misses school and her friends there. We feel very blessed to have found a school where she is loved by her teachers and friends in an environment that fosters such an authentic love for learning."

"Our granddaughter has been at Forest Park Montessori for 2 years. The school was built near us, she was enrolled. The school has been the best thing for her. She has grown in confidence and socially. I like that phonics is taught. It has given her the base to be a beginning reader and writer. The math is most amazing. It is not rote memory, but children learn the meaning of math through number boards and other practical teaching tools. Our granddaughter has learned many practical as well as necessary activities of life in a fun manner. The teachers have a great vita that translates to good connections to the students in their teaching/learning process. It is amazing to see the upper level students read fluently, write, spell "big words", and handle math problems of 1st grade level if not more. That says to me the Montessori Method is truly an effective way to learn. You cannot find happier, funnier kids anywhere who are appreciated by their teachers."

"We have both our children at Forest Park- Maddie age 5 and Henry age 4. I didn't know a thing about Montessori education and the things my kids have learned have blown me away. They are confident, interested in learning, and have learned great behavior. On top of that my oldest is reading chapter books at age 5! You put it in front of her and she reads it, gets most of it (depending on the subject) and loves it. And all the kids her age at FPMS are on that track, simply blew me away. One night they explained math to me and then showed me how to do addition and subtraction, I fell out of my chair! They also had great hours for my family and a very fair cost compared to the other schools we considered. The teachers are great, especially Adena! Simply love it."