This is our 3rd year our child has been attending Brentwood Montessori Academy. My husband was not…read moreconvinced going into our first year...He said one, maybe two years, but that definitely changed!. The first year, she started to write in cursive...The second year she moved into a new classroom and had several work stations, jobs, and an extra bonus of getting to go to violin class (with only paying a violin rental of $20 a month), and several extra curricular activities that we could add on after school (1 hour extra). Her teachers noticed after a few weeks she was behind on reading a little, and let us know promptly so we could get right on to ramping up her reading...She made a huge turn around! We love this environment of learning. We love that kids are able to be kids, but also learn lots of responsibility and independence. They get to go home and be a kid without loads of homework, although, you can request some learning sheets to be sent home. Now, in our choice to choose Montessori once again, for a 3rd year in 2020, we had a couple important requirements with our choice to go back. We already had an excellent experience so far, but the pandemic and how it was going to be handled at Montessori was key to us continuing. After reading their new policy, we saw that great efforts were made in making the children's environment as normal as possible. This was absolutely critical in us sending our daughter back. They had also placed common sense approaches for keeping kids and staff safe. Because the kids have separate work spaces where they do their individual work, they are already socially distanced. They do temperature checks where my child can be checked with her wrist. They also have hand sanitizing stations (my child is able to bring her organic sanitizer-90% ) and they take the time to keep things extra clean. They have a great system of separating rooms, in case of Covid exposure which really limits the amount of shut downs. This has been brilliant! We have seen the damaging effects of other overly strict policies in so many other surrounding schools (including a lot of depression, discouragement, and lack of learning) so we couldn't be more happy in the way they have handled this so far. Because she is able to go back to school, and not have us home school her, the teachers were able to recognize that she had a bit of a learning disability and we were able to immediately jump on that and get a tutor. One of her teachers actually took the time to educate herself better on her type of disability in order to understand and be able to serve her and some other kids with this issue even better. We would have never even known she had some issues. Now we can save her the heartache of losing her self confidence and falling behind. We highly support Jim Bernstorf and his highly compassionate & knowledgeable staff. We thank them so much for the way they teach the children. Thanks to them, our child can go to school in freedom. As Maria Montessori said, "Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and, when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning as it wakes every living creature that divides its day between walking and sleeping."

Love this school. I have two children who have attended for three years. Competent faculty, caring…read moreadministrators, engaging curriculum. Highly recommended.

Based on my experience as a parent with three kids here, this is a great school…read more - The facility is nice. It's big and clean. - It appears to be in a safe place. It sits far back from the road and forms a campus with the adjoining middle school. - With your eldest at the middle school, it's convenient having all three kids on the same campus. - The leadership (front office, Principal, etc.) have been very good, and are engaged, caring people. - There is a very active PTO here as well. Most of us don't have a choice about public elementary schools, but if you're shopping for a home within the Sunset Elem. district, I can recommend this school to you without reservation.

It's a very good school nice kids good teachers and they care about their students and do a lot of…read morefundraisers throughout the school year and have great school clubs after school for kids to do.

American Classical Academy At 1st was excited, the 1st disappointment was the uniforms that are…read moreexpensive! The next thing was the actual school in old Ingram building seems the temp is kinda warmer in the building! Next it's no gym or cafeteria like area no free program for lunch. A lot of unsure ans to questions, not a lot of order when it came to the 1st day. Also the drop off and pick up line is horrible and will have your child late for school due to not being any buses! And if they have a shuttle you have to pay for that as well! The line to pick up will have you waiting over a hour for pick up! It's really been all summer and better actions and planning should have been put in place since they know a lot of thing are not in place to make things easier! The school should consider single parents time and money with having to prepare children for school plus handle a day work and also have to make sure the children are doing there best! Also the outside workers for the parking should be better at communicating and doing a better job to ensure drop off and pick up are done in a respectful and timely manner!

Our experience with this school has been deeply concerning from a safety and management…read moreperspective. The school consistently appears to be understaffed, and families frequently receive messages asking parents to keep their children home due to staffing shortages. In addition, there have been multiple state violations, poor communication, and several incidents that we feel were either undocumented or not appropriately addressed. As parents, the safety and well-being of our children are our highest priorities, and unfortunately, we no longer feel confident that this school can provide a safe and reliable environment. Due to these ongoing concerns, we are actively seeking a different school for our children. Based on our personal experience, I would not recommend this school to other families.

Our family has sent 3 kids to this school over the last 5 years. My favorite part about this school…read moreis the community of friends, parents, and kids it's created for our family. Currently we have an infant with Ms Tresa and Ms Brittany and a Pre-K'er with Ms. Sarah. Ms Tresa and Ms Brittany are so warm and make it 10000x times easier to drop her off each morning... they also do a great job keeping to the schedule I've requested for our baby. Our Pre-K'er blows me away with how much he's learned in Ms. Sarah's class. The way she integrates academics, emotional intelligence, and social and community responsibility has done so much to shape my kiddo. Highly recommend considering this school for anyone in the market!

Under the leadership of Dr. Angela Carr this is an amazing institution. Our child has excelled here…read morein academics. Every aspect of our two year experience has been positive. We feel our child has the ground work laid to continue a successful academic career. This is a great school!

my experience has been the best. I'm doing medical assistant. the teachers Dr.Henshaw and Dr.lewis…read moremake sure you learn everything you need to pass your ccma. Mrs. Ward is the dean of Medical Assistant and from day one she will make sure you have everything you need to exceed. and all will keep it real with you.

A huge shout out to the Radiology Tech team! Amazing and caring instructors with great clinical…read moreopportunities!

Amazing school!! Not only are these teachers challenging every student academically, but also they…read moreare also teaching them how to stand in God's word! My two daughters have greatly benefitted going here! God's presence is truly at this school.

Would NEVER recommend the school or the Church. We went to both for several years. The way they…read morehandle conflict or lack of is toxic. Do your research prior!!!