Amazing School! The staff cares so much about our kids and it really shows. I feel so fortunate to…read morebe able to send my children here.

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.

I've lived in the College Grove area for almost 30 years. We moved out this way back in 1982 and…read moremy sister and I attended the old College Grove Elementary, which is now the Senior Center. When they rebuild the school just a little way down the road I was worried that it would loose some of the small town charm the old one had but I was mistaken. When my children were old enough they started at the new school and low and behold two of the teachers who taught when I was there, was still teaching. Long story short, College Grove Elementary School receives top marks each year from the state for the level of education they provide our children. It was a real pleasure as my two went all the way through from Pre-K to fifth grade. I would highly recommend if you are looking for a good school, College Grove is an excellent choice.

The front staff and security guards are only friendly with people attending and paying. the rest?…read moreAbrasive and rude, especially when offering feedback and/or asking questions. I would not put my children at this school, because if they're like this as Christian adults... I'd question what things actually look like when no one else is watching.

I had the worst experience at this place and I will tell EVERYONE I KNOW THATS CONSIDERING THIS…read moreFACILITY TO NEVER GO THERE!!! They lie to keep from getting in trouble. If they don't like you or want you gone they will start to say how bad your child is or that this place isnt a good fit for them. Almost everyone there either family or close friends with the family. I've heard teachers there talking and laughing about kids. This place say they are Christian but very corrupt. Nothing ever happens to the owners grandchild that goes there she gets a pass and gets to sit up front instead of getting sent home like all the other kids. And if your child has any disabilities they don't have any staff that's able to handle or take time with the child they just want you gone. Beware of this place.

Great school! Good teachers! And great students, the friendships that start their are really just…read moreincredible and those friendships go on all the way! It is so nice to see nice people for once in a school and not bullies and mean people! 5 stars

It's a terrible school. Staff have zero problem solving skills. Are all grumpy and underpaid…read more Students are fed foods that are scientifically proven to cause cancer.

Wow. The treatment of your child was truly horrific, but yikes! Huuuge exaggeration. GMS has many…read morededicated, caring teachers and my kid was lucky enough to be taught by...a few of them. You've put me in a tough spot, here: I have to defend the school against such harsh criticism, but my Mama Bear claws came out more than once during our time there. And you gotta poke this bear with a big stick for that to happen. So, prepared her for high school? 5 stars.

We've had a great experience with NGenius Tutoring for ACT prep. My son actually enjoys the…read moresessions (which says a lot!) and feels much more confident. Because we homeschool and take a more nontraditional approach, we wanted some focused test prep support--and it's really paid off. His score has improved 3 points overall, with a highest section score of 35. Highly recommend!

Over priced and lots of hype about assessments and such. Nothing was innovative other than getting…read moremy CC number and charging me on an ipad.

Hateful words from a crazy parent kept my child from attending school…read more First of all, it is a very good school. Teachers and students are kind and parents are nice.Except some Japanese parents. The other day, after school, my child was playing in the school yard.A group of Japanese mothers, who were a short distance away, said to my child, "We don't want you to play here with our children." My child did not do anything, just playing normally. The day after those words were said, My child was so traumatized that my child could no longer go to school. If they had something to say, they could have gone directly to me, the parent, but they didn't. They don't have the courage. Or do they just want to bully the weak? Just throwing a hateful word is unforgivable, but an adult, in a group, does it to an elementary school student. What are they thinking? There were several adults there, and no one questioned it? The place where they were playing was a public school yard. Why should they be told such a thing when my child were playing in own school yard? The Japanese mothers are said to be making small talk with a group of people every day after school while letting her children play. Do they think they have the schoolyard all to themselves? If they don't want my child to play together, why don't they play in their own yard or send them to a private school instead of a public school? Because of the hateful words of some crazy Japanese parents, my child's heart has been scarred for life. The school itself is a very good school, and if you don't get involved with those people, you will have a very good school life.