LOVE this amazing school. We are constantly impressed with the teachers and the way the school is…read morerun.

I don't give great reviews lightly. I was not a "legacy" family at this school. We have been here…read morefor years now and like all schools you have to work at your relationship. What I have seen during this 2020 pandemic is nothing short of miraculous. The school chose to put our children first and send them home. As so many of us are working professionals this could not have been an easy call, but they made it. Teachers have sent positive messages and set up zoom meetings with our kids, suggestions on positively handling a scary time, sanitizing the school while we are gone, and overnight coming up with a legit school experience from home was mind blowing. I am so happy to have my child (and myself) belong to such an incredible place. There have been major changes at the school in the last year alone and all for the better. You should definitely give it a try and if you have and it didn't go as expected - really consider giving it another chance. I'm happy to talk to anyone about it. We will get through this and be stronger for it because of the foundation we have 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 went to this school when I was little . I attended during their first years upon opening, and i'm…read morevery grateful I did . The reason for my success is accredited to this school. It has some of the best teachers . The teachers care about you and make an exceptional effort to include everyone in both learning and activities. This school is by far the best elementary school I can imagine, I was young, yet my best childhood memories always occurred at school.

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.

I had a positive experience with Professor Matthew McWright at Fortis College in Nashville. He…read morebrings a professional and approachable attitude to Health Assessment and does a good job explaining concepts in a way that helped me understand the material. I especially appreciated his willingness to answer questions and clarify topics when needed

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

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.