Arrowhead Montessori

Before I found Arrowhead Montessori I toured 10+ schools. On a whim I called up Arrowhead and lo and behold the owner answered. She made time for me in minutes and when I walked through the door and saw her pets framed pictures on the walls with all the school children, the cliché Montessori desks and chairs in perfect toddler sizes and the cleanliness of the building;  I knew this is where my kids would go to school. All of this was before I saw the incredible outdoor environment space that my kids would come to grow and thrive in. Children here are taught to work with their hands, create and build, use their brains, not just sit in desks and blindly follow instructions and worksheets. Now looking back on our years we have spent here I can see what makes a Montessori child different from others. At a Montessori these children are instructed how to be people, how to respect nature, adults and their peers. I am always complimented on how wise, well spoken and thoughtful my children are and I will be the first to tell you those are not traits that come from me. This is directly correlated to their time at Montessori. This is not a school where you get hourly updates on what your child is doing or who they played with, what they ate for lunch. Instead Arrowhead encourages you to talk to your child and ask those things yourself or discuss the lessons they learned that day. If there is one thing Arrowhead Montessori truly succeeds in it is teaching your child to be a successful adult with a lifelong love for learning while enabling them a space to truly be a kid and always feel valuable. I am forever grateful for our time at Arrowhead Montessori and the forever friendships we have created.<br><br>All that being said, with any institution this school is not perfection. Our family has had its share of bumps a long the road and disagreements. Though when those disagreements occurred we spoke about them face to face and came to a resolution. In our experiences the teachers or director were always more than willing to speak to a parent or make time for an after hours phone calls. In our years here we have seen this school slandered by families that are hurt with the truth or the way the Montessori method is thoughtfully constructed at Arrowhead. Before choosing a school one should really be versed on the type of teaching instructed, know your child and what will work best for them, don&#39;t point fingers at the teachers when it doesn&#39;t work out. Montessori is not right for every family, but when the methods work it is almost magical. I had a 4 year old reading chapter books, another putting together puzzles of Europe and counting into the hundreds at an even younger age. Arrowhead Montessori is amazing and I feel it is one of the best decisions I&#39;ve ever made in sending my kids there.

My son attended as a preschooler and Kindergartener.  My wife was very pro-Montessori, and convinced me to enroll our son there.  He did great, but I still didn&#39;t understand what the big deal was.  We put our son in our local public school for 1st grade.   It was highly rated.  He did fine, but was never as excited to go to school as he had been previously.  When covid hit and the schools went to online, we returned to Arrowhead so that he could attend in person.  The immediate difference in his disposition and excitement was evident.  He now comes home from school talking about what he learned during the day and asking questions.  His enthusiasm is so great to see again.  We will definitely be staying the course this time.

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