Cherry Creek Montessori Academy

Our daughter moved to Aurora from North-glenn this fall where her 4 yr old son attended a Montessori school that was wonderful, like the experience she had in Iowa City,when she was a child.  This wasn’t even close to either of those experiences! Instead of coming home telling us what he learned, or singing little songs about days of the week, etc. we hear all about kids fighting, bad behavior, etc. nothing about learning. What’s worse is that he started mimicking all of these aberrant behaviors! Our breaking point was all of the constant sickness- everything from running noses, to coughing, to fevers.  He would then spread it to all of us! We couldn’t take it anymore, so we pulled him out and they said we would be charged for 30 days more! When I called to explain how disappointing this school is , the head teacher just responded to each concern with an excuse, policy, that we didn’t give him enough time, etc. - denied every and any criticism. Perhaps the truth is best summed up by her comment after I questioned her regarding the charges when leaving: “I have to check with my business partner “ which she has never gotten back to us about!  This is a business, with Montessori in the name! Don’t be fooled or mislead.  There is no educational value to this school. There’s another negative review of what someone experienced when comparing schools, it’s accurate. I wished we’d had read that before getting involved with “ this business “! I would never suggest anyone send kids here.

Posting on behalf of my daughter :)
This is her first whole week and she is in love. I have seen her getting excited about going to school and after picking up the other day she said “mama I had fun, I like going to school!” She loves talking about details of her day as much as she can remember. She talks about friends she made, which kid was mean for a second and how the teacher intervened and what she learned, which teacher said what and everything else and she loves her teachers Ms. Yasmine and Ms. Nicee. This is the experience so far and I hope she continues enjoying learning at CCMA. Also, the second main thing, they are already working on her math and vocabulary. Hurray! Thanks Seema! 🤗

I would strongly advise staying away from this school. We had a tour, here recently and I'm in utter disbelief. The teachers seem very sweet but so burnt out. The director Sima(?), couldn't answer any of our questions and seemed to be irritable about the amount of questions we had. As a parent, looking to enroll your child, parents tend to have a lot of questions, so that was concerning. The classrooms especially the one with the smaller children looked so disorganized and messy. There's literally food on the tables and floors. It is a very chaotic classroom setting. There was literally a kid hitting another kid during the tour and the teachers have so many kids they did not even see it. The children are running around like zoo animals. I thought Montessori schools, especially one that is so praised for their "education" would be doing more than having 20 plus kids running crazy. I asked about a lesson plan, didn't receive one. Just very much disappointed. Hope this helps any other parents looking at this school. Maybe my expectations were too high, but the other Montessori academy's were far much better than this one. So glad we chose a different route.

We are beyond happy and relieved we found this school. Our 2 and 3 year old absolutely love it. We know they are safe there. Their curriculum is fantastic and they do fun activities for the kids. They have a wonderful summer program too! Not to mention they teach the kids Spanish and I’ve seen my son who has a speech delay blossom. We would recommend.

A great school! We started our then 4-year old, now 5-year old at the beginning of the school year and he has loved it! The staff was very accommodating to work with our 4-day week, could start him right away and their prices were very reasonable. I always feel safe leaving our son there with their secure entrance and check-in/out procedures.

Ms Yasmin has been incredible! She teaches the class my son is in, but all the other teachers there do such a good job that our son has to say good-bye to each of them before we leave for the day. We can see the development in our son intellectually while getting all the social stimulation from other kids his age he wasn't getting at home. They have fun activities daily to go with the learning and growing you would expect from a pre-school. He will be starting kindergarten in the fall, otherwise we would definitely be returning to Cherry Creek Montessori Academy.

I&#39;d rather give this place a negative star versus one but it&#39;s whatever. I had been dropping my niece off for my brother while he was out of town and the way my niece was treated was terrible. The 3rd day of me picking my niece up, I noticed there was a bite mark on her shoulder. When I asked my niece what happens she told me she got bit and when I brought it up to Seema, she replied with &#34;she never said anything to me&#34; and proceeded to tell me what it must not have happened in her class. That was my first red flag. My second one was when I was trying to pick up my niece and I couldn&#39;t find her teacher. Shouldn&#39;t they be in the classroom? I am extremely disappointed in how everything is run here and I hope this gets addressed soon. Please be careful with who you leave your kids with and always believe your child when it comes to them being injured.

Our 5 year old and 2.5 year old have been at CCMA for over a year and have thrived. Many of the negative reviews here were during the time of the previous owner and director and to be honest we almost left. Since ownership has changed over to Seema, we have seen a night and day difference and are so so glad we decided to stay. We have been blown away by the quality of education and the open and transparent communication. The school is warm and inviting and the boys adore their teachers and Seema. We love the diverse community and couldn&#39;t be happier with how much our boys are learning!

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