Enchanted Castle Pasadena Montessori School

We have been thrilled with this school. Our daughter always looks forward to going to school, and has interesting stories when she comes back home. She is progressing well. She moved to this school from another Montessori so adjusting here was instant. The teachers are pleasant and patient. I would highly recommend.

My son has been there for almost nine months.He loves his teachers and buddies. Place is a bit small but cozy and well organized. Recently upgraded playground is a highlight.

My son joined Enchanted Castle last September and has been enjoying the school ever since. The teachers are very kind, skilled and knowledgeable and he has already achieved so much. The school builds  a very healthy environment, the rules are clearly stated and the kids seem to know what is expected from them as they are respectful to each other, very organized and focused on their tasks. They have monthly in-house shows and other exciting extra-curricular activities such as keyboard, ballet, foreign languages, dancing classes, etc. The school is great, would highly recommend it!

My daughter started here Nov-2015.She has progressed greatly.She loves going to school and doesn't have any complaint.Teachers help children work on projects for every special occasion,I think that is a great way to teach children.We were told that they are going to introduce STEM based education,that's good.

The school is pretty decent with good amount of flexibility. Overall the management and staff is pretty good but still have scope to further improve themselves.
Since last 4 months Ms. Arpin has been the director-in-charge and I saw a great ray of hope for futher improvement in the school.
Ms Arpin is genuinely interested in the welfare and development of the kids. Ms. Arpin took a significant step forward to ensure that kids are taken care off very well. She has relation with parents on a personal level. I could clearly see a difference in the level and standard of education.
I heard the other day that she is leaving and I feel terrible about it.

The school is going to miss one wonderful staff..wish they could do something to retain her..she could be a role model for other teachers
Certain areas the school colud improve are:
Cleanliness
Teacher turnover is high
Also San Marino branch gets more prefrence...

Management: If you are hearing us, please retain good teachers like Ms. Arpi

My daughter started Enchanted Castle right before the pandemic lockdowns in January 2020, she was only 2.5 years old and although the first week was hard for her (she had been home with a nanny the first 2.5 years of her life), she adjusted wonderfully and became so close to Ms. Samar. She returned after we were comfortable sending her back to school post-pandemic in April 2021, this time at almost 4 years old and in the big kids class. She is thriving. She surprises me everyday with how much she is learning, from her simple things like the alphabet, to counting to 100, art, dance, music. And her social life is so full and it is all because of the wonderful attention she gets from the school. She loves her teachers in Room 1, (Ms. Denise, Ms. Rachel!) and her friends, and it is with a heavy heart she will be starting kindergarten at a new school this fall. The school has become like a family to us, and we will be sure to keep in touch with all the teachers. We love Enchanted Castle!

Our child went to Enchanted Castle Pasadena for almost a year. We were informed by the school on 5/20/22 via an email sent to all parents that due to a COVID surge in the area, that all children and all staff would be required to wear masks until 6/10. We felt reassured, safe, and  appreciated the measures being taken by the school. On  6/7 while dropping off our child we saw an unmasked man with a cell phone in his hand in the classroom standing directly in front of and facing the children&#39;s restrooms of which children are not allowed to close the doors when they&#39;re inside and exposed. On 6/9 we saw the same. We were told that he was an aide to a student hired by his parents. He had been working there for 2 weeks and refused to wear a  mask despite being asked to do so by school staff. We raised our concerns to the school about both his lack of a mask and  being positioned in front of the open children&#39;s restroom. We were told that the school could not enforce the policy to make him wear a mask. (Why not? CA Dept of Public Health states you can mandate patrons of  your business to wear a mask.) Regarding the restroom issue, we were told the school would look into possibly installing a privacy partition but we didn&#39;t hear back. On 6/9 we received a message about a positive COVID case in the class. Two days later our child tested positive. She had been wearing her KN95 mask all day except for snack and lunch time. We found out later that there were multiple positive cases bu we were not informed. When we looked at photos from school we noticed that not a single teacher was wearing a mask (art, music, dance etc.). We believe, 1. Children are put at an unnecessary risk during lunch, snack and nap time due to not wearing masks and being in very close proximity with each other. Lunch and even most activities could be organized outside. During naps children could have been spaced further apart with all windows and doors kept open. Potentially consider HEPA filters, air  purifiers, and/or portable fans to increase ventilation. 2. Require everyone to wear N95 or equivalent masks since it&#39;s been shown that cloth and surgical masks don&#39;t help reduce transmission much if at all. We also want to share our experience with a COVID positive child: 1. We  noticed that the Fever Free app, which is intended to notify the school when kids are sick, gave our child clearance for school even when her temperature was elevated by 2 degrees to just below 100F. If we were unaware of her COVID exposure, we could have easily sent her to school with COVID. Since the app records every child&#39;s temperature daily, perhaps, there could be a policy update to report any child&#39;s elevated temperatures of 2 or more degrees. 2. Our child tested negative on a home, rapid antigen test, even after her symptoms began and with an elevated temperature. 12 hours later we took a PCR test and it was positive. This makes home tests, which are accepted by school, unreliable for protecting children from COVID exposure.  All of the above made us realize that our child was not safe at Enchanted Castle. We only had a false sense of safety due to the policy announcements and then learned the hard way that a policy means nothing when it&#39;s not enforced. Our child, despite every sacrifice we made during the pandemic, caught a potentially deadly virus at Enchanted Castle where she attended for 3 days a week. And her baby brother got it from her. We realize we&#39;re taking a risk of COVID exposure by sending her to school, but this school did not take the crucial and easy steps to reduce the risk dramatically. This is the reason why we decided to pull her out. When we shared these concerns with the school, nobody bothered to ask about our children&#39;s health status. From there, it was only a cold business contract termination via email. It&#39;s too late now for us to fix anything for our child. This Yelp review will surely not get us the $50 offered by the school to parents who write a Yelp review and bring the print out to the management, nor do we want it, but we feel responsible to share our experience with other parents so they can make an informed decision and demand necessary precautions from school for their children&#39;s safety.

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