Papillon Montessori

First off let me start by saying my daughter has been at Le Petit 4 years and it continues to be the best decision we ever made to ensure her future success.

Not only is she happy, but her reading and math skills are incredible. She just took her first state exams and she did amazing, scoring in the absolute top percentile. While my daughter is smart, we very much contribute those results to her learning at Le Petit.

My wife and I could not be happier with how the school is run. The children are treated as the number one priority with love and care for their education. It's about the kids and the kids are happy and learning there.

With all the craziness that has gone on in school systems around the country and even in Florida, we could not feel any safer with our daughter attending Le Petit. That's a big deal if you ask me!

School is not supposed to be the place where the parents try to bend all the rules any way they like just because everyone has some money. School is supposed to be a place of education and structure to teach our kids reading, math, science, history and the social skills needed to succeed in life.

Le Petit provides our child the surroundings to feel confident, secure and excited to attend school every day to learn and interact with children of all ages.

I would highly recommend Le Petit Papillon Montessori School.  Our family's experience at the school has been filled with academic excellence, incredible, skilled teachers and happiness. My children have made lifelong friends at LPP.  I love the new carpool line.  It is extremely efficient and makes morning and afternoon drop offs and pick ups a pleasure.  Each year I am amazed by how much the school grounds seem to get better and better.  This year I was so impressed by the amazing tree house, rock climbing wall and zip line that was added to the school yard.  The environment inside the classroom is peaceful, clean, organized, beautiful and smells great.  Outside the grounds are beautiful and exciting from the flowers, the greenhouse and the animals (rabbits and monkeys to pot belly pigs) to the play areas, set up for all age groups, and the gorgeous art murals.  We always can't wait for the school's Art Basel event where the kids display unbelievable and creative works of art, the Science Fair and the Fun Filled Carnival.  The school's Director has been extremely helpful and kind throughout my 12 years at the school and has created a school that has allowed my children to grow into productive, positive, caring, creative and well prepared young ladies.  Thank you Le Petit Papillon.

My son has been at this Le Petit Papillon for the last 4 years.  It has been an amazing journey of learning, development, and self awareness.  When he started at the school he was a shy little boy whom was more of a follower.  Through the years he has developed into an assertive and brilliant leader.  Just this year he tested a grade higher then the grade that he attends.  The ever loving staff led by the principal Ms. Damarys constantly show how they care for all the children.  It is beautiful to see my son grow in such an incredible atmosphere.

My two children have attended Le Petit Papillon Montessori school since they were 4 and 2 years old. I love the nurturing and adventurous  learning environment that is Papillon Montessori School. My oldest child graduated in 5th grade, it was sad to have her leave the nurturing, safe environment we found at Papillon but I believe that the years she spent there with truly knowledgeable and engaging Montessori teachers really shaped the calm, confident and inquisitive student she is. My second child equally thrived as a result of attending Papillon, being more hyper and impatient than her older sister, I realized that these instructors and the Head of School truly understand children in the way they were able to mold my second child into an organized student with great time management skills and leadership qualities .  They truly applied the Montessori way of "teaching by teaching and not correcting".

The school's campus is one of the most beautiful and well cared for.  The level of security at this school is the best I have seen . The fact that the school is closed to visitors and gates are locked means that no one can come into the campus unless checked in at the gated entrance. This is not the case for the majority of schools I have toured. The personnel and teachers personally pick up your child in the car line at drop off and pick up. This gives me piece of mind that my children are safe .

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful school in our beach community.

I've worked at Le Petit Papillon for over 2 years now and from day one I knew that this was where I belonged. Ms. Damarys has given me the opportunity to grow and better myself not only as a teacher but as an individual too.  She is incredible!
My coworkers are amazing and are supportive, educated and passionate about their work and are always willing to help each other. The School itself is beyond beautiful and it is evident every day how happy the children are to be there and how much they love to learn.
I can't imagine being anywhere else!

My son attended this &#34;school&#34; for a very brief period thankfully. I wish I would&#39;ve taken heed of the other reviews here. This place and its director are a danger to children. Not only is there no communication to the point it can be classified as secrecy, it is insidious in its harm. Beyond tough love which is not what any parent wants for their child in a day care/ school setting. Just as a small, albeit horrible, example, my child, a toddler, went without food without any alerts or information or alternative given to the child. It is just so disgusting and heartbreaking. Another review had it spot on when it said it is a wolf in sheep&#39;s clothing. I hope other parents take heed of the warnings and the parents that do take their children there currently dig for more information. Never is secrecy and lack of information a good thing especially when it comes to children. And as previously stated, this is an insidious institution. Please please please do not take your children to this place. No child deserves to be harmed emotionally and physically.

We joined excited for our 3 year old to continue his Montessori exploration in this beautiful space. A series of incidents made us start to doubt the merits of the school, and our experience culminated with a disaster. We were called midday and told to rush to the school and bring a change of clothes. I walked into the school only to find my child penned into the bathroom and left in his soiled clothes clearly distressed. The headmaster shouting that this was unacceptable and asking about his potty training in front of his peers. I held my son tight and ran out of the school. A school, its administration, and teachers should be a partnership with you as the parents. We simply didn&#39;t get that here. We didn&#39;t feel connected with the school, its administration, or its teachers, and we didn&#39;t have the transparency we wanted. Our child went to school all day, but we didn&#39;t receive any meaningful information from his direct teachers on how our child&#39;s day went or what our child did all day. As a matter of fact, we were not allowed direct communication with the teachers without the headmaster present monitoring the conversation. This lack of information became all the more concerning for us towards the end, when we were concerned about why our son did not want to attend his &#34;new school&#34;. For the last few weeks before we pulled him out, he complained about people saying and doing mean things to him. He also vocalized in the mornings that he did not want to go to the &#34;new school&#34;. As responsible parents, we raised our concerns to the administration, and were met by passive aggressive and at times outright defensive responses. We were made to feel uncomfortable (and frankly, at times, scared at possible retaliation) for having raised our concerns. Surely enough, our son was right. Two months after he joined, the school pulled him out of his class and put him in a new class unexpectedly and without our knowledge. What he called his new school was in fact a new classroom with a new teacher and a different set of friends. The negative reviews all over the internet are true. Sadly our experience at this school was traumatizing. We wish we had read Glassdoor and other reviews written by teachers that have left the school before we joined.

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