Sun Grove Montessori School

This will be our 3rd year at Sun Grove! My daughter loves this school and her teachers! We have never experienced any problems with communication. Nothing but positive, kind guidance from all of the staff since day 1! My daughter's progress and independence is all thanks to the hardworking staff! Thank you for all you do Sun Grove!!! We are lucky to be apart of such a great community!

We had an unfortunate experience. The communication was poor and when we asked for clarity and for it to improve, we were abruptly unenrolled, without explanation. The theme with the experience has been them saying one thing verbally, a different thing in writing and then penalizing us for asking for clarity. If you’re okay with that, then you won’t have a problem with the school.

Another review about their extremely poor communication practices and how they (don't) solve issues:

We had enrolled our three kids for this year. Long story short, for the youngest one they repeatedly moved the starting date a couple months at a time, coming up with new reasons every time. We need him in school for health reasons, and we can plan around a start date, but not around a moving start date. The last reason was that they only accept some number of new students per week, so with the previous pushing of the date, he now went to the end of the line for starting.

We talked to them, explaining that this lack of clarity and goal moving was having serious consequences for our family. We are OK with things changing, but we wanted to establish a long term relationship with them: we were ready to volunteer, and put a lot of energy (not to mention, money) into the school, for which we think honest, respectful communication is key. Since they were changing the start date under our feet (again, we are talking months from the initial date to the latest provided), we asked them to please reconsider.

They called us back **cancelling the enrollment for the three kids**! Just like that.

Well, on one hand, I'm glad this attitude came up now, rather than after pouring time, effort, energy and money into them; but obviously we feel this is outrageous, rude, and unacceptable, and we just hope no one has to go through this. Looking at other reviews, seems like we are not alone, though.

I will add one more piece that may be valuable to other parents: our kids were able to attend for a trial day, and we were able to accompany them during the experience. Our kids have been educated in multiple Montessori schools across countries, and we were surprised how loud classrooms were at Sun Grove. They said that normally there is one more teacher, and that they are able to go outside, which reduces the noise in the class; but this and other maybe minor things (e.g. a lot less outside time) were definitely unexpected and a reason for some concern that maybe this school wouldn't fulfill our expectations based on prior experience—again, our experience is not a single school, but there are definitely fair differences, and I think this is just a matter of expectations.

We enjoy this school and have been here 2 years with a break during the covid pandemic. I encourage you to come tour the school for yourself. Sungrove is the only authentic Montessori school available in our area. Tuition, even including paying for the volunteer hours, is substantially less than what you would find in many other, more expensive cities for a Montessori program. I have toured many schools in the area and for a child who advanced beyond normal abilities there is no comparison to what Sungrove has to offer. They have the ability to offer curriculum to the unique speed of each child in a mixed age setting.
The campus is beautiful and in a very safe part of the county where there are beautiful, mature trees and an abundant amount of open space. For all students through middle students it offers a relaxed, low pressure environment where students can study outside in the fresh air and work in a collaborative environment with other students.

I have had 2 kids attending Sun Grove since 2017. They are like family and I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. We were new to the Montessori method at first and have learned so much and are really happy with the program. The school also offers multiple ways for parents to learn about bringing the Montessori method into the home which is great.

Sun Grove is wonderful school offering a unique education and community experience. The school recently celebrated its 40th year since incorporation and is accredited by the International Montessori Council. Sun Grove offers programs for infants through 8th grade.

Our 3 year old started attending the toddler program at Sun Grove 5 months ago and she absolutely Loves it here!!  During our tour we were blown away by the confidence and calm, loving nature in each room of children and teachers we visited. It was obvious then, and even more so now, that the Sun Grove environment was exactly what we were looking for. Our daughter is excited every day to play and learn with her friends (she even wants to go on the weekends!)  In just 5 short months her level of independence has increased drastically. She has started cleaning up her &#39;lessons&#39; and organizing her room and she even comes home asking to wash dishes!!  We look forward to watching her grow and flourish with the help of this amazing staff!!  Thank You Sun Grove!  We are extremely honored to be a part of this community!

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