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My son is pre kindergarten and has been going to this school for 2 years. He can read, spell, performs basic mathematics and has learned a lot in a few short years. The teachers are very knowledgeable and the facility is clean and well maintained. I would highly recommend this school to any one who wishes to provide their children with a clean safe learning environment.
Any parent considering the elementary program at this school, I urge you not to waste your child's future & money. If you are at all concerned with your child staying at grade level, C.M. would be a horrible mistake. Thousands of dollars later, we are scrambling to catch our child up, who started C.M. slightly above grade level & left almost an entire year behind! Questioning his homework & progress continually, we were told he was doing great, only to find he wasn't even being taught at his grade level! Additionally, though they will insist differently, they do not use Montessori materials at the elementary level, they don't even have all the materials. Of the few items they did have, kids were told they could only use them in their free time! The outcome has been devastating & not one of them cared the slightest! Sadly, we are one of many.
My 2 1/2 year old son has participated in the toddler program for 6 months now. he absolutely loves school and already knows the alphabet, shapes, colors and can recognize all of his letters.
CMS has well trained Montessori lead teachers and materials. Even though kids are in two classes, all preschool teachers and the director knows the names of the kids. The school director ensures that children are welcomed and well settled. They allow for different parenting style when it comes to seperation anxiety which I appreciated very much as I did not want to leave if my child was crying. The quality of the academic program is high. My biggest dissappointment was that CMS like most Montessori schools, though retaining academic excellence, does not adopt the true philosohpy of Maria Montessori - viz that children should the primary drivers of their learning and that teachers are facilitators of that process. There are several extracurricular activites such as music, art, gymnastics and dance. They also have a big yard and playstructure.
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