Children of Integrity Montessori Academy

This is an excellent Montessori school, with all of the best materials and instructors possible. Teachers and staff care about every child individually and about the community that they create together. Kids have individual and group lessons when they are ready for them, and they have great enrichment activities like music lessons, Chinese classes, performances, swimming and skating lessons. One thing I really like is that the kids are highly involved in everything that happens there. So, for example, they all take turns every week helping clean and maintain the school. Or, for little events that they do, the Senior kids will plan and organize things, and the other kids participate in ways that they are able to. We have talked about moving, but this school keeps us here. Our daughter has needed extra attention for some challenges and the teachers and administration have been absolutely wonderful. They’ve been in daily contact with us at times, bending over backwards to learn and improve things for our daughter and everyone else as well. They are creative and have a growth mindset, and we are very lucky to have found Children of Integrity and thankful to be part of the school community. There is another review that says the school is unsafe, and I’m trying to think of why anyone would say that. My best guess is that the reviewer has not had a child attend the school. There are two things I can think of that the review may have been about: first, the playground equipment is old. This is a small private school, and it’s true that it does have old playground equipment. However, it is not unsafe. We did fundraising last year to raise money for new playground equipment, so I think that is in the works. This is not a sterile environment, though. I don’t think it will be something with foam padding everywhere, because that’s not the point. Some days my daughter climbs trees during recess, and I think that is a good and wholesome activity. The only other safety thing I can think of is that this school is on a hill and during the winter sometimes it is icy. I think they do their best to clear as much of the snow as they can, but the layout of the school grounds makes it difficult to keep all walkways maintained at all times. It’s not much worse than other schools or neighborhoods, etc, though. Anyway, this school is the best of the best, and I would recommend it to anyone in our area who is interested in Montessori.

Great school, teachers and staff. Great playground! VERY well maintained and safe.

Grounds aren't kept up. Really not safe for the kids.

Best school ever

Large facilities on the site of the former Cedarbrook Elementary.