Reviews of Cambridge Montessori School (School)

Leigh Flannery

CMS is a warm and loving environment with teachers who know your child and help them learn and grow. From toddler through middle school the curriculum is thoughtful and age appropriate, with high expectation. My children learn compassion, empathy and executive functioning skills alongside math and literacy. This school teaches my children how to gather information, research, and synthesis. Along side the important knowledge they are learning, the school fosters growth mindset and creates a loving community. I highly recommend it for every age!

Carol Costello

Cambridge Montessori is an environment that is focused on inspiring children to grow as strong, independent thinkers and thoughtful human beings. When we moved here two years ago we were impressed at how important it was to the teachers, staff and parent community that our transition was welcoming and successful. Our son is thriving at Cambridge Montessori. The program is challenging, enriching and focused on optimizing the learning style of our child.

Amelia Newbury

Teachers are an amazing group that guide my daughter in self-directed learning while instilling a love of learning and strengthening her natural curiosity. We left to try public and came back - there really is no comparison and no place better for us!

Daniel Larson

Cambridge Montessori has been a wonderful school for all 3 of our children, from 3 years old through middle school. The passionate Montessori teachers have inspired our children to not only be curious about the world around them, but to listen to each other and work towards a future based on mutual respect. And the great community of families has helped sustain us and encouraged us to grow as parents.

Celeste Ng

The school culture is rigid and judgmental, with a culture of pathologizing normal toddler behavior. Some of the things that made us withdraw our 3yo mid-year: Despite a stated open-door policy, parents were actively discouraged from involvement in or visiting the classroom. In March, a formal school memo forbade parents from speaking to each other at drop-off/pickup, asked parents to drop their children off at the front door instead of at the classroom door, and instructed parents not to carry their children or their children's belongings. The memo specifically suggested that any discipline problems at home were caused by not following the same rigid "expectations" as the school. When our son was afraid to use the toilet at school, the teacher forced him to sit on the toilet for 45 min while he cried in frustration. He was criticized for not doing work exactly the way the teachers wanted (e.g. sorting puzzle in the “right” order). In a parent conference, we were told our son was “too literal” because asked where rain came from, he said “From the sky,” not “From clouds.” He was already reading and adding at 3, but we were told this, along with his shyness, were signs of a possible psychological problem. We were bullied to take him for autism screening, even after a specialist and our pediatrician said he was likely fine. Administration, up to the head of school, either ignored problems or blamed us. When we sent a formal letter detailing our complaints, the school offered us a partial tuition refund if we signed a nondisparagement agreement. We refused. Once we changed schools, our son began to open up. We’ve since learned other families had similar experiences.

Dacia Thompson

Cambridge Montessori School is an exceptional institution for learning. Teachers are thoughtful collaborators with parents and the administration has been supportive, even through hard times. CMS is a great fit for both of our children that attend, even with different temperments and personalities. As a family of color, we are grateful that the curriculum is inclusive and the school encourages parents and family members to feel apart of the school community. The Head of School continues to forge the school into out of the box collaborations, like NuVu School. My children feel safe within the environment which translates to the opportunity to learn and retain critical information as well has build hard and soft skills, giving them a leg up on others their age. CMS supports the whole child. I am grateful to be a part of the CMS family.

Tasneem A

Great staff and community!