Alice’s Montessori Learning Centers

My child has been attending this school for a while. I was in love with the old director and teachers. It was a big shock for everybody to know that the director and three teachers are leaving at the same time, big disappointment, but we decided to stay and give a new staff a chance and see how it is going. This was my biggest mistake! I should have taken my child right away and run, what few of my friends did. The new teachers are highly unprofessional, they are not even teachers, they are assistants! Because the owner pays them minimum wage, nobody wants to work there. All of them are NOT Montessori trained. Some of them never heard about Montessori system. The teachers are very rude to the kids, with irritation on the face, leave kids unattended to get multiple bruises and scratches. The parents of the current pre k class were very much disappointed to know the results of the kindergarten assessment. The program at school is so boring that kids fall asleep at the circle time. I wish I had taken my child out long time ago. I will never recommend it to anybody. That being said, 5 other friends are leaving the school with us right now. The school just got a penalty for letting parents without background check teach the class. Please don’t make my mistake, don’t put your kids there. The owner is only concerned about the profit, they kids are being treated anyhow. The new teachers have left too. Now the owner is the teacher herself. This school should be closed. End of story.

My son who is now in 1^st grade went there and it was great! The staff was amazing. So we decided to put my youngest son there when it was time for him to go to preschool. Everything was fine until all the staff left and new staff came in. The current staff are very unprofessional. I walked in to pick my son up and a sub was screaming at a little girl in a way that you should not be screaming at a small child. I approached the director of the school with my concern and her excuse was that the parents are sending the children with sugary snacks and the children are way too hyper and they are frustrated and don’t know what to do. They obviously shouldn’t work there if they can’t handle a hyper 3 year old. I think the program itself is very good but the current staff have no idea what they’re doing and neither does the director. I pulled my son out right after that incident. The price is good but I guess you get what you pay for. Very disappointed.

This is now Little Genius Montessori.
My son attended for 8 months and he only left because we moved to another city. All of us were very sad when we had to withdrawal him from this school.
This was the first school he attended to in the USA. When he started he knew a little english, and I explained to Ms. ‘Dore and the staff and they were very comprehensive and always did the best to help him. He learned so much from them, and even now (almost 2 years after he started here) he still talks about and misses the school and teachers.
I wish there were a school good as this one near my house, so I could enroll my youngest.
A good thing about this school was the food they provided. My son was here from 8h30 to 3h30pm and he had lunch and nap there. Pretty good!

Alice’s is now Little Genius Montessori in Antioch. The teaching staff remains the same. Our daughter attended for 9 months. We left only because we had to move. We were heartbroken to leave Ms. Dore, Ms. Devie, and the other teachers at Little Genius.
I defy you to find teachers who care more about their charges than these women. The communication is top notch. The structure is just right. There are just enough children to make school fun without chaos. I wish we could have packaged up the school and brought it — and these warm, wonderful teachers — with us.

Now that I have had a chance to look at schools for Kindergarten and 1^st grade, I realize what a gem we have in Little Genius. The classrooms are clean and well organized. The student teacher ratio allows for the one on one interactions.
They offer Spanish classes twice a week! My child is starting to show interest in writing sentences and loves counting.
They also understand the importance of outlining the path to some of best private elementary and high schools in the Bay Area.

My daughter has been attending Alice’s Montessori in Pleasant Hill since January 2010. The Pleasant Hill campus opened in September 2009 and is a top notch facility. My daughter loves it there, loves her teachers and her friends. The teachers are warm and friendly and really care. They keep all of the parents informed via newsletters and emails, and we just recently had a very detailed and thorough parent-​teacher conference. After viewing some other Montessori schools in the area and being disappointed, either with the school itself, teachers or tuition prices, we were lucky enough to find Alice’s. Initially, the director of the school let us come in, took some time to talk to us a little about the school and Montessori in general, and then scheduled a few trial days for my daughter to allow her to get adjusted to the school environment since it was her first time ever in preschool or daycare. We love Alice’s Montessori and are so happy that our daughter is there having a great time and learning at the same time. The school has also coordinated with Music Together to have music classes every week. Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in giving their child a good preschool education in a loving environment and community.