Avondale Montessori School

My daughter attends AMS and loves Ms. Mia and her assistant. Mia has (IMO) the best curriculum and very low student teacher ratio. The kids go on field trips each month that incorporate the subject they have been working on. Mia sets up events each month for families to attend, usually dinner at a restaurant that serves cuisine for the country the kids are studying that particular month. Avondale Montessori School is absolutely exceptional!

Our experience at Avondale Preschool was a completely disillusioning and demoralizing experience for a first school for our child.
My 3 year old son joined Avondale at the end April, by mid-​May, we received an email (she did not even have the decency to speak to us in person) from the owner that my son would no longer be able to attend her school because his behavior was too «disruptive» and «other kids no longer enjoyed coming to school» because of my son.
She gave my son just two weeks before making up her mind that he was no longer suitable for her instruction. This is despite the fact that when we enrolled him, we knew there would be a learning curve since it was his FIRST TIME ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL, and the other kids in his class were already 5+ and had already spent considerable time at her school. It was to be expected that a new child would take some time to adjust and immerse himself in this new environment but he was not even given a chance.
My son at age 3 went into this school already being able to read and write, yet she made it seem as if there was something irredeemably wrong with him that he had to be rejected after two weeks, at that age. Even if he initially had some behavioral challenges, from subsequent schools we learned that his behavior was actually NOT atypical as she had made it seem to be (a 3year old is not expected to be able to sit still for extended periods of time like the 5 year olds she had in her class), and he has in fact prospered and thrived under the instruction of more capable and competent teachers, and not only excels academically but receives praise from his teachers for all other facets of developments from his teachers at PTA meetings. In fact, his pre-​K teacher said he was advanced enough that she would support his early admission to kindergarten, yet at Avondale he was thrown out after a couple of weeks because they were not patient enough to work with him to allow him to adjust
We deeply regret our choice of Avondale as the first school of our son — as first time parents it made us doubt the abilities of our only child when in fact the only person we should have doubted was the dubious abilities and actions of the teacher.

This is a great school. There is a great teacher-​student ratio. The monthly themes are awesome. No really they are awesome. It is more than just a mention of the topic or the obvious about the topic but so in depth. The kids really learn some amazing things. Same can be said about the country they study each month. Mia is patient, she really cares about each child and his/​her success.