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Our Perspective on École Montessori
The French immersion programs that Canadians are most familiar with were born out of the multicultural movement of the 1970s, and to some extent, they continue to reflect their age. The public school immersion programs begin, most typically, with Grade 1. Which is strange, given what we know about language acquisition, including uptake as well as the overall academic benefits of leering a second language. Ecole Montessori offers a rich program that addresses precisely that, providing an early and authentically immersive French-language program. Given what we know about what learning languages can do for cognition, confidence, and just general academic engagement, the question isn’t “should we enroll in immersion?” but “why not?” The Ecole Montessori program has a lot to offer, including a strong basis for children to advance to immersion programs in the primary years. Class sizes are small, allow for a high level of student-teacher engagement. The summer camp programs offer a nice opportunity for students to continue in a familiar environment outside the standard academic year.
Video reviews
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Written reviews
Dive deeply into the real culture of École Montessori with reviews we’ve structured to highlight only the most valuable insights and opinions submitted by parents, students, and alumni.
My daughter started attending École Montessori in grade 2 during the Fall of 2020 and has now ...
At the beginning of each school year, the administrator for École Montessori will meet with the parents to provide an outline of the academic goals for the new school year. Throughout the school year, there is constant commu...
École Montessori provides a very high level of quality instruction for the students. I am very happy with the level of education that my child is receiving at this school. The teachers are very knowledgeable about their sub...
The concept of Montessori education believes that every child should be given the chance to learn at their own pace. This is the reason why children are given uninterrupted time for individualized learning where they can disco...
École Montessori offers its students many opportunities to participate in various physical extracurricular activities such as (karate, dance, soccer, gymnastics and ice skating). This school also provides the students with a...
The students at École Montessori work together on a daily basis to support each other in every possible way, this includes the creation of projects and experiments. The students' support for each other is tremendous and rewa...
École Montessori represents a warm caring friendly educational environment, which is very welcoming to everyone. The administration works very hard to create a well-rounded curriculum that includes both academics and athleti...
At École Montessori parents are certainly welcome to be involved in the life of the school. The administrator welcomes suggestions and is certainly open to feedback. Communication is open between the administrator and paren...
École Montessori is located on the border of Scarborough and Pickering in the Durham region. The school itself is located in the Altona Community Church. The neighbourhood consists predominantly of family dwellings. The ...
Our daughter loved her first year at Ecole Montessori. She loved everything from the curriculum...
The school leadership/administration were fantastic about keeping in touch with parents with regular meetings, particularly during the lockdown periods. Meetings were held in group format along with lots of one-on-ones to gaug...
The quality of the instruction was superb. Our daughter started the year off with a very basic level of French and in no time she was comprehending and conversing in the language. On top of that, she was learning every subject...
Academics is an area where Ecole Montessori excels. We can't comment enough at the amount that our daughter has learned in every subject, which is well beyond what she would have learned in the public school system. Part of th...
Extracurricular activities were plentiful, all things considered in a year of lockdowns. Either outside experts were brought into the school or short bus rides brought the kids to fun and interesting activities (e.g. indoor so...
If I could change one thing about the school it would be the size. While I want the number of students to be low overall to keep the amount of one-on-one time to be as high as possible, from the social aspect, this is where I ...
We initially considered attending the school as a means to be more careful in a year of global concern about the COVID virus, but also thought it would be a great way to immerse our daughter in the French language as it would ...
All the parents I met over the past year were extremely friendly. It was not a normal year where it would be possible for parents to interact with one another much beyond crossing paths at drop off or pick up or while attendin...
The school is situated on a major road; however, the school yard is comfortably situated far enough from that road that it is not a concern. The school yard is nearly all pavement. A small patch of grass would be appreciated, ...
My child’s experience at Ecole Montessori is great. She entered the school with no knowledge ...
What stands out about the school leadership and administration is that they are welcoming to everyone and wants each students to progress well and wants the students to learn French. They respond to problems appropriately and ...
I am happy with the quality of the instructions. The teachers always see the progress in the students and introduce the right materials that would help them go to the next level. The teachers are passionate and knowledgeable a...
The academic program at Ecole Montessori is great. My daughter is in grade 1 and her subjects are French, Math, Science, and Social Studies. She is a little bit advanced in Math and the teacher gives her grade 2 Math to do at ...
I feel that there are enough extracurricular opportunities offered at Ecole Montessori. Last year, my daughter was able to do Soccer, African dance, knitting, Karate and Zumba. She is also in the Abacus Math Program offered th...
I like the size of the students in the class. There are about 14 students in total and I feel that this is the right amount of students that I want my child to be in. She will get the attention and the help she needs and it wi...
The overall quality of student life at Ecole Montessori is good. My child loves going to school. Being the only child at home, school is where she meets her friends and interact with her age group people. Even though she is l...
What stands out about the broader community at Ecole Montessori is that the parents are always informed and involved with any changes in the school and the teacher always communicate effectively and asks if the parents would b...
What stands out to me about the surrounding neighborhood and community of the school is that the school is inside a church and is surrounded my house areas. It’s a safe and quiet neighborhood. The play area for students is s...
