High Desert Montessori

My son started in February and so far we are happy with the change in schools. Our son needed more attentiveness from his teachers and challenge for his hunger to learn and grow. His teacher Kristin has communicated more to us as parents with what she’s observed and learned first hand with our son (things we’ve already known about him, plus more) in a short amount of time. This has brought great peace knowing our son is in an environment where he can receive the help he needs but also further his academic, social and emotional development in an enriched environment. To have a teacher that see’s and supports our sons hunger to learn and be challenged is important to us as parents. Regardless of his age or what grade level he “should” be at. I love that about Montessori. It’s not holding our child back from learning at the pace he’s at. It’s nurturing his thirst to grow and learn, and coming along side him to support him whenever he is at. Communication, professionalism and attentiveness are very important to us and I can say so far that’s been our experience. Thank you Bobbi and Staff for working hard to provide the safe, nurturing learning environment you have for our children. These years are foundational!

We couldn’t be happier with our experience here. The staff is friendly and helpful and we feel so good leaving our young child in their care. My husband and I love this school and would highly recommend it to anyone.

Terrible experience. Would not recommend this place to anyone for child care. If your looking for professional care, respectable staff that you can trust, this is NOT the place. Most caring parents want to know how their child does each day at care, or if he's supposedly sick - what their symptoms were because their pediatrician is asking.. At this place, you won't get those answers. Your not allowed to ask those questions. If you try and call the school, no one will answer the phone or return your call (even if you left a message). And yep... they won't respond to emails either. Emails were the "preferred way" to get ahold of the school per the director, because they were just too busy, but yet they still couldn't respond. Staff consistently showed up late for work and it was "ok". I lost track of how many times we were told that one of their staff was "the best infant care teachers on the west coast". They constantly needed to tell us this... Wife and I should of known from our very first meeting with them that this place was a joke. I couldn't be more thankful that we found alternate care elsewhere. I'm blown away this place is still in business. I'd imagine if they continue down the path there going, they won't last long. One last thing - if you decide to change schools (BEST option if your currently enrolled there) when you go to ASK for your refund check/deposit, expect you'll have to go through the state or get a third party involved. It took us over 5 weeks to get our check. As soon as we got the state involved, we had our check within 3 days.... This place is an absolute joke. Poor business management.

Both of my children attend school there (primary and infant), and I know they are well cared for and in a nurturing environment.

This is a great school. They have friendly staff and our son loves going to school every day. Would definitely recommend this for anyone.

We are new to the area and new to the school, but we’ve had a great experience thus far. It was made clear to us that this is a school and not a day care, which we are very happy with. The staff has been excellent, the space is lovely and has had ongoing improvements since we began the process of enrolling and beginning with school over the past few months. There are dress code (no characters on shirts) and dietary requirements (no sugary and over processed foods in lunches), which we wholeheartedly support and agree with. Even in the short time we have had our child in the school, we have seen excellent progression in the developmental milestones of our daughter. There are volunteer hours for parents, which we don’t mind because it supports parental participation in the school community and can foster a sense of volunteerism in kids. So far, everyone is lovely and my child enjoys it, so I don’t have any complaints.