Whitney Montessori School

We’re so grateful to have had the opportunity for our son to attend Whitney Montessori School for the fall of 2014 through spring of 2015. We recently relocated to Seattle or we’d still have our son (4 years old) there and soon enough our daughter (2 years old).
The facilities were more than adequate and convenient for us. I was particularly impressed with the Montessori Method with specific materials used throughout the classroom. The simplicity and layout of the classroom allowed my son to really expand his capacity to concentrate and focus on a task. By the end of the school year he was up to a span of 45+ minutes on a specific activity, on his own accord. For a 4 year old I think that is quite impressive. My son really enjoyed his time at school and still misses the good friends he made.
We were thrilled with the dual language aspect as well. With our world becoming smaller and smaller its important to us to introduce other languages and respective cultures to our children. Our primary language at home is English and I wasn’t expecting my son to speak Chinese as much as recognize the sounds. I was quite surprised when he was excited to share with me that he could count to 10 in Chinese one day. I was impressed to find out as well how Chinese is one of the few languages that require use of both the right and left brain.
I especially appreciated John and Lilly’s (the owners’) attention to our son’s needs and our needs as parents. The communication between us and John and Lilly was consistent and thorough. We were kept informed of our son’s development in academic and social aspects, the school’s focus, etc. I really enjoyed getting the monthly updates via email of what the children have enjoyed and learned with video and pictures, along with helpful developmental milestones for us as parents to be aware of. John and Lilly really care about the children and their families first and foremost and it really comes through in the way they run their school.