Parent's Review of Montessori School of Moscow in Moscow, Russia

What is the name of your child's school? (Please report on one school per survey.)

Montessori School of Moscow

In what town or city is this school located?

Moscow

How would you describe this school? (i.e. American, British, International, Local, etc.)

International Montessori School

What grade levels are represented at this school?

Toddler, Pre K

How do most children get to school everyday? (bus, train, walk, etc.)

car

How would you describe the facilities at this school? What extra-curricular activities are available?

The facilities are nice although quite small in some respects. It's located in a prestigious part of Moscow although very hard to get it and the parking situation for drop off and pick up is frustrating. The clubs were good. My child enjoyed them.

What has this school done to help your child transition from the curriculum in your home country into the curriculum in your new country? Are there programs to prepare your child for repatriation?

Very little actually. In this regard, it wasn't very helpful and the way the school has handled an issue has left us with a very bad taste in our mouth for the how the school is run by the head of school. Sad because we have high regard for the Montessori method.

How would you describe the social activities available for parents through this school? Are there parent-teacher organizations?

The school is so small and the classes haven't really grown since the last year so it's a small parent organization that's pretty much left to run by the parents. The social activities are pretty much twice yearly picnics and meeting with the head teacher which are informative.

What advice would you give to someone considering enrolling their child in this school?

We are expats and are former parents of this school. We were so excited to have our daughter in this school but it turned sour this year. The school is only in it's 2nd year. The school is not professionally run by it's head of school. The teachers who actually teach the children - or guide them-are lovely and working hard to ensure that while the children are there they are treated well and able to learn. At the end of the day, with a school this small, connections with the parents are huge and how the child is treated by the head of school is important. We were treated disrespectfully and unreasonably as parents but most importantly how the head of school showed little regard for our daughter's well being during a very solvable issue was really shocking. It just showed how really unexperienced the lady who started the school is in education management, especially her comprehension of how her extreme personally driven decisions impact the child. She's very very extreme in her dealings. Not a good match for a school with young impressionable children. Sad, because we love the Montessori method.

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