Clay-Platte Children’s House Montessori School

Clay-​Platte Montessori truly is as good as it gets! My daughter is currently in attendance at CPCH. The school has an environment that is supported by a talented director and educated staff, that not only allows, but encourages my daughter to learn, thrive and prosper!
They are supportive, compassionate, and truly respect each child’s individuality. I have seen the «spark», and creativity return to my child’s overall outlook, as well as see an increase in her self confidence, since she has joined the school.
I am forever grateful to the Montessori «method», and the caring staff at the Clay-​Platte Montessori school. My daughter constantly amazes me with her desire to «learn more» as a result of the teaching methods used!
Additionally, I have seen my daughter become more «well rounded», responsible and compassionate. She has also developed strong, lasting relationships with her classmates.
I would recommend any parent to consider CPCH for their child, as I am truly grateful for the trained, caring and devoted team and the positive influence they have instilled in my daughter!

My daughter & son have attended CPCH since they were little. Every teacher they have had has been well-​trained and very caring. They learn so much about taking care of their environment and truly love working and learning. The school does not assign homework, but my daughter likes to bring her work home so she can use her time at school for new lessons! We came to this school because she was frustrated with math at her public school. Now, she asks for more math work!!!

This review is for anyone who might be considering this school as a short term option. If you are looking at them for longer term, this review might not pertain to you.
They boast «celebrating diversity and being a community!» as well as, «…a supportive environment in which every student is special and unique.»
Hmmmm…
…with the exception possibly being if you only want your kid to go to their summer camp program. The following is what I was told when I asked about having my daughter join for a few weeks of their summer camp before she attends pre-​k elsewhere:
«We don’t often have a student who comes for only a few weeks and we want to make sure your daughter would be comfortable adjusting to our program then leaving for another so soon.»
She left it up to me to whether or not to proceed, but I got a bit of a feeling that in her saying the above, that they would much prefer the exclusivity of children who will have a more long term stay at their facility. I think they do really have the child’s interest at heart, so I graciously told her we’d continue our look elsewhere. But I’ve been thinking on this a little more today and I’m kinda having mixed emotions about it.
She was quite friendly and professional and on the whole I absolutely respect her position and her honesty. However, their site advertises their summer program to seem like it’s open to anyone, and they are also listed on
and that too reads as if they are open to everyone. I have no ill will towards this business or the person I had the discussion with, (like I said much respect for her honesty,) but there is nothing that mentions that parents proceed with caution when enrolling for part time participation. I feel they’d be better suited to perhaps either mention it in these advertisements, adjust their summer program to be less «programmed,» (for lack of better term) or plain and simple only offer their summer camps to the kids who will actually be enrolled. I actually find it really disheartening that they say they celebrate diversity, yet believe a child might be ill adjusted after starting a new program upon leaving theirs… just seems wrong to me. ??? To me it doesn’t sound like celebrating diversity at all. A child only participating for the summer is as diverse as it gets… right? A child not moving on thru the school year is still apart of the «community» are they not? I think they would have taken our daughter out of acting on non-​discrimanatory terms, but I feel like her little bit of info there on «adjusting,» might be their way around blatantly telling people they don’t want short term participants.
I think they would be a really great place if you plan to enroll with them for long term, however, I would look elsewhere if you want a summer program. Take all this for what it’s worth. It’s just my experience and my opinion garnered from it, but I felt it was worth passing on, at any rate.