Montessori Academy Of La Puente

My grandson goes to this School and I am responsible for picking him up. I like the way the school is layed out with the play area in the back, not visible from the street. The fences direct you to the office area. And they checked me in at least 3 times until all the office and teachers knew me. My grandson is 4 loves it here, he is normally shy and quiet but has really started interacting with the teachers and other students. I think it is the structure and routines that has really helped him gain his confidence and start interacting with everyone.

My 4 year old son is now going to La Puente Montessori for about 5 month and we are very pleased with his development. Teachers are supportive and caring, and my son enjoys going to school. Once, he complained about another boy playing rough and I communicated the info to his teacher. Teacher took my concern very seriously and followed up next day, we never had this issue again. The fact that teachers have accents doesn’t bother me at all because they speak perfect English and are easy to understand. On a contrary, I think it’s great for my Caucasian son to see diversity even among his teachers. Overall, my son’s communication and people skills improved since he joined the school. He now writes his name, counts till 20, writes all the numbers and letters– thanks to La Puente teachers and its program!

My son has been here for a while but I will be looking into another school. For starters, whenever I pick up my little one, I always see either the office staff or the teachers on their cell phones texting… hence, which is why all the messages I have left for Ismat, who is the owner, never reaches her. My son has been bullied and yet the school has not made an effort to have it stopped. I have asked for conferences with either the teacher or director and the other parent, to see how we can stop the bullying from happening, and I get ignored. A 4 year old should not be a victim of bullying. They are too little to have to go through that.
I suggest to look elsewhere if you are searching for a daycare or pre-​school. You get what you pay for. They are cheap for tuition but in return you get shitty service. If you want quality, communication and to feel like your child is safe, then pay the extra and know that your child is well taken care of and take your hard earned money elsewhere. I am so disappointed by how this school has treated me and my child and yet they fail to realize that not only am I amongst those who help them stay in business but also help pay for other people’s paychecks.

My daughter has been attending this school for about a month now. The first couple weeks went good. Then she would start screaming when it was time to drop her off. She was scared of the Asian teacher in the «rose» classroom. And I can see why. None of the teacher show love or any type of support for these kids. They all lack communication skills with parents. The bathrooms are always so dirty!!! And the school looks and smells so out dated. My daughter will not be returning to this school. And I hope you do not put your child here.

My 4 year-​old daughter has been attending this school for the past year. When we decided to enroll her we were excited at the thought of her getting a great start to her education with the Montessori academy.
Our excitement was short lived when we realized the that this school is a HORRIBLE representation of the Montessori name.
The «Director» is useless, uncooperative and worst of all deceitful.
Until they bring someone in with the education and knowledge to run a school I would enroll your child elsewhere just like I DID!
Starting a new school in September!

My son has been attending since he was 3 now he is turning 5 in November I am not happy with the new management the owner lacks people skills she makes it know that all she cares for is $$$. they charge for every little thing and dont really care for the children. Before this I was planning on having my younger child attend but I dont want my kids to attend to a place where all they care about is money. The staff are nice but like other reviewers have mention the owner is horrible!

My daughter went here for the LAUP program and to the San Dimas (Via Verde) location the year prior to that (same owners for both locations). The San Dimas location is very outdated; although things may be clean such as the bathrooms they don’t look clean because of old rust stains etc. I hope that location has had some upgrades since. As far as the La Puente location, my sister previously had one child there in the past and was about to enroll her other child there this week but had such an awful experience with the owner that she refused to enroll her child back in. The owner is snooty and has no customer skills whatsoever! It is unfortunante because the office staff is wonderful but keep the owner out of speaking to people or even running into her in the parking lot. Not welcoming or kind at all. My problem with the LAUP teacher at the time my daughter was going there is that the person teaching my child clearly did not speak English as her first language. So my only problem with this is that if I am receiving a «report card» or progress report and the spelling isn’t even correct. I have an issue with that. Although the accent can be a bit hard to understand, because my husband said he didn’t understand half of their conversation at parent/​teacher conferences, I truly have an issue with the grammar situation. Overall, I like to know that the owner of an establishment would be all about customer service and willing to help, but from my personal experience to the experience my sister just had it’s enough for me to seek other locations without thinking twice. Afterall, isn’t word of mouth the best referral?
Sidenote: I believe it’s the same owner for San Dimas, La Puente and West Covina locations.