Apple Tree Montessori

Since moving our son to Appletree, his growth has been astronomical! I credit this staff from top down. I wish my son attended here from the beginning, but thankfully the professional staff has made his transition easy and a place he is happy to go to.

We have been attending Appletree for a couple if months now. We had been with another school that we did not have a positive experience prior to coming here. Our son has really developed and has adjust every well. He likes going to school everyday. The staff is wonderful with communication and will discuss what our son did every day and deliver any information that we need to know. Ms. Lauren, the Director, is so sweet and is on top of everything. We couldn’t be more pleased and am so glad that we were referred here by 3 different families!

I had my first son going there in the Pre K-​K class with Ms Neena, It was just perfect !! He barely spoke English and in one year he learned so much. After a year he ended up in first grade in a very good public school. Very happy with the staff and the environment. He had a great time over there.
Because of that wonderful experience, we put our second son when he was 2 years old, first socialization experience for him, first exposure to English (we don’t speak English at home). He began in the toddler class with Ms Brittney and loved it !! Now he is in the preschool class with Ms Meg and enjoys every day of school, he even wants to go there during the weekends !! The price is high but you get so good education and very reliable staff; all the teachers and the director Ms Lauren are awesome. If you have the money for a preschool for your kids, it is definitely the place to go.

This is a sister school to Montessori on the Lake. I have 2 kids going here. We enrolled at the same time as 2 of our friends and currently have 4 kids enrolled with 2 more kids from our friends to be added within the next year. Suffice to say that all 3 families are very happy with this school.
Facility — Clean, spacious and safe environment. Two separate playgrounds as well as a smaller playground for the young toddlers. 4 separate classrooms (1 toddler, 1 K and 2 Pre-​K).
Staff — Each class has 1 primary teacher and 1 primary assistant. There are a handful of other assistants that rotate from class to class. I have interacted with over 10 different staff members over the last year and they are all very good. The teachers are very organized and calm. They are very level headed and any parent knows that this is a difficult thing to maintain while spending 8+ hours a day with a swarm of 2 – 5 year old kids. The teachers communicate well with kids AND parents. Couldn’t ask for a better group of caregivers to entrust the care of my children.
Children’s development — My kids are 3 and 4 years old currently. We started with Apple Tree about 10 months ago and their development has been very noticeable in terms of academics and social behavior. They are definitely learning substantially more while at Apple Tree, compared to their previous daycare which was essentially a babysitting service.
Price — Their pricing is very good for what you get. It is cheaper than the big chain units like Tutor Time or Kindercare and it is more expensive than small home based daycare services in this area. The price seems to increase every year around September (by around 2% — 5% based on the last increase and the projected increase for next year).
Overall, I give this place my highest recommendation.

My 5 yr old son has been attending this school for 2 years. As a mom, I wanted to ensure my son was surrounded by competent and caring teachers. I visited 7 other preschools and chose this one because Ms. Sandra and Ms. Neena are wonderful people who are naturally gifted as teachers. The school also keeps rabbits, birds and turtles in the classrooms which added major brownie points for my son & me. The facility is well-​kept and very clean. Ms. Lauren, who leads this program, is bright and talented — I’m always amazed at how she keeps track of all the children and their specific needs. We feel truly blessed to have found this preschool — it’s a special place with lots of love.

My son started going there when he was 18 months and I was very happy with his teacher and everything was fine. Until when he went to next class and there was another boy that was hitting all the kids and I know that six parents were complaning about him and the director didn’t want to do anything about it. So I talked to the owner Sara on the phone that kept telling me she trusted her director and finally asked me what can she do? I told all I am asking you to do to go and observe the situation and decide for yourself. She never did, everything there is about bottom line.