Montessori Academy

Montessori Academy is a great school for kids to learn. My 4yrs old daughter loves the school.
Her teachers Miss Jasmin and Lucy are nice. The director Miss Angela is very kindhearted and loving person. Her teacher and herself never ignore any mistake by kids. The school have different programs like dance [Ballet, Indian dance], yoga. My daughter was in yoga class and she enjoyed it. Kids love the pizza day on every Friday. They respect parents opinion and respond to parents questions. The play area have shade, kids loves to run around, riding bikes and coloring. Kids love Popsicle too. The school has huge classrooms equipped with Montessori materials. The classroom have craftworks and painting of students. I love the geography Montessori Material. My daughter loved the life cycle of Butterfly. You can not question the cleanliness of the school.

Montessori Academy is a great place for preschools. We had a very good experience with them. We signed up my son when he was 4, and now he is 5.5 and ready for his Kindergarten. We are very happy with his improvement. Thanks to the hard work of teachers @ MA, he can write, draw, do math, read and perform. He is more interested in art, science, etc. Our special thanks go to Ms. Angela (principal), Miss Jasmine and Miss Lucy for their love and kindness towards our son. We will miss you!

This school is so peaceful and the teachers are smiling and welcoming. My son went there and loved it.

the play area is a stark parking lot, little shade. while we had our son there (for a few months) i frequently heard teachers yelling at kids, and making fun of kids when i came to pick up my son. the bathrooms are dingy. not a loving or clean environment for your kids.

Montessori Academy is an amazing school. All of the teachers and staff are warm and friendly. My two year old son feels right at home, and he is always treated like family.
The Director Ms. Angela is loving, but firm when needed. She brings in a music instructor every Wednesday and all of the kids love it. Friday is pizza day for all of the kids who wish to participate. Ms. Jennifer, Ms. Anahit, Ms. Lucy and Ms. Manuela are all a reflection of their wonderful leader.
We made the decision to transition from a full time nanny at home to the Montessori Academy mainly because we wanted our 2 year old to interact with more kids. Even though our son is only two, he has already developed his socialization skills quite a bit since starting at MA. Our son always looks forward to seeing his friends and teachers.
We highly recommend MA to any parent looking for a great Montessori school in the Glendale/​Burbank area.

My daughter has been attending this school since she was two. She will be four next month. To say she is advanced would be an understatement and I have TMA Glendale to thank for helping to enrich her learning. She is fat more advanced than her friends who attend other preschools. Her teachers Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Lucy are very passionate teachers. The administrator Angela makes you feel like your child is a part of her family. We tried Rainbow prior to here, and though it was satisfactory, Montessori seems more attentive and more personable. Great pre-​k, all around. Though it’s not the newest building, I’ll take beget curriculum over shiny paint any day of the week.

Montessori Academy is by far the best preschool I’ve ever encountered. My daughter was enrolled there for about 2 ½ yrs and I can say that Ms. Angela has a well rounded program in place. Thanks to her staff and the extracurricular activities my daughter was exposed to, I have been told by other preschool staff that they can tell my daughter will do well in school. She is now in transitional kindergarten and her T-​K teacher has recommended me to meet with the principal for my daughter’s advancement to the next level.

My son loves this school and he learned a lot such as oral, writing, communication and behavioral skills from the preschool. Miss Angela is wonderful and guided him and us from day one. My kid likes it there and it feels like family to send him to the school. His skills from the preschool made him an outstanding student in the next level of schooling.
Highly recommend this school and he was in the school for 2 years.

Don’t let the word Montessori FOOL you, at least not at this school. I have to agree with Zakia M., the other commentator. I have been taking my child to this Daycare (not preschool) for 7 months now. The place is a mess and disorganized. MS. Angela is the so called Director who is there between 1100 – 1200 and is gone by 6pm. As far as I see, the teachers are not qualified nor do they know how to deal with little kids. It took my child months to adjust to his teachers and up until now he has regressed instead of progressed.
The play ground area, not much to play with and in a very dangerous setting. Kids are running and playing basketball in an asphalt parking lot.
Bathrooms: YUK, dirty and old, the cleaning lady cleans it with some strong bleach or cleaning material which has a strong smell and definitely not good for the kids. Ms. Angela is aware of this and has done nothing for many months now.
CLASS ROOM: 25 kids and 1 ½ teachers. The attention that every kids gets is very minimal and not enough for a so called private school. I have asked if parents can attend and sit in the class room with the kids, and the answer has been NO every time. She said you can watch the class from the outside window, this way the kids or your child does not get distracted.
Unfortunately I have to stick to this for few more months. My kids have gone to other daycare schools which were far superior.
No disrespect intended for some of the good teacher who work there and are trying there best with a low $ 9 an hour wages.
In a nut shell, I think this place is lacking the credential and school lacks the organizational skills to run a preschool, and of course this starts from the director and down.

May be the school or Montessori system works well for kids — from an initial visit — the director/​owner was very nice, but it saddened me to see the kids playing in a stark parking lot with hardly any shade or playground structures granted it’s a makeshift church parking lot — but still temporary tents or shades can be provided. And the restrooms — uh! so dingy and old. Does it really take that much money for a little paint job or some tile/​floor work in restrooms or to replace threaded out carpets? There are couple of nice schools around like the Mary Alice O’ Connor or Burbank center, yes, those are $ 400/​month more and feels like Four Seasons compared to Motel 6… but can’t it be brought to at least a Holiday Inn level? Well, the kids are there and plenty in number too, so can not be exactly at a loss on balance sheet esp with a long running business!!!
Why is it that restaurants get grades but not pre-​schools or day-​cares in California???

This school is fantastic! Angela is a wonderful person and cares very much for her school, its reputation and most importantly, the children. My son loves it here and cannot wait to get to school each day. We just moved from NY to LA and were wondering how he would adapt to the new environment, but Ms Ana (his teacher), made him extra comfortable. When we go pick him up in the evenings, he’s full of smiles and tells us about his day with so much enthusiasm. I highly recommend this place. When we go to work each day, my husband and I are so happy that our little 2 year old has a home away from home.

Been about a year since I sent my girl to Montessori Academy in Glendale. Always wanted to post up a review but never got around to it.
My family lives in Downtown Los Angeles. We looked all over the place for a preschool for our daughter who is now about to turn 4. We sent our daughter to Montessori Academy for about 1 year. Started when she was around 2.5 years of age and ended at about 3.5 years of age. Eventhough the commute to and from school was approximately 2 hours each day, it was well worth it. Now with the birth of our 2^nd, the commute was unimaginable with the newborn in the car so we had to change schools.
We loved the Montessori Academy. Ms Angela was always sweet, yet firm when necessary with the children. The main teachers for both the baby class as well as the preschool classes were also great.
There was a nice mix of ethnicities in each of the classes. There is a large enough play area/​fenced in parking lot that the kids had play time outside as well.
We even planned on moving into the Glendale area just for the school.
Can’t say enough great things about Montessori and the program Ms. Angela runs.

Ms Angela has run this preschool for over 22 years. I have visited other preschools and chose (and will always choose) this preschool. The Montessori teachers are qualified and they care. The school is safe and all rooms are monitored by cameras. There are gates all around the church & school. I have never seen the children unattended. They potty trained both of my children and taught them the alphabet, simple spelling, simple math, simple reading, and how to interact with other children. I am so proud of what both my sons have learned at Ms. Angela’s preschool. It is clean, decent price, flexible hours, personal attention, plenty of activities, learning and play. They allow the children to have birthday parties with their friends where you can bring food & presents and participate with your child in the party if you like or they will set it all up for you (alot of places don’t allow this). There are also dance classes, karate lessons, and a holiday show in December that the kids work so hard on — every parent treasures this performance as evidenced by the 50 parents siting on the floor in the front row with cameras rolling! What more could you ask of a preschool?