Montessori Academy of Virginia

Dont send your child here. They are horribly mean and if your kid cries they are horribly cruel to them. The teachers are mean, and the kids are mean. Please for the sake of your child dont do it.
Nov 12th, 2023

We toured MAV's Virginia Beach location on Tuesday, May 2nd. Due to the lack of communication and our tour experience, we rescinded our child's application. We hope the following feedback helps MAV improve for other families who decide to inquire: - We were contacted right away when we asked to change our tour time. However, the tour seemed very short and was interrupted multiple times by phone calls and the escorting of a child. We were left alone in the classroom hallway twice, which felt odd and unsafe if tours were regularly conducted in this manner. - We were offered no substantial information surrounding the Montessori curriculum and only vague schedules and transitions for children who are potty training. We considered MAV despite the lack of AMS/AMI association/progress towards the association. Our experience with the MAV tour has shown us a dramatic night and day difference in these programs. We hope program discussion, and even AMS/AMI association, changes for future families considering MAV. As of this review date, we did not see MAV on AMS or AMI school lists. - After our tour on May 2nd: We sent follow-up questions in the same initial email thread immediately after our tour. We didn't receive any response to those emails. We did read the other Google reviews online, and we now resonate with the lack of communication/response experienced by others. We received a secondary email separate from our initial communication that stated we had a school tour on May 9th. We had no additional tour scheduled with MAV. Again, we hope this feedback helps create administrative changes and insight into what challenges new families may encounter.
Apr 22nd, 2023

We are very impressed with the progress our child has made here as a student. It is a wonderful learning environment full of movement and enriching activities.
Mar 21st, 2023

We had a horrible experience with the Montessori Academy of Virginia Beach, Alicia Drive. We withdrew our application because they kept telling us that they never received it, although we used the exact email they originally provided. We called and emailed twice a week for three weeks. They never contacted us to say that they did not receive the application. Instead of telling my husband and I that they did not want to accept our African American son who is on the spectrum, they gave us the run around. Although our son is on the spectrum, we will find a better place who will accept him for who is. After 35 plus years of combined military service, we did not expect this type of service. We do not recommend.
Mar 17th, 2023

Our daughter started attending Montessori Academy of Virginia when she was 16 months old. She was one of the very first students in their back then newly opened Toddler room. She continued her education at MAV through first grade and absolutely thrived! She loved going to school every single day and the practical, hands-on lessons. She connected with each of her teachers and made true friendships. We, as parents, especially appreciated the focus on emotional and social development and the individualized approach to learning and growth. She has been very independent and was an early reader and learning multiplication in first grade. She now attends Old Donation School. Based on our positive experience, we decided that our son will join MAV as a toddler as well. He's currently 5 years old and thriving at MAV too! We see the individualized approach through our experience the second time around and we absolutely trust his teacher with his learning and overall development. We feel confident that we made the right choice for both of our children. We have the option to send our son to free, public kindergarten next year, but chose to continue to enroll him at MAV. This is how much we value the experience he receives at MAV!
Jul 18th, 2022