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January 2022 by Hua LaLa
None of the “support staff” are happy here, and it shows on there faces. The head of the school and possibly the board is to blame. This negative energy gets passed down to the children. I recommend picking a different school.
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December 2021 by Kieran T.
Well, this school - the owner referenced in other reviews - decided to fire the one person that was striving to turn the school around. And rehire an abusive teacher that had been let go. There is no functioning board of directors governing the school - just the whims of the owner and her daughters. I don't think this place will survive the school year. It's a real shame. It has great bones, but the management of the place comes from another era that is not suitable for this day and age.
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November 2021 by Daena Padilla
4 stars because there is always room for improvement. I have two boys here at Beddow (Primary and Lower El) currently. We landed here after searching high and low for the right fit for our "different learner" and then, in the midst of COVID this was one of the few fully in-person options. We are so happy. The school began the year under new leadership. Ms Cotone is wonderful! The change was hard for some but the school not only weathered both the changes and the pandemic, but from our perspective our boys are truly thriving there. We look forward with anticipation to see what next year brings!
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November 2021 by Shuby Duan
None of the “support staff” are happy here, and it shows on there faces. The head of the school and possibly the board is to blame. This negative energy gets passed down to the children. I recommend picking a different school.
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November 2020 by elaine magee
We truly value the Montessori education our three children receive at the Beddow School. The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable, and the small class size allows them to tailor their instruction to the students’ needs. They are also able to use the large, beautiful campus to provide hands-on and innovative learning experiences as part of the regular curriculum. Our children come home every day excited about what they have learned in class. The school also utilizes the various cultural and nature centers in the area to expand the educational experience through frequent field trips.
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November 2020 by Stephen Magee
Really do not understand the 1 stars for this school and I think I can help provide a little background for parents genuinely interested in finding a great school for their kids.We, like most parents, were interested in sending our kids to a great school that instilled a love of learning. We finally found Beddow after many searches. I was actually in Iraq at the time, so my wife was doing the heavy lifting and researching schools for our next move. She met the head of school and the teachers and relayed to me what a wonderful place this would be for our kids. I was excited and we were fortunate enough to send our kids to this school for the first year. Now, we had our eye on John Hanson Montessori because it is hard to beat free.We entered our kids in the school lottery...and one got in. We spent the next year with two in Beddow and one at John Hanson and I have to say, I really regret the decision. I wish we would have kept our child at Beddow instead of John Hanson. I will never speak ill of another school because there were positive experiences, but overall, the learning, creative, and loving environment at Beddow is not what we experienced at John Hanson. We brought our child back to Beddow for that reason. We are now in 2020 and could not be happier with the decision. Love that our kids go to this school.If you are a parent researching on where to send your kid, then please read all of the reviews and then schedule a visit so you can make your own assessment. This place is truly wonderful and you will see that when you stop by. Look forward to you visiting our community.
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November 2019 by Marco Lewallen
The school started off great but the longer I stayed the worse it got the owner is extremely rude walks around like she is high and mighty even yells at the kids and the parents she even hung up on me her daughter started off good but the longer you are around her the phonier she became and even talks about the parents and children there have been numerous cases of bullying happening and they never seemed to care but when the owners grandchild gets teased they had an emergency meeting but when my child was bullied by the same kid they said my child would never bully anyone only regret was staying there until Montessori was finished at first i would have recommended this school not anymore
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November 2018 by Tae Dixon
My child attended this school 3rd - 5 grade. During the most important transition year the upper elementary class teacher became ill and the upper elementary kids were transported to the sister School in Ft Washington. The class size remained tolerable approx 14 kids. Some how dispite the small class sizes the school still had several instances of bullying. There is a culture silence and no transparency. I had a difficult time ascertaining what skills they were actually working on. During the only parent conference that discussed your child’s progress the teacher could enumerate 2 actual skills that they were working on it was late April. When I asserted that during my home review I noted a regress in his math skills; It was said to me several times that my home reinforcement was the problem. I’m currently actually TEACHING skills not covered this year. I have had to employ a tutor also.I looked into moving my child early in the year and secured a spot. Late April/May the parents are brought in to be informed that the school would be consolidated into 3 schools. The consolidation is probably smart but could the parents and staff been given the opportunity to apply for other schools/scholarships earlier in the year? They have now employed a dean of schools, that may help w the overwhelming and collective feeling of not being kept abreast of issues related to the students. Montessori doesn’t give homework necessarily, but I feel every parent should know what their child is working on week to week at minimum. It took 3 conversations to receive this. Magically around the same time my child moved on to some new skills. After speaking to other parents, I was not the only one with the concern. A waste of a year and waste of money.
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November 2017 by Jessica Finn
This school is a great private school for those who are looking for smaller class sizes and non-secular education. The teachers genuinely care about the education of the children in the school and make every effort for the children to succeed. Every child is given the tools to be able to take individual responsibility for their own education, which is a great tool for them to have when they reach the college years. Also, the tuition for the children's education is reasonably priced for the education they receive. We cannot say anything negative about our experience.
