West Elementary School

Great engagement from principal and assistant principal. Support staff in office and School nurse are friendly and helpful. A lot of teacher turnover after Covid which has settled. Some growing pains getting IEP started. But smooth sailing once every thing was in place. Timely in scheduling IEP meetings. Staff actually adheres to IEP. Exceptional education staff is top notch. Majority of teachers are engaging as well. For example your child is not in their class but they know the child’s name. They hold after school evening activities every 1-2 months- book fair,international festival,career night etc. But I have heard parents request more parties, parent invites to parties. Etc It is a title one school- I don’t have a problem with that. The families are engaged. It is a reward school as well- based on testing.

I was a previous student at mjca, and I will say this is the WORST SCHOOL I’VE EVER BEEN TO! The students are toxic, the teachers didn’t teach me anything, and it just wasn’t a good environment. A lot of the teachers left, a lot of students left, and this school was falling apart. I’m happy that I’m back to public school. It’s 10x better than mjca.

My child has been at Mt Juliet Montessori Academy for going on three years now and I am even more impressed with the school then I was when we first started. My child is in her first year of elementary, while I love everything about this school it was a recent experience that made me want to share my love. I recently got to sit and watch kids from 1st grade all the way up to 6th grade present research topics. The children were amazing, the topics they researched were so broad like the lifecycle of a butterfly, anacondas, the Mac 25 Russian plane, flying foxes, the Northern lights, Disney Characters and a slew of other things. The children were amazing presenting in front of their peers and families; I also loved how the teachers helped the students along if they needed the help but allowed them to do it on their own. I can't say enough great things about MJMA but I know we will be apart of the MJMA Family as long as we can!

Mt. Juliet Montessori Academy is a warm, caring, small school that offers a wonderful environment for learning.