Patricia Knowles Elementary School

Wonderful staff! They welcome parents to attend their kids during lunch time any day. They also have a very unique policy that if a child is in preK then the parent is allowed to walk that child right to the classroom the whole year every single day. No other school allows it. This was a major criteria for us. They dont stress much about late time also which is nice. Kids are very happy their and love their teachers.

I have three children who have attended Pleasant Hill. This is our 8th year of having at least one child there. Overall Pleasant Hill is great. Two of my children have received extra services and testing for disabilities and I’ve been very happy with the staff and how they’ve helped my students with these hurdles. Very happy to be at Pleasant Hill.

Drop off is the worst here. Ive been skipped over at least times dropping my son off where they open the door for you. Teacher so far is okay better than the last school. Everything else sucks. The front desk lady is rude, drop off women are rude and no one knows how to drive.

We’ve had 4 kids at Westside (1 still there) and can’t recommend the school highly enough.

Thoughts from a CPM graduate:I attended CPM from 1st grade through 5th, I will graduate high school in 2026. To say I am grateful I went to Cedar Park Montessori would not be enough, this school impacted me in so many ways, it allowed me to embrace my creativity, ask questions, learn to share and pay attention and ultimately blossom into who I am now! I read once in a book, something along the lines of “If you're taught wrong in elementary school, you'll be trying to catch that train for the rest of your life." Through my experiences at other schools, they teach you very uniform, everyone is learning at the same speed and you are taught that raising your hand just makes the lesson longer, nobody likes a teachers pet or a goody two shoes. Whatever you do… Don’t challenge popular beliefs, you are taught to follow the system. CPM is quite literally the opposite, you are encouraged to look at things differently and ask “why?“ I used to question “why does this math problem even work?” And at CPM, I was greeted with an actual teacher who wanted me to understand not just pass. It’s a smaller more personal learning environment where instead of memorizing you actually learn!!! And its at YOUR pace, not the kids next to you, when you first grasp something it’s beautiful and at CPM that feeling was honored by teachers and staff, at CPM the reward isn't it in the candy it’s in the understanding. I learned how to love learning at CPM. This is my greatest strong suit; being able to find joy in seeking knowledge. Thats my favorite takeaway. After CPM I went to a public middle school, it was a bit rocky adjusting, not only to the education system but because Montessori kids are so much more emotionally aware. But by having good roots and being taught morals young, I was able to choose my path, I didn't fall into the wrong group, and to this day I've never given into peer pressure, (I know very few teenagers can say that!) and not to toot my own horn, but, im aware that my maturity level is higher than many of my peers because of my early education. I can’t thank my parents enough for choosing CPM, truly, one day, I wish to give my child the education and opportunities my parents gave me by enrolling me at Cedar Park Montessori.