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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is entering K and completed the last two years at SSMA. We’ve had incredible teachers for primary and my child is reading and doing so well in math (addition, subtraction and multiplication) and receives so much emotional support. Another kid in class was doing long division. If you get a good instructor and your kid is a good candidate for Montessori, I recommend it. The other issues mentioned by other posters are true with many families happy with lower grades and community, but there are admin issues and the question of how well the higher grades are performing. 
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Multiplication and long division before K.  They'll be doing calculus before middle school.  Sounds odd considering the amount of worksheets and coloring activities some other SSMA parents complain about.  [/quote]

Just wanted to jump into this old thread to mention that we did an open house at SSMA today and saw kids in one of the primary (PK-3 to K) classrooms working on coloring worksheets. I was shocked. They couldn't even pretend to be working on something educational, knowing that the Open House was scheduled and that parents would be coming by? So yes, coloring worksheets are apparently still a thing here. [/quote]

We left after last year because our kid who was advanced wasn't being given lessons in her K year. Her guide was new and overwhelmed and couldn't handle classroom management. The guide's solution was to give DD math worksheets to do, because he didn't have time to give her math lessons, the antithesis of Montessori. (I also have a dozen other stories I could tell, but most would out me.)

Run away. [/quote]

Hello! PP here. Thank you so much for this update. Our DD seems like she'd probably fall into the advanced category, too, so this is very helpful feedback. I assume Montessori would be a good fit for her, since she'd be able to work at her own level and pace (she's also great with younger kids and would honestly probably enjoy helping "teach" the younger kids; she does it all the time at daycare!). But I know the fish rots from the head, and after what I've read about Dr. ("Dr."?) R., I'm not interested in enrolling our kid in a school where basic management is lacking (building maintenance, late paychecks, threatened health insurance cancellation--oh my), teachers aren't happy, and--yeah--kids are coloring all day. (Also, can I just say: older comments about a teacher pulling PK-ers up by their arms? That's abusive. How the eff haven't the cops been called on her? (Yes, cops, because it's clear the school hasn't done anything about it.) Also, OSSE has a strict policy against punitive, denigrating, and abusive conduct. That woman should never be allowed in a school, and I don't understand how she still is.) [/quote]

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