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- Low teacher-to-student ratio
- Beautiful learning environments
- Well-equipped classrooms
- Complimentary combination of traditional national standards
blended with Montessori tactile hands-on learning materials
- All our Charter teachers are Arizona State Certified
- Montessori trained professionals
- Ongoing professional development/Elizabeth Dunn
- Parent education
- Saxon/McGraw Hill Text Books
- New computers in all work areas
- Foreign Language
- Art, Music, and P.E.
Do you have a comment to share about Acorn Montessori? Contact Directress Cynthia Johnson at acms@cableone.net.
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"Dear Ms. Cynthia,
Thanks for making an eternal difference. I cannot than you enough for all you have done in developing a school with such a supportive learning environment. We feel blessed to have had the opportunity to send Emily to Acorn. "
- Received from Emily's Mom
"It is very exciting to see a new child care
facility such as Acorn put forth its best to provide high quality
child care services in a rural, but growing, community. Child care
in the Prescott Valley area is hard to come by...Cynthia shares my
view that we are obligated to provide not only 'spaces' for children
but high quality experiences, and has created a physical facility as
well as curriculum that promotes optimal growth and development for
children."
- Sue, BA Early Childhood Education
"I learned division! I thought it would be hard, but Montessori math made it easy."
- Candice, a student
"Nicholas was in pre-kindergarten program before enrolling in Acorn.
He had learned some basics but really wasn't very interested. We
were advised by the teacher not to send him to kindergarten the
following school year. They did not think he was ready for a higher
level of learning. They did not perform a formal evaluation on him.
If he had stayed in their program, they would have been correct.
Since we chose to enroll him in Acorn Montessori, they were
incorrect. Your methods of teaching and philosophies of learning
have made all the difference in the world for our child's education.
The academic achievement he has made at your school has also had a
positive impact on him personally. He obviously loves learning in
the Montessori environment since he excelled to being one of the top
students in his class last year! Your approach has created
self-direction, self-esteem and self-empowerment in my child."
- Pam and Vince, Parents of Nicholas
"We have many field trips. They are always interesting and fun; we learn from them."
- Ashley, a student
"It's never easy to leave your child in another's care so that you
can work. Alexander has been at Acorn since he was an infant and has
grown to love and trust his caregivers. Now in the mini-Montessori
program, he is a very well-adjusted, happy toddler who comes home
every day with something new to share. With so few alternative options for child
care and education in Prescott Valley, we feel very fortunate to
have a facility like Acorn available to us."
- Susan and Neil, Parents of Alexander
"We have classroom discussions. I like learning Saxon math and Spanish."
- Travis, a student
"Ms. Johnson and her staff have created a nurturing and caring environment, which has enhanced my daughter's self-esteem and developed her self-confidence. I believe the educational progress she has made is also a result of the smaller classroom sizes and the variety of methods used to present the materials. I also recognize the importance of her being exposed to art, music and foreign language study and appreciate the school making these subjects part of its curriculum."
- Cynthia, mother of Emily
Alexis has been in two other public schools, and believe me when I say I’ve seen the difference in her learning, it’s so much nicer when there is more than one teacher in the classroom. It’s nice to see the teacher knows all the kids and recognizes the parents. Even the office staff are friendly. And, it’s nice the girls don’t feel like they’re being left out or not good enough or stressed because they don’t have what other kids have or can’t learn something fast and are not treated differently. It’s nice to see.
- Laura, mother of Alexis
Mrs. Cynthia you run
this school wich is
pretty cool. This school
is fun but we still
like it done. I laugh,
I play, and I hope
tomorrow will be like
today
- a poem, by Kim Sotero & Shelly Sudbury (both 12 years old) |
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