Walnut Farm Montessori School

Posted: March 19, 2025

My daughter is in her second year here and we couldn't be happier.

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Posted: April 30, 2018

Excellent. We plan to continue sending our children here through upper elementary.

Posted: January 25, 2018

My experience has been very good. My son has been in the school for almost two years and I've been impressed by the staff, the natural environment and his progress. I'm an advocate for the school and go out of my way to spread the message.

Posted: January 25, 2018

I'm a big fan of the Montessori approach. While my son is only 3 (not much homework yet), I like the methodology.

Posted: January 25, 2018

I've gotten to know my son's toddler teachers so far. He's made great progress and I attribute this to them in no small part.

Posted: January 25, 2018

I believe in the Montessori method. When I've met former students or older kids at the school I'm so impressed with their maturity, self awareness and capabilities.

Posted: January 25, 2018

The leadership is great. I happen to be on the Board so am quite familiar with the inner workings. We have a lot of long tenured staff.

Posted: January 25, 2018

I don't have any personal knowledge of this.

Posted: January 25, 2018

There is a lot of engagement between the students themselves and the teaching staff. The spirit of Montessori would not condone bullying and I'm confident that both the staff and the students themselves would actively resist it.

Posted: April 7, 2012

To the parent who wrote that you are DISAPPOINTED. I would welcome the chance to speak to you. I am the president of the Parents Association at Walnut Farm Montessori School, and I would very much like to address some of your concerns about the PA. We recognize having the meetings in the morning is a challenge for working parents, which is why we distribute via email the meeting minutes. We have tried meetings in the evening but find that they are not well attended. The meeting we had in the evening in March was only attended by one family. Also, I apologize if you feel overwhelmed by the pressure to "donate" to never ending school-fundraisers, that was never our goal or intention. Again, I am sorry that you have been disappointed with the school. While I cannot address your concerns about the school's staff or director, I would like the opportunity to address your concerns in regards to the Parents Associations. One of the main goals of the PA IS to ensure that new families feel welcome and address any questions/concerns and I feel that we have let you down. I hope that you know who I am and how to reach me. If not, you can ask the school administration.

Posted: January 16, 2012

DISAPPOINTED. We recently moved to NWA and have been very disappointed with this school. For a Montessori school, they are very ridgid in their views. They have too many kids in a class (23-24) and the teachers, although caring, seem overwhelmed. There is a lack of communication between the teachers and parents. The director thinks very highly of herself and talks down to parents at her monthly parent education meetings. There are a lot of parent involvement opportunities if you are a stay at home mom. All PTA meetings are during the day. They also don't provide childcare for the 15 min parent/teacher conferences or the monthly meetings making it difficult for both parents to attend. This is one of the most expensive schools around and yet families are expected to bring monthly snacks and classroom supplies (despite paying a lum sum supply fee at the beginning of the year). There is also a lot of pressure to "donate" to never-ending school fundraisers. The teachers even provide a wish list so you can buy them the right christmas presents. In the end, I think this school could improve if they were more humble and more considerate of the families they serve.