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January 2023 by Jenny Gennaro Prokopchik
I have 2 children at the Central Park campus. Our family has been enrolled at MCHD for almost 4 years and we have plans to continue with this school. We absolutely adore Montessori children's House of Denver.My oldest has ADHD. I have been blown away by how supportive, creative, and accommodating his teachers have been with him. There's never a question, in my child's mind, that he is loved and supported while at school. He believes himself to be bright and capable of anything. This is largely due to the thoughtfulness of a Montessori curriculum when it is delivered by exceptional and intentional educators.My youngest is just starting out in the toddler program. She was born in March of 2020 and experienced no child care settings and minimal socialization outside of our home. She has struggled with navigating social relationships and sensory issues. MCHD has a fantastic Inclusion director who keeps open lines of communication and encourages a two-way flow of ideas. We have worked as a team to get curious and creative about how to support my little tot in the classroom and at home. I can confidently and enthusiastically say my toddler has made leaps and bounds since the start of the school year.Teachers and leadership are passionate about seeing their students succeed. They emanate joy and pride for their students' accomplishments and celebrate achievements. MCHD integrates compassion into their teaching standards, emphasizes the importance of values and actively builds leaders in their classrooms.100 starts!
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January 2023 by Chelsea White
We absolutely love MCHD- from the facilities, to the incredible teachers, to the leadership teams, to the overall community - we could not be happier. It is such a warm, nurturing environment that also challenges our children to grow socially and academically.
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November 2022 by Jenny Gennaro Prokopchik, MSW, LCSW, ACS, EMDR-c
Our experience at MCHD has been exceptional. The teachers are truly invested in my child’s education and their growth as learners. Adjustments are made as needed to meet the needs of the student. Small class sizes and leveled learning have enabled my children to gain confidence in their learning abilities.The administration is open minded and think outside the box to make MCHD a successful educational experience for the students. This school is committed to the whole child. They teach compassion, social intelligence, communication and leadership skills. Mindful stewardship is also present in their activities.This school also have a thriving and fantastic PTA who sponsors family friendly events through out the school year.
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November 2020 by Chris Barnes
This school is fantastic! What a supportive and nurturing environment. I would definitely recommend.
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November 2020 by A Sorenson
As a parent who had her child attending this school when the pandemic occurred, I have to say that the response the school had reminded me of what I found so impressive and heart warming about MCHD Stapleton. I was proud to be able to say that they reached out and asked our community questions, listened with empathy, met people where they could, and followed with a true sense of empathy for what we were experiencing.I would also like to recognize his teacher and her resiliency in this situation. She set up a capstone meeting with my son which would be reoccurring everyday. Firstly, I appreciated the one on one time. Secondly, the joy and excitement that my son had at the idea that he would be able to spend time with her was so wonderful and truly a reminder for why I chose to have him with this school. When we zoomed with her, I confess I eavesdropped, he was so happy and I could actually hear his teacher smiling with him through the door. He would have stayed on for 3 hours if she didn’t have others to attend to. I know this is distance learning, and of course not the optimal way for a Montessori classroom to structure itself, but I can see the effort and I can still feel the connectedness.Since we began attending this school's campus 2 years ago, I have only been impressed with their effort to connect, create community, and enhance a child's education.
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November 2019 by Christine Reed
This is our third year at MCHD. The school sticks to the true Montessori model and our preschooler is thriving!
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November 2019 by Neil Allman
Our children have attended multiple Montessori schools in Denver. MCHD is great, but really lacks the personal touch of a smaller school. Their attention is spread a bit thin by managing a wide range of grades pre-school thru middle school, along with multiple locations.Their quality control of the classroom experience is a bit lacking.Having said that, we are so happy about the time our son spent there as the Montessori education is far better than any other pre-school education system we have seen.
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November 2018 by Marianna McLean
My son attended an MCHD primary classroom and returned for upper elementary. He loves the school so much that he decided to stay there for Middle school, and he's got all of his friends asking their parents to send them to MCHD! The classrooms are clean and spacious; the children are responsible for their individual work. Beside the core curriculum that includes all the usual subjects, the kids learn time management, planning, business, critical thinking, and how to build and nurture relationships. The teachers respect every child and set individual expectation for every child. I really wish my older daughter had gone to MCHD!
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November 2018 by Christa Morris
Our daughter started attending MCHD at the end of September this school year at the Primary level. Almost immediately we were blown away by the things she would share with us and what she was learning. All of the teachers are very caring and wonderful with the children. What I am most excited about is the fact that she will have the same teachers for the duration of her primary years. This consistency is hard to come by at any level of education. I would highly recommend MCHD to anyone looking for quality preschool education.
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November 2018 by Zain Master
I usually do not leave negative reviews, and have decided to help other parents by writing this one to share our experience and dissatisfaction.Reason for our dissatisfaction stems from the schools inability to work with us, and passive aggressive steps taken to make us elect out of the school.Back in July'17, we'd expressed concerns about a teachers in-ability to connect with and not to continually confuse our kid with another in the classroom with a similar sounding name. She was absent minded and generally dis-interested in the kids in the room. We expressed our desire to change into a much more supportive classroom, but were denied and had to sit down with the teacher to "work it out".It takes two to tango, and while we were working to focus on positive reinforcement behavior with our kids tantrums, the school and staff decided that the best thing to do, was to reward his negative behavior. Since he was now being rewarded for his negative behavior, escalations and and disruptions to our schedule came earlier and earlier each day, and that definitely had us questioning the institutions ability to handle and influence my kid's future.For the amount we were paying in tuition, we'd been promised that staff was well experienced at handling the most common situations from 3 year olds (emotional self-regulation that young kids do not have the skills for). This was definitely not the case. The administration gave us 3 days to seek alternative care, which added undue stress and forced us to use up almost all of our PTO to accommodate their failings.In addition, at one of kids birthday parties where we shared our experiences about the teacher and the administration, other parents expressed the same issue. They were also made to feel that the situation with their kids was also solely isolated to them and they were at fault. This pattern that clearly existed beyond our kid, makes me further question, the schools inability to take action with the teacher in question, instead of having my son to endure the emotional distress.We really hope that you, the parent reading this, strongly considers my experience with MCHD, and does give some serious thought before enrolling in this institution.
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November 2017 by Whitney Herter
Our son started at MCHD when he was 13 months. The school community has helped nurture our son using the Montessori philosophy in such an authentic way. We are lucky to have this village and its dedicated staff helping guide us on our parenting journey. I highly recommend checking it out for yourself!
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November 2016 by Joshua O'Dell
Our daughter has been at MCHD for 3+ years. She completed her primary education and is now in the lower elementary program. We were planning to send her to public schools in our area, but have kept her at this school based on how much more she has learned and the joy she has of going to school everyday and I mean everyday. If you have not checked out this school, you should and even more so because of the elementary program.
