Oak Farm School

"Yet if we older people are sincere in our profession of love for the young, it is the miracle of their triumphs that should dazzle our eyes and not their so-called defects. The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator." --The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori This is not Oak Farm philosophy. We have found Oak Farm to only be fault-finding, never sharing our child's triumphs. Like the other reviewer, we were led to believe our child had psychological and neurological problems of which we nor any other adults in our lives noticed. After two evaluations, we were told our child is NORMAL and getting out of that environment was the best thing we could do for our young child.
--Submitted by a parent

BEWARE!!! This is NOT a traditional Montessori school! Do NOT be fooled when you see the environment, they have all of the Montessori materials, but their "application" is different. We came to Oak Farm because the Montessori school we were at (and had been for 8 YEARS) was not offering Upper Elementary classes. We were sold by the beautiful campus, the"Silent Journey" they make you take to show you what the school has to offer; however when our daughter started the Primary Class, it was less than 6 weeks before we were told something was seriously wrong with her. She was having major anxiety going to this school & was having potty accidents, although she was almost 6, no accidents since 3! She completely shut down and we were told she was showing "autisic like" behavior and to see a Neuro Psycologist, fast! We struggled through with the help of a psycologist using cognitive theapy and coping until she could be tested by the Neuro Psych. All that and we find out she is FINE!!! Anxiety, most likely from her environment... this peaceful Montessori environment! We pulled her out IMMEDIATELY & went to Willowbrook Day School! She is doing VERY well! They should be investigated!!!!!
--Submitted by a parent