Sunrise Montessori School - Layton

At first my daughter loved going to this school. Then all of a sudden she hated it. "Teacher" Brandy and Shantel are awful and have no business being around kids. I made some observations in the classroom by spending hours there throughout the week at different times of the day. They belittle the kids, and do not smile when they are there. They are very negative towards the children and are constantly reminding the kids what they cannot do. They bark orders all day and do not encourage the kids in any way. When a conflict between the kids arises instead of positive redirection they are made to feel dumb for the incident, instead of taking advantage of the learning opportunity that was presented. The younger kids get bullied by the older ones (binkies get pulled out forcefully or/and they are pushed down), this is not always seen by the teacher and then the crying child is told to stop crying. I walked in early one day, Shantel didn't hear me come in - because the door bell was broken. She was yelling at my daughter, my daughter was in tears. When I asked her if she was yelling at her she said no that she was talking to another kid. I asked her then why she was crying and she tried to stutter out an answer. She should not have been talking to any child like that. I immediately asked her to gather my daughters things and told her that she would not be returning. I then asked her for her boss' name and phone number. She walked away then brought the information to me on a post it. When I called I got a fax machine. I was appalled that she tried to prevent me from making the call. They only have 2 teachers there for a couple of hours in the day, which is not enough to watch and care for the children. The rest of the time it's just 1 of them trying to care for these sweet kids. It is apparent that the children's feelings are not priority to either Brandy or Shantel which can be detrimental for a child's long term self-esteem and development. I spoke with the director Marta (found her contact information on Google) and she said she would talk to them. I am thankful that I listened to my daughters ques that helped me see that I was sending her to an unhealthy environment.

Sunrise Montessori School has been serving the families in Layton and surrounding areas since 1999. The school is fully licensed and has continuously satisfied the standards of cleanliness, safety, and professionalism as required.We offer an authentic Montessori experience to our children and they blossom academically and socially. They become excellent readers, great spellers and develop exquisite penmanship. They develop solid math skills and are introduced to science, Geography, History, Art, etc...The success of our children is due to the well organized presentations of lessons by our caring, knowldgeable teachers. We invite you to visit us any time.