Brason Academy Montessori School

My kiddos were at Brason for 3 years and loved going to school every single day! The teachers are attentive, caring, engaging and encourage the children to strive for their best. My kiddos are excelling at their current school both academically and emotionally thanks to the amazing Montessori foundation they got from Brason ! If we could have stayed past SK we would have :)
Apr 26th, 2023

Dear Teachers and Director of the school - We cant thank you enough for what you have given to our children in the past few years Safety and comfort, music, laughter, friendship and a powerful launch in the pursuit of learning. Our daughter attended Brason Academy for 2+years and had a wonderful time, learning French and music in addition to developing academic readiness. She increased her poise and self-confidence. We enrolled our second daughter too here in the toddler program. Most of the teachers were still there till my children attended the school that speaks volumes to the positive environment at Brason, for both students and staff. To Ms. Maya for your gentle spirit that is incredibly comforting for new moms and dads handing over their babies for the day. To Ms. Camila, Ms. Komal, Ms. Tracy for your creativity and unflappable patience with exuberant toddlers. To Ms. Tan,Ms. Lyndsay, Ms.Winnie for your magical ability to focus young minds and prepare them to absorb so much knowledge and sense of the world. To Ms. Julia - Thank you for making us believe in music even more strongly - my children will definitely miss your musical voice and charming personality forever. And thank you on behalf of our whole extended family,for - rekindling our aging brains. Thank you to all the teachers, support staff at Brason Academy who truly makes this place a high quality preschool that offers true Montessori education. Sending our children to Brason was one of the best decisions we have ever made for our family. We love the teachers and the stability and continuity of the staff. I wish you good luck in all your future endeavors.
Dec 30th, 2022

I don't often review, but I had to for this one. I would also like to start by saying that there are two other families who have shared with me their terrible experiences here as well but I will let them tell their stories should they choose to. My son attended the toddler program from Feb-July 2022. We tried to make the best of it regardless of the amount of times my husband and I were taken aback with this place. To start, the main toddler teacher seemed miserable most of the time. Her saving grace were the assistants in the room. Our breaking point was when our son was fed popcorn (we found out by a photo of him in class) when we had explicitly asked them not to give him popcorn, and we were assured by the owner that she would communicate this with his teachers and the rest of the staff. This was never done. Instead, the owner desperately tried to avoid taking responsibility for not communicating this, even though I have it all in writing. Thank God it was not a life threatening allergy. Upon pickup, our son would immediately start requesting water and would drink SO much water as soon as he got in the car. We had requested on several occasions that he have access to his water bottle throughout the day, but upon pickup and often when it was snack time, there were no water bottles in sight anywhere. The menu provided to the parents was never what we saw the children eating upon pickup either. It really made me question if cheaper, less healthy options were being substituted on an ongoing basis. My son often smelled of icing, had icing on his clothes and was regularly eating cookies upon pickup when fruits and vegetables were on the menu. We gave required notice in June that we were relocating 300+ km's from Cambridge in August. We didn't send our son almost the entire month of July (although paid) since we did not feel comfortable having him there any longer after them not adhering to our request to not feed him popcorn, among our many other concerns. They insisted that we had to pay an arbitrary $500 withdrawal fee for not attending the school for a full year. I had asked under what circumstances someone would not have to pay the withdrawal fee, and the reply I was given was "It will be decided on a case by case basis". I guess moving 300+ kms away isn't case enough? I wonder what is? They've managed to secure our $500 withdrawal by not returning allocated government funds to us without advising us. I had to reach out several times to find out why our government reimbursement was incorrect. If they need the money so badly after we had just paid an arbitrary enrolment fee, and 6 months of monthly fees - not getting what we were told, I hope at least it goes to some healthier food options for the kids and some better training for the owner. Disgusting experience, and I personally wouldn't recommend this facility to anyone. Further to this, from what I have been told, this facility operates with the name Montessori academy, but wasn't a registered Montessori school when we attended. I don't recall this ever being disclosed to us.
Nov 23rd, 2022

My daughter loved going to Branson Academy. She learned so much.
Aug 23rd, 2022

Aug 17th, 2022