Lisbon Montessori School (LMS)
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Our 2 children attend the LMS. We are very happy with the family feeling of a second home for our kids and super friendly Montessori community vibes we have in the LMS school, it is very different from traditional education system project that was created with love and care.

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Our experience with our two daughters at LMS has been wonderful! We feel lucky to be a part of this amazing, very international and inclusive community. The teachers are caring, loving, creative and giving so much… The environment is beautiful. There is enough place for the kids to play outside in nature, a backyard to have lunch in the shade, a garden to grow veggies and strawberries. The classrooms are beautifully equipped. I love how much at home the children feel when at school. They learn how to manage their time and work with enthusiasm and motivated by their personal interests. Love the project work they do individually and in groups with presentations in front of the whole school/class. How much they learn by reading, writing in their own words and presenting their topic of interest! Theatre, poems’ recitals and going out in small and big groups… The progress both our girls have had academically and socially is incredible. The quality of the education is very high. Every time I see the children work at school I wish I had an opportunity to attend a school like this when I was a child. The director is passionate about the method and the school is certainly not just a business like many school around. You rarely find such devoted professionals in education or any other fields, LMS are dedicated to the idea, living their dream and making this world a better place. I don’t have enough characters in this review field to mention everything our girls are excited and happy about. We are grateful to the amazing teachers, director and all the caring staff.

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Very poor facilities, zero sport activities very poor academics. In general I do not recommend this school at all!

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The school paraded a very experienced teacher upon registration only to announce that teacher will not be teaching 1 week before school starts, the replacement was inexperienced compared to the first teacher. The teachers should be named "supervisors" as no teaching goes on. The whole year my son was playing with a butterfly puzzle (6 pieces) and the facilities outdoor are boring and minimal, while everything is sitting on a pile of sand, I could have created a large sand castle with the amount of sand I had to empty from my son's shoes each day. The school had 1 or 2 field trips, they did no group activities, no learning songs, painting, etc. no activities in general, my son never brought anything he had worked on at school. I believe they understood Montessori as being lazy and leaving the kids be. The owner/manager suddenly became a teacher too, as she is ONLY about saving costs. The staff are always talking about how tired they are, you can see zero enthusiasm in their face, they just want to go home and rest. The school is always asking parents to pay or bring everything when they did want to run an event. Finally the school ended with a "party" that turned out to be 50% bragging about themselves and their wonderful success (give me a break), and the other 50% was congratulating 1 single student for being the first person to make it through the whole school from start to end. It was embarrassing both for the child and for us, teachers spoke about what an amazing student he is, other kids danced around him, and then he came and talked about this "amazing" school. It was horrific. Not a single word about our children or even their class. Now the new school my son is attending is asking us to get him an OT because he is behind, and it makes sense, he wasn't taught anything. I would call this place a daycare more than a "school". Don't make our mistake.

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Adorei a escola! O meu filho esteve lá 3 anos e ainda hoje fala da escola. Ensino, pessoal, actividades. Uma verdadeira escola Montessori

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LMS is a school with very little resources and even less leadership. While attempting to apply the Montessori method in every aspect of the academics, the school fails immensely to build a healthy, safe and happy environment for the children. Since the Director of the school became a teacher in her school, without a proper replacement to take the Director's role, things have gone worse. Teachers are tired, unhappy and it comes across in many occasions. Children have very little stimulation outside the class walls, very short time outdoors and no time spent in nature at all. Staff is underpaid and it shows in how the whole operation runs. Very disappointing to see a place with potential that fails in so many areas.

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It's a beautiful growing school, with dedicated, engaged and committed teachers. The kids are thrive.

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LMS teachers build individual relationships with each student based on love and trust. My daughter loves her school because she feels respected and empowered by the independence that is fostered in her environment.

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It feels so good to be able to provide the environment where my child grows in confidence and enjoys every moment of self-reliance that this method demands from her.

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I could not recommend a school more than I recommend Lisbon Montessori!

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