Hamilton Park Montessori School, a NJ Non-Profit

We have mixed feelings about this school. While some of the teachers have been just amazing, we had experienced some teachers that lack enthusiasm and engagement. The principal was disappointing in several occasions for our two request. While the principal acted stringent and unchanging when she refused our child to be moved to another class, explaining the policy, behind the scene, we met so many families whom she granted these requests. Not sure what factor played in this role, whether their donations to the school, or volunteering/involvement with the school activities. Note that this school is among the most expensive ones in Jersey City (27K per children). But the principal wasn't transparent to us, beside just flatly denying our requests.

Flexible, high quality curriculum with incredibly talented and motivated staff. Supportive environment, plenty of enrichment, warm community. My child loves his school!

I highly recommend HPMS. We have been sending our son to this school for three+ years now and are extremely happy with the teachers, the school environment (including how they managed the COVID crisis) and the parent community. Highly recommended.

We joined the HPMS community when my first child was 2.5 years old. I have watched my children develop through Bridge, Early Childhood and now Lower Elementary. We could not be happier with the support from the school teachers and administrators. We have seen our children continue to grow into the confident, independent young humans that they are. They are treated with kindness and respect and have learned to treat others in their community in the same manner. A genuine love for and interest in "reading, writing and arithmetic" has also been ignited in each of them. We are grateful to be part of the HPMS community.

We feel incredibly lucky that our children go to Hamilton Park Montessori. Our teachers are outstanding - they know our children well and nurture their love of learning. The school has created a strong community where we feel accepted and enjoy being involved.

the only negative thing is lack of parking, but thats a small price to pay for one of the best preschools around

Our kids thrived at HPMS from pre-school through middle school. When we moved out of state last year, our kids scored very high on the entry exams and standardized tests of every school they applied to. We very highly recommend Hamilton Park Montessori School.

We came from a different country and our daughter had just turned 4 when we arrived in the US. She got into HPMS mid-year and we had a lot of concerns around how well she’d adapt in school, not being an English speaker, being really young and already having had a previous, different school experience, with a teacher she loved. The school staff was very welcoming from day 1. Ms Alexa, Ms Lindsey, Ms Diana, everyone! We, as parents, felt absolutely welcome and secure that our daughter would be given full attention and cared for during school hours. But the real surprise came after the first few days of school classes. She simply loved it. The Montessori way allied with three excellent teachers (Ms Justine, Ms Andreea and Ms Melissa) made she 100% in love with going to school, even more than in our original country., She fit in, she adapted, she learned and in no-time (really, 2 months tops) she went from communicating with gestures to actually speaking and understanding teacher and friends. Congrats HPMS, congrats to that awesome staff, you really warmed our hearts!

I couldn’t ask for a better school. As a teacher, I was very demanding while searching for my daughter’s first school. As soon as I stepped in Hamilton Park Montessori School I knew it would be great for my daughter. The school is very clean, bright, spacious and well equipped. The staff is very friendly. The teachers are extremely professional, loving and very caring. Ms Alexa and Ms Lala are very easy to approach and to communicate with. The method itself is brilliant and works perfectly. My daughter has been studying there for a year and I always get amazed by her development. She loves her teachers and going to school. She asks to go even on weekends. It’s very gratifying to see her happiness and excitement every morning on the way to school. Hamilton Park Montessori School has been amazing for my family and I’m very happy to have my daughter educated in this wonderful school.

Our daughter has finished her first year of school in the bridge program at Hamilton Park Montessori and we have nothing but good things to say. When we first started looking for schools we appreciated the process of the school to first learn about the Montessori method, and then later we were able to observe a class. We were amazed at how independent the children were at work. All of the kids were busy working both independently and on group projects in their own spaces. The classrooms are beautiful and bright. Needless to say we had a great first impression of the school and decided to enroll our daughter. The head of school, Ms. Alexa, is very attentive and easy to talk to. She was able to answer any of our questions before starting the process. Our daughter started in the summer Wee program to get accustomed to the space. The school was very helpful during the transition as our daughter never attended daycare before. They were very flexible and our daughter quickly made friends with her teachers and then with her classmates. She started the bridge program last September and immediately fell in love with her teachers. Ms. Martha, Ms. Aisha, and Ms. Coco are all wonderful teachers, extraordinarily caring, and have aided to the growth of our daughters development. Every morning when we dropped her off at school we could trust she was in good hands. They even told us when our daughter was ready to be potty trained, and she definitely was. We’ve decided to enroll our daughter in the summer session this year and are looking forward to next school years Early Childhood program.