International Montessori school? has any comments on it, Help?

Terrychancs

International Montessor school is located at ap lei chau. my daughter will join this Sept? any comments on it, seems not much people chosing this school.

At the same time, Yew chung accepts us for 2 yrs old program.

So, now thinking which one is better. if IMS, i need to move from tsing yi to Ap lei chau, a big headaches, can someone helps????

twinsmummy

原帖由 hollymama 於 09-7-8 13:52 發表
Twinsmummy,

My boy just turn 19 months. I decide to stay in MSHK (caines road). I have arranged him to take 3 hoursx5 days class starting next month. As I think 1.5 hours from IMS may be too short f ...

Hi Hollymama, is this the school close to Caritas?  I wondered about that school too b/c it's closer for us.  How does it compare to IMS?  I just want to gauge how they do in a school setting first so only start them with 3 days/week.  If all is well, maybe change to 5 days later.  Pls let me know how your boy does in the 3 hr program.  I doubt my girls will have the patience for a long program at this point.  

hollymama

Twinsmummy,

My boy just turn 19 months. I decide to stay in MSHK (caines road). I have arranged him to take 3 hoursx5 days class starting next month. As I think 1.5 hours from IMS may be too short for him

twinsmummy

原帖由 hollymama 於 09-6-25 12:19 發表
Twinsmummy,
How old are your twins? so have you confirmed the offer yet?

Hi Hollymama, my twins are going to be 18 mos old next month?  And yours?

I've paid the deposit ($$$$$).  Let's see how things go in Sept.

hollymama

Twinsmummy,
How old are your twins? so have you confirmed the offer yet?

twinsmummy

原帖由 hollymama 於 09-6-22 14:23 發表
twinsmummy,

I got the offer from wanchai. yes, they only gave me about 1 week to confirm the offer and payment. :(
And it seems quite expensive for $5000 for 5 days with 1.5 hours while YCIS is $5500 ...

Hi Hollymama, yes, if you look at it that way, IMS is definitely more expensive.  However,their argument for that price tag is that the kids are really focused on learning for that 1.5hour and so what they learn in that short period is as good as other schools' longer classtime.  For us, since the girls are young, we use IMS as part playgroup, part school.   They are only going there 3 days a week.   as a trial run.

hollymama

twinsmummy,

I got the offer from wanchai. yes, they only gave me about 1 week to confirm the offer and payment. :(
And it seems quite expensive for $5000 for 5 days with 1.5 hours while YCIS is $5500 but 5 days with 3 hours.

Yau_Cheung

hi hollymama,

Please check pm.

原帖由 hollymama 於 09-6-19 14:39 發表
Yau_Cheung,

Could u also pm me your comment on IMS? as I just got accepted from them and need to pay for the reservation fee.  My bb also got an offer from Yew Chung in Jan10 and actually I also pai ...

twinsmummy

原帖由 hollymama 於 09-6-19 14:39 發表
Yau_Cheung,

Could u also pm me your comment on IMS? as I just got accepted from them and need to pay for the reservation fee.  My bb also got an offer from Yew Chung in Jan10 and actually I also pai ...

Hi Hollymama, is your baby going to Wanchai or Ap Lei Chau campus?  Wanchai IMS also asked for deposit.  They are not very responsive....I kept chasing them and when they finally gave me an answer, they want me to pay within 10days.  Not very accomodating or considerate.  I'm "Big Heart / Small Heart" now about IMS vs ICMS.  I know ICMS seems to be more caring but was more hung up Happy Rice's comment, I really think ICMS is more about education than money (unlike IMS)Sigh....

hollymama

Yau_Cheung,

Could u also pm me your comment on IMS? as I just got accepted from them and need to pay for the reservation fee.  My bb also got an offer from Yew Chung in Jan10 and actually I also paid for 1 month school fee... but to me, YCIS is too far as we are living in HK side.

Happy小米

原帖由 twinsmummy 於 09-6-15 17:59 發表




Hi Happy Rice, I was told the teachers at ICMS are not English Native speakers.  Is that true?  If so, how are their English?  We really like the facility there, much nicer than IMS, but like othe ...

我仔果班casa應該係native, 有啲係canadian chinese, 可能令人以為唔係native?

最近仲請左幾个金髮老師tim, 好似話一班會加到3个老師, 不過我都係同老師castual咁問, 你想知清楚最好打去問一下.

佢咪話鐘意返學law, 最近有个好young既男老師(language teacher)黎左, 佢就成日提起老師果名.

老師好細心, 有幾次佢面上有皮外傷, 老師都會打黎問下咩事.

可能我个仔比較难搞(好dad, 好容易哭又不太同其他小朋友玩), montessori老師都冇話佢不好, 仲話佢係其實係聰明, 覺得佢會觀察小朋友law.

希望佢返耐啲會獨立的, (我也在家配合)

Yau_Cheung

hi twinsmummy,

Please check pm.

原帖由 twinsmummy 於 09-6-15 17:56 發表


Yau Cheung, would you mind also sharing with me any positive/ negative view of IMS? We are thinking about putting the girls there in the Wanchai campus for the Toddler program.  The admin staff is r ...

twinsmummy

原帖由 Happy小米 於 09-6-4 13:33 發表



Terrychancs,

My son attends the casa class am in this School (ICMS).

It is a small school, teacher : student ratio is high, (1 AMI teacher and 1 Eng. teacher with 16 max students of mix ages). En ...

Hi Happy Rice, I was told the teachers at ICMS are not English Native speakers.  Is that true?  If so, how are their English?  We really like the facility there, much nicer than IMS, but like others, we're worried about the lack of track record.  Also heard that the teacher: student ratio is a bit high.  Is your child learning well there?

twinsmummy

原帖由 Yau_Cheung 於 09-6-1 22:37 發表
I gave you a personal message.  Please click the button on the top.  你見唔見到最頂的"私人訊息"呢?

Yau Cheung, would you mind also sharing with me any positive/ negative view of IMS? We are thinking about putting the girls there in the Wanchai campus for the Toddler program.  The admin staff is really less than desirable but we're willing to overlook that as long as the program is good and the girls can learn well.   We also got a spot at ICMS but we were leaning towards IMS until I saw this forum.  Yikes!

Happy小米

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-6-3 19:01 發表
Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

Terrychancs,

My son attends the casa class am in this School (ICMS).

It is a small school, teacher : student ratio is high, (1 AMI teacher and 1 Eng. teacher with 16 max students of mix ages). English is used in class.  The teachers are caring and nice.  My gut feeling is they are not money-oriented.

Shortcoming is Chinese learning is limited, every week has 3 x 1/2 hr Putongua classes, no practice in Chinese writing.  Also it is new and no track record.

You can get 3 hrs work cycle and then play in indoor playground after school, around 30 min. with language teachers' attendance.

bakusensei

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-6-3 19:01 發表
Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

For ICMS, you may wish to go to 家庭教育 to ask parents there as some of them may ve first hand experience.

Terrychancs

Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

sara09

icms 港島兒童蒙特梳利學校
http://icms.edu.hk/index_e.php

Terrychancs

Dear  Yau Cheung,  i saw your comments on IMS,said is the worst school. Can you tell me what happens, so scared!! as i am planning my daughter study in IMS.

Terrychancs

Also, there are much topics regarding Montessori, thanks happy little rice (sorry don't know how to type chinese) thanks