I wanted to reach out to you and share with you our experience so far at RMA. Our daughter (20 months) started at the east side campus two weeks ago in Ms. Woelfel's toddler classroom. My husband and I have truly been amazed with how well she has transitioned from her in-home sitter to RMA and we cannot say enough about how wonderful the staff has been during this transition. Ms. Woelfel has taken the extra time to make her feel comfortable and safe each morning at drop off. Towards the end of last week, she was walking into the room all by herself with a smile on her face! This is comforting feeling as a parent to see your child do this independently without hesitation. Although she cannot verbalize her experiences with us yet, her actions tell us that she is enjoying her days at school. We have already seen her do some amazing things and I know it is because of the exceptional teaching and peer modeling she is experiencing.

Natalie Merhalski has also been extremely helpful with the transition as well. I was that anxious, crazy parent the first few days and Natalie was so willing to take my calls and share with me details of our daughters days when I would checked in. Natalie is always so warm and welcoming when we check in and out. She is an excellent addition to your RMA staff!

Thank you again creating such an amazing learning environment at RMA together with your staff. We are truly impressed and look forward to watching our daughter grow! - Meghan V. , Green Bay, WI

Our son just loves being at school! I mean seriously LOVES IT! He got excited when I told him he was going to see Ms. Nessbaum on Monday…started smiling and clapping his hands!! He is learning so much and I couldn’t be happier with everything! Truly! Knowing he is in an environment that he loves and seeing him excel is something that makes my heart happy :)  Thank you so much for all you do for him!
- Melissa & Jared S. , De Pere, WI

This school has exceeded all of my expectations! I am so thankful there is an option for a Montessori education in our community that is a place my child loves attending. The owner and staff are wonderful, caring and enthusiastic about teaching each child in a positive environment. I highly recommend!

- Doug & Staci R. , Green Bay, WI

- Kayla G. , Green Bay, WI

I just wanted to send a note to express my gratitude for the care and support shown by both Mrs. Kaufmann and Mrs. Lanich this school year. Kennison started off the school year so scared and timid. He would cry every single day at drop off. Yet, I still felt comfortable leaving him at school because I knew that his teachers were comforting him. He has grown to love school and tells me that his teachers are his “best friends”. I truly appreciate their tender hearts for my son. It has made his first school experience a positive one. 
 
 A special thanks to RMA as a whole, as well. Every single person smiles and says hi when we walk into the building. I feel like my son is accepted and safe there.  
 
 Sincerely,
 Carmen Van Schyndel

I can’t believe two years is up already. I still remember somewhat reluctantly taking the tour with Mrs. James in August 2014 at the advice of friends only to have been instantly won over to the point where Kara and I decided in the car ride home we needed to get M&K in there. Sometimes hasty decisions are not the right ones, but in this case it most definitely was. During M&K’s two years in Royal, we had the opportunity to work with many of the different teachers from Radue/James to start, with Devroy/Kaufman last summer and of course Thorn/Besaw for the last year and half (not to mention Trasti/Ling/Lazcano and the host of other teachers that helped in the rooms or after school). The reason that I mention that is because everyone that we encountered has the same amazing attitude towards the children. I don’t always have that attitude towards my children and they are MY children. I’ve walked into class to pick M&K up on certain days and just shake my head thinking I could never do what these teachers do and keep that positive attitude.

But it isn’t just the attitude of the teachers that speaks to why I’m so impressed with Royal, it is the amount of growth that we’ve seen in M&K, both educationally and socially. This is also directly attributed to the teachers since during the week they are with M&K more than we are. In September 2014 we dropped off two three year olds who were not yet potty trained and who definitely did not want to be away from home and us. Today I’ll pick up two five-year-old little people who at times I think prefer the teachers and classmates to us. The things that come out of M&K’s mouths continue to delight Kara and I (most of the time) as we tend to be shocked at what they know and what they are able to figure out. We love the fact that both M&K really seem to like the idea of learning as that continues at home with them adding, spelling and reading things, even when we aren’t expecting them to. We had expected to see some growth in all these areas, but the growth we’ve seen has been exceptional.

With all that being said, we’d like to thank you for everything that you’ve done for M&K in terms of teaching, nurturing, etc. (I really could have included every person there that has interacted with M&K on this email, but that was too many). M&K were provided with an experience at Royal that went above and beyond our expectations. It really is bittersweet that today is their last day at Royal. While we are excited to see where M&K go from here, there is definitely some sadness that what has worked so well at Royal over the past two years for M&K is coming to an end. - Matt & Kara K. , Green Bay, WI