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Fort Montessori Academy offers activities that include swimming, gymnastics, yoga, creative art, and music. The program also includes fun filled entertainment and education-based enrichment activities, along with engaging and fun-filled camps during Summer, Winter, Spring and Thanksgiving breaks.
• Ages: 1–11 years old
Fort Montessori Academy is affiliated with Fort Aquatics and Gymnastics and offers in-house swim and gym school lessons, with access to a lobby, gym, basketball, playground, media room, and classroom spaces. The program is a family run business with no other branches, and the owners are available onsite on a day-to-day basis. It offers in-house swimming and gymnastics as extracurricular activities, transition programs for toddlers focusing on attention span and fine motor skills, and a preschool program that includes sensorial, language, mathematics, practical life, and cultural education skills. The program also offers after school programs with fun-filled entertainment and education-based enrichment activities that include pick up from neighborhood schools, as well as camps during major school breaks. The environment includes a state-of-the-art swim and gym facility and healthy meal options.
Fort Montessori Academy started in 2010 and has been operating for at least 10 years. It is described as a top rated Montessori school with 15+ years of experience. It has been rated as Best Day Care in Murphy for 2 consecutive years by C&S Media and has received the Readers' Choice Award for the Best Child Care by Murphy Monitor for 5 continuous years.
The Owner and Director of Operations is Arun Meyyappan. The Owner and Director holds a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, is a Certified Montessori Teacher, and obtained Director Certification from the State of Texas (DFPS) in 2010. The Director is Montessori certified with prior teaching experience. All preschool lead teachers are Montessori certified, all toddler and transition teachers are Montessori trained, and most assistants are certified or Montessori trained. All staff are background checked. Named staff include Ms. Ayesha Shariff, an American Montessori certified teacher with a bachelor’s degree in education and psychology; Ms. Asha Reji, an American Montessori certified teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology; Ms. Awo Amorin, who has a Bachelor of Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture and is Montessori trained; and Ms. Tajinder Kalkat, who is Montessori trained and has a bachelor’s degree in Arts.
The stated mission at Fort Montessori Academy is to provide childcare with highly experienced staff, a safe and secure environment, a state-of-the-art swim and gym facility, healthy meal options, yoga, creative art, and music, with the goal of offering what it describes as the best childcare program available in the region. The Owner and Director mentors young children to become entrepreneurs and volunteers with NANBEN, Entrepreneurs Foundation of Texas, Scouting Troop 807, and the US Swim School Association. The program notes credentials and recognition that include being a top rated Montessori school with 15+ years of experience, Readers' Choice Award for the Best Child Care by Murphy Monitor for 5 continuous years, and being rated as Best Day Care in Murphy for 2 consecutive years by C&S Media.
Parent testimonials describe children moving from a transition room to pre-K, daily homework, and children reading three-word sentences and writing three-letter words, and they recommend the school as a quality child care facility. Another parent reports that teachers supported a child with separation anxiety over several months and that the child now enjoys going to school. A third parent notes that a 4-year-old has attended for more than two years and comments positively on the facilities, staff, and curriculum, and that an older child enjoys the Summer Whiz Kids program with activities and field trips.
Last updated July 24, 2026.
• Ages: 1–11 years old
Fort Montessori Academy is affiliated with Fort Aquatics and Gymnastics and offers in-house swim and gym school lessons, with access to a lobby, gym, basketball, playground, media room, and classroom spaces. The program is a family run business with no other branches, and the owners are available onsite on a day-to-day basis. It offers in-house swimming and gymnastics as extracurricular activities, transition programs for toddlers focusing on attention span and fine motor skills, and a preschool program that includes sensorial, language, mathematics, practical life, and cultural education skills. The program also offers after school programs with fun-filled entertainment and education-based enrichment activities that include pick up from neighborhood schools, as well as camps during major school breaks. The environment includes a state-of-the-art swim and gym facility and healthy meal options.
Fort Montessori Academy started in 2010 and has been operating for at least 10 years. It is described as a top rated Montessori school with 15+ years of experience. It has been rated as Best Day Care in Murphy for 2 consecutive years by C&S Media and has received the Readers' Choice Award for the Best Child Care by Murphy Monitor for 5 continuous years.
The Owner and Director of Operations is Arun Meyyappan. The Owner and Director holds a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, is a Certified Montessori Teacher, and obtained Director Certification from the State of Texas (DFPS) in 2010. The Director is Montessori certified with prior teaching experience. All preschool lead teachers are Montessori certified, all toddler and transition teachers are Montessori trained, and most assistants are certified or Montessori trained. All staff are background checked. Named staff include Ms. Ayesha Shariff, an American Montessori certified teacher with a bachelor’s degree in education and psychology; Ms. Asha Reji, an American Montessori certified teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology; Ms. Awo Amorin, who has a Bachelor of Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture and is Montessori trained; and Ms. Tajinder Kalkat, who is Montessori trained and has a bachelor’s degree in Arts.
The stated mission at Fort Montessori Academy is to provide childcare with highly experienced staff, a safe and secure environment, a state-of-the-art swim and gym facility, healthy meal options, yoga, creative art, and music, with the goal of offering what it describes as the best childcare program available in the region. The Owner and Director mentors young children to become entrepreneurs and volunteers with NANBEN, Entrepreneurs Foundation of Texas, Scouting Troop 807, and the US Swim School Association. The program notes credentials and recognition that include being a top rated Montessori school with 15+ years of experience, Readers' Choice Award for the Best Child Care by Murphy Monitor for 5 continuous years, and being rated as Best Day Care in Murphy for 2 consecutive years by C&S Media.
Parent testimonials describe children moving from a transition room to pre-K, daily homework, and children reading three-word sentences and writing three-letter words, and they recommend the school as a quality child care facility. Another parent reports that teachers supported a child with separation anxiety over several months and that the child now enjoys going to school. A third parent notes that a 4-year-old has attended for more than two years and comments positively on the facilities, staff, and curriculum, and that an older child enjoys the Summer Whiz Kids program with activities and field trips.
Last updated July 24, 2026.
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