Ages 6 through 12 (1st-6th grade)

As in the Montessori preschool, elementary classes consist of multi-age groupings with approximately equal numbers of each age, and a balanced number of girls and boys.  Each class has a Montessori-trained and college-educated head teacher, a trained assistant, and resource teachers for, Spanish, music, art, physical education and technology.

The curriculum for elementary students includes:

Reading	Mathematics	Research Skills
Language Usage	Geometry	Spanish
Spelling	Cultural Study	Technology
Composition	History	Music
Creative Writing	Economics	Art/Art Appreciation
Literature	Geography	Physical Education
Handwriting	Natural Science	Practical Life
	Physical Science

Individualized Learning
Lessons are individually structured to keep pace with each child’s developing skills and interests.  A broad range of resources — manipulative materials, books, charts, collections of specimens, computers and the Internet, video, worksheets and workbooks, and the community itself — helps each child increase knowledge of the world.

A Montessori child has the unique opportunity to become actively involved in his or her own learning — not just repeating information dictated by a teacher, but discovering, visualizing, and finally abstracting information from materials chosen.  Learning is a joy rather than a job, and the student becomes a self-directed, independent, thinker and problem-solver.

The Classroom Environment
The teacher structures the environment, presents key lessons, and acts as a resource person and facilitator.  The school day is organized to include a balance of individual, large group, and small group activities.

The open classroom with interest areas, group work tables, and individual work stations, encourages social development and the sharing of information among children.  The mixed age groups (Lower Elementary — grades 1-3, Upper Elementary — grades 4-6) offer many opportunities for leadership and peer teaching.  The atmosphere is one of caring and cooperation.

High Academic Standards
Freedom also means responsibility.  The children have daily requirements, and assigned work must be completed on a timely basis.  Classroom and special subject groundrules set clear expectations for behavior.  Graduates transitioning into area high schools are well prepared, both academically and socially, for the demands of traditional programs.

And More…
The emphasis on caring for others that begins in the toddler program becomes more formalized at the elementary level. Students participate in internal and external service projects that include working with younger students, managing the school’s recycling program, and partnering with outside charities.

The Montessori classroom fosters the development of self-confidence and positive social values.  And, as the children move from the concrete materials of the preschool years into the abstract concepts and community responsibilities of elementary and Middle School, they continue to develop imagination, reasoning power, and organizational skills.  They will carry all of these qualities into adolescence, and later into adulthood, become responsible, contributing members of society.

Elementary classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m.

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