Cambridge Montessori

Quick Facts
Montessori School with programs from preschool to middle school.
Location
Cambridge, MA
Grades
Elementary School, Middle School, Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, Preschool
Type
Montessori School, Private School
Total Students	Tuition per Year
224	$28,540 -$31,940
Average Financial Aid
Financial aid available
Religious Affiliation	Coeducation
No	Coed
Student-Teacher Ratio	Hours per Schoolday
2.27	6.5
Days per School Year	School Website
170
Address
161 Garden St Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone
617-499-0099
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Cambridge Montessori is a private school in Cambridge, MA. It serves students from 21 months through 8th grade and provides an education that aims to balance academic and social development, based on the educational principles of Maria Montessori.

Overview
The school offers an education based on the concepts developed by Maria Montessori, who advocated for the education of the “whole child." Her ideas created important elements of today’s Montessori environment, such as mixed-age classrooms, some choice of activities by the student, uninterrupted large blocks of work time, discovery-based curriculum, and freedom of movement in the classroom.

The school’s mission statement...
At Cambridge Montessori School, we partner with our diverse community, using authentic Montessori principles, to reveal each child’s innate love of learning and prepare our children to thrive in a complex world.

Goals
According to the school, their education tries to foster the following qualities in each student:

• Retain their natural love of learning.

• Have open minds; they think critically and independently.

• Resolve conflicts actively and collaboratively.

• Value diversity and lead compassionate lives.

• Are active stewards of global resources and protect the commons for future generations.
  
  

Academics
From toddlers through middle school, Cambridge Montessori strives to balance both academic and social development. As a Montessori school, their classrooms are unique environments that promote the children's independence and individuality and foster their natural love of learning.

The school’s curriculum is unique in the sense that each level uses a similar basic curriculum but with an age-appropriate level of sophistication, kind of like a “spiral of knowledge." Included in the basic curriculum are language, math, geography, history, social sciences, science, library technology, Spanish, studio arts, musical arts, drama, and physical education.

Toddler Programme: The toddler programme serves children from 21 months to 3 years. The curriculum takes advantage of the toddler’s natural drive to act independently. Children learn by doing, using Montessori-style materials that are always accessible, attractive, and safe.

Primary Programme: In the primary programme, children between the ages of 3 and 6 begin to learn naturally through self-directed activities and learning by doing. A unique feature of Montessori education is its hands-on approach to learning. Students work with specially designed materials, manipulating and investigating until they master the lesson inside.

Elementary Programme: Elementary-aged children continue to learn through the use of concrete materials as they move gradually towards increasingly abstract thinking. Lessons and materials are multi-sensory and dramatic, with the goal of igniting the imagination and curiosity of the students.

Middle School: In the middle school programme, students are presented with an integrated curriculum designed to help them make connections across disciplines. In the later years, students advance to more sophisticated and challenging projects where they present their work to the younger students. A capstone project closes each year. The curriculum includes the Montessori “core subjects” such as language, math, and sciences, with the addition of some new subjects such as art electives and film school.