May Calendar 

 

1(W)                                     Parent/Child Evening

16(Th)                                  Last day of Afternoon Classes

20, 21, 22, 23(M-TH)           Kindergarten Class Conferences

27(M)                                   No School or Day Care-Memorial Day

 

June:

6 (Th)                                   Last Day of School and Day Care

7(F)                                       End-of-the-Year Celebration- 9:45-11:15am 

 

Currently enrolling students for

2013/2014 school year.

 

Tours are scheduled for Tuesday-Thursday

at 10:00am & 10:30am

 

Please contact the school office to schedule a tour and classroom observation.

 

 

45 Years of Service To Our Community


St. Mark's Montessori School is a non-profit organization which offers the community an excellent educational opportunity that is faithful to Christian principles and in accordance with the Montessori philosophy and principles.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to offer a student the opportunity to benefit from our Montessori program, which strives to develop independence, leadership qualities and self discipline in each child, in an environment where he or she will build a solid foundation for all future learning.

                                        Montessori Key Concepts

The Prepared Environment

  • The environment is carefully designed to give children the optimum opportunity to be independent and successful.  All furniture and materials are child-size which facilitates children to do things by themselves. 
  • Montessori materials are discovery based and "hands on."  The materials are arranged sequentially.

Multi-Age Grouping

  • Children of 3-6 years are mixed together in the classrooms. 
  • The multi-age grouping encourages peer teaching among students.
  • Mixed groups also help children to develop social skills and a higher degree of self esteem.

Independent Learning 

  • Children are encouraged to be independent learners. 
  • Children are allowed to work at their own pace. 

Uninterrupted Work Time/Daily Work Cycle

  • In a Montessori Environment uninterrupted work time is important. It helps students to become engrossed in work, so that concentration can be nurtured.  
  • Uninterrupted work time also allows teachers to work with children individually and in small groups. 

“The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.  For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself, his greatest implement, is being formed.  But not only his intelligence; the full totality of his psychic powers… At no other age has the child greater need of an intelligent help, and any obstacle that impedes his creative work will lessen the chance he has of achieving perfection.”
-Dr. Maria Montessori-

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