Our Lady'S Montessori School

Our Lady’s Montessori School was founded by the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) in 1973. SOLT is an international Catholic religious community composed of ecclesial teams of all the vocations – laity, priests, and sisters. We currently offer a toddler program for children 18 mos. - 3 yrs. and a Primary Program for 3-6 years. Montessori provides experiences for students to learn from. Learning doesn’t only come from lectures or listening, learning comes from doing and experiencing the world around them. Students can actually see an addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problem occur as he or she manipulates each place value. The children have the ability to practice each concept over and over with the materials until they develop mastery and understanding. Because the works are real and relevant to them, the loss of learning, experienced through the summer months, is minimized through the use of the Montessori Method. Our combined age classroom is by design of Maria Montessori and offers a community environment in which each member is taught grace and courtesy, care for their environment, and provides the opportunity for the children to become role models for one another. Every child develops at their own pace, therefore when students experiencing the same developmental stage, regardless of age, learning opportunities increase. While the older children are natural role models in behavior and academics, for the younger children, the younger children can influence the older ones in opening up new thought. For example, a younger child may interpret new data differently, therefore broadening the perspective of the older student.