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1907-2025 Welcome to the 119th Montessori School Year!   One of the most meaningful ways to understand your child’s Montessori experience is to come and see it for yourself. Montessori classrooms are carefully designed learning communities, and when parents sit quietly and watch, they often gain a new appreciation for their child’s day-to-day world. At our school, we invite—and encourage—you to observe. Visiting with open eyes and a calm presence helps you see what makes Montessori...

1907-2025 Welcome to the 119th Montessori School Year!   Inspired by Jordan McGillis, “Why child care costs so much — and how to fix it,” The Washington Post, August 18, 2025: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/18/childcare-cost-nannies-economy-labor/ Summary for Montessori Leaders High-quality early childhood education (ECE) is structurally expensive because it is people-intensive, time-intensive, and resistant to automation. Prices are rising faster than inflation due to...

1907-2025 Welcome to the 119th Montessori School Year!   Recently, I read an opinion piece by Jordan McGillis, published in The Washington Post on August 18, 2025, titled “Why child care costs so much — and how to fix it”. It raised important points about the rising cost of child care in America and sparked me to reflect on this issue from a Montessori perspective. Why All Child Care Is Expensive High-quality child care is costly everywhere. Caring for young children is...

By Amanda Riccetti A Gentle Welcome to Independence, Discovery, and Avery’s First Day You’ve enrolled your child in a Montessori school. Perhaps a trusted friend recommended it. Maybe you were a Montessori child yourself. Or perhaps the calm beauty of the classroom simply spoke to you during your visit, resonating on a level you couldn't quite name. Whatever path led you here, your child is about to begin a new chapter of growth—and you’ll be walking alongside them into something...

  By Jennifer Iamele Savage   “Breaking up with your phone means giving yourself the space, freedom, and tools necessary to create a new, long-term relationship with it, one that keeps what you love about your phone and gets rid of what you don’t.” Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition: The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan Over the past month I have been exploring the concept of screentime stewardship as a social change initiative, and the journey has been...

“I usually dread workshops… but this was engaging and fun. I got so much out of it.” That comment, offered by one of the thirty staff members at Ghent Montessori School in Norfolk, Virginia, meant the world to me. Workshops can easily become another item on the back-to-school checklist—another day in a packed week of CPR training, classroom setup, and policy reviews. But when a day of professional development leaves people feeling reenergized, seen, and more connected to the values that...