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Montessori: New Beginnings Academy

1301 Custer Road Suite 703, Plano, TX, 75075-0750 -

School Notes Overview:

We are an American Montessori Society affiliated school with Montessori certified teachers in each of our classrooms. Our low student-to-teacher ratios coupled with caring and long tenured instructors allows us to focus on the individual while fostering an environment that helps children develop their full potential. Our classes consist of multi-aged, heterogeneous students exposed to a diverse set of materials, activities, and experiences which are designed to foster physical, intellectual, creative, and social independence. Our classroom atmosphere encourages social interaction for cooperative learning, peer teaching, emotional development, and respect for the individual. As a 501(3)(c) non-profit entity you'll find our earnings are reinvested back into the school for the benefit of our children. ...

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School Overview:

	Montessori: New Beginnings Academy
School Type	Montessori School
School Membership(s)	American Montessori Society (AMS)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - K
Year Founded	1986
County	Collin County, TX
Student Body
Total Students	120 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(TX) School Avg.
% Students of Color	86%	36%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 99 students
	Kind - 21 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	9 teachers
Average Class Size	20
	This School	(TX) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:12	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	175 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	6 hours	7 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Head of School	Mary Ann Myers

School Notes:

We serve roughly 140 students from ages 18 months to 6 years. One of the strengths of the school community is the diversity of the families that make up our community. Our families represent a wide range of cultures, beliefs, races, and ethnicities.
As a non-profit institution, we are governed by a Board of Trustees who set policy and strategy while providing oversight of the school operations. The board consists of local business executives, small business owners, and entrepreneurs – many either parent alumni or who have children currently enrolled. A school director is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations, including admissions, personnel management, curriculum, and financial administration.
We are a member school of the American Montessori Society (AMS) and use the Montessori method which develops the confidence, independence, and responsibility of the child through work in practical life, independent and group learning, language using phonics, math using concrete objects, science, and geography. An AMS member school, Montessori: New Beginnings Academy is required to adhere to strict standards and policies as an assurance that your child will receive high quality educational instruction from qualified teachers in an appropriate classroom environment.
At Montessori: New Beginnings Academy your child's classroom instructors have a great deal of teaching experience. A large number of our staff members have been with the school for a decade or more; four teachers have been with us for longer than fifteen years, another three staff member have been with us for more than a decade. Many of our classrooms offer instructors with over thirty years of combined Montessori teaching experience. While your child benefits from our staff experience and commitment to educational excellence, the stability of our staff creates the high likelihood that your child will have consistency in their homeroom teachers during those formative years they are with us.
Each of the two teachers in our pre-primary classroom is Montessori-certified for the assigned age level by the AMS (American Montessori Society) or other MACTE (Montessori Accreditation Council of Teacher Education) accredited teacher education program . That program has verified completion of a course of study requiring a minimum of 300 hours of on-site instruction and 36 weeks of supervised student teaching. Additionally, the school requires the staff complete additional teacher education training throughout each year.

School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (75075)	School Zip (75075)	(TX) State Average
Population (Approximate)	34,655 people	20,844,411 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	55%	23%
Population Average Age	37 years old	33 years old
Average Household size	2.7 persons	2.6 persons
Median Household Income	$71,485	$46,000
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.7 rooms	5.2 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	31 years old	33 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	71% / 29%	59% / 41%