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Center Montessori School

6024 26th Street West, Bradenton, FL, 34207 -

School Notes Overview:

The purpose of the Center Montessori School is to educate children by subordinating teaching to learning so that children are empowered to continue to educate themselves throughout their lifetimes. We strive to provide intellectually stimulating, unlimited learning opportunities in a physically and emotionally safe environment, respectful of the whole child, so that the child may become academically advanced, culturally enriched, socially adept, emotionally secure, and physically fit according to the child's potential. The school seeks to develop competent social skills within the children by teaching them strategies for solving problems. Children are encouraged to dialogue with each other in order to express their feelings and to deal with interpersonal issues. They are guided by teachers who are interested in preserving the children's self-esteem and in helping them become self-disciplined. Our Montessori elementary education program takes into account the child's growing transformation from one who learns through concrete examples to one who can learn from and make abstractions. Consequently, one finds an array of educational hands-on materials, sequenced and structured to guide the child through the passage from the concrete to the abstract. These materials span lessons of language, mathematics, and cultural subjects....

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School Overview:

	Center Montessori School
School Type	Montessori School
School Membership(s)	American Montessori Society (AMS)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery/Preschool - 8
Year Founded	1976
County	Manatee County, FL
Student Body
Total Students	n/a
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(FL) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	28%
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	14 teachers
	This School	(FL) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:14	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

School Notes:

The purpose of the Center Montessori School is to educate children by subordinating teaching to learning so that children are empowered to continue to educate themselves throughout their lifetimes. We strive to provide intellectually stimulating, unlimited learning opportunities in a physically and emotionally safe environment, respectful of the whole child, so that the child may become academically advanced, culturally enriched, socially adept, emotionally secure, and physically fit according to the child's potential. The school seeks to develop competent social skills within the children by teaching them strategies for solving problems. Children are encouraged to dialogue with each other in order to express their feelings and to deal with interpersonal issues. They are guided by teachers who are interested in preserving the children's self-esteem and in helping them become self-disciplined. Our Montessori elementary education program takes into account the child's growing transformation from one who learns through concrete examples to one who can learn from and make abstractions. Consequently, one finds an array of educational hands-on materials, sequenced and structured to guide the child through the passage from the concrete to the abstract. These materials span lessons of language, mathematics, and cultural subjects.
Profile last updated: 09/17/2009

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Go & Do: Nov. 5 (Bradenton Herald)
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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (34207)	School Zip (34207)	(FL) State Average
Population (Approximate)	30,690 people	15,979,631 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	15%	27%
Population Average Age	44 years old	38 years old
Average Household size	2.1 persons	2.3 persons
Median Household Income	$28,190	$40,558
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	4.3 rooms	4.9 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	37 years old	33 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	65% / 35%	66% / 34%