Discovery Schoolhouse

865 Brush Hill Road
Milton, MA 02186
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  • Discovery Schoolhouse provides full and part day, year-round, educational childcare to children two-years-nine-months through Kindergarten, as well as some after school care for children seven through nine.
  • The program uses an interactive, child-centered, developmentally appropriate approach which assumes that children learn through active participation and discovery.
  • The curriculum emphasizes child-initiated activities, problem solving, fostering independence, social skills, respecting cultural diversity, creativity, and individuality.
  • At Discovery Schoolhouse each child is respected as an individual and given maximum support for learning and development.
  • The curriculum is designed to nurture the development of the whole child, addressing cognitive, intellectual, social, emotional, ethical, and physical needs.
  • The curriculum and classrooms at Discovery Schoolhouse are designed so that children have a wide variety of appropriate activities available to them.
  • Teachers are active facilitators of children's learning, constantly adjusting the curriculum to meet the needs and interests of each child.
  • Teachers act as guides, helping children make choices, work out and discuss conflicts with their friends, answering and asking questions, modeling appropriate behavior, and monitoring children's progress.

School Overview

School Type Early Childhood / Day Care
School Membership(s)School Assoc. National Association for the Education of Young Children
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Nursery School-Prekindergarten

Student Body

Total Students 28 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color
50%
State avg.: 23%
Students by Grade Discovery Schoolhouse Student By Grade

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers 3 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 9:1
National avg.: 13:1

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  • Milton
     Delphi Academy
    (4)
    Grades: PK-8 | 164 students
    0.8 miles
    564 Blue Hill Avenue
    Milton, MA 02186
    (617)333-9610    0.8PK-8
    164
  • Hyde Park
    The Children's Cooperative Montessori School
    Montessori School
    Grades: K-3 | 5 students
    0.5 miles
    268 Fairmount Ave
    Hyde Park, MA 02136
    (617)792-4032    0.5K-3
    5
  • Boston
    Boston Trinity Academy
    (Christian)
    (1)
    Grades: 6-12
    1.3 miles
    17 Hale St
    Boston, MA 02136
    (617)364-3700    1.36-12
    n/a
  • Milton
    Thacher Montessori School
    Montessori School
    (1)
    Grades: PK-8 | 247 students
    1.5 miles
    1425 Blue Hill Ave
    Milton, MA 02186
    (617)361-2522    1.5PK-8
    247
  • Milton
    The Campbell School
    Daycare / Preschool
    Grades: PK-K | 72 students
    1.8 miles
    180 Blue Hill Ave
    Milton, MA 02186
    (617)696-4222    1.8PK-K
    72

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  • Students: 28 students
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