Canyoncito Montessori School & Child Care Center vs. Ponderosa Montessori School
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School Overview
School
Canyoncito Montessori School & Child Care CenterElementary school
Ponderosa Montessori SchoolElementary school
Overview
Canyoncito Montessori School is commitment to the creation of a Montessori environment that enables all children to realize their highest potential for learning and to become an independent, self-motivated, and contributing member of the world community.
It is the goal of Canyoncito Montessori School to provide an education that stimulates the physical, emotional, intellectual and social growth of each child while developing creativity and a positive self-image.
Our goal is to provide an environment that is emotionally supportive in which all children feel secure, respected, and loved.
The importance of sharing the responsibility among home, school, and community is to foster a higher level of academic, personal, and social achievement.
Graduates of Canyoncito Montessori School prepare to enter the next phase of their education carrying with them a respect for people, a belief in dignity of work and sense of responsibility for their own development.
Ponderosa Montessori School uses Montessori program to teach children. Montessori is one of the fastest-growing and most popular educational methods in the United States today.
It began in Italy in the early 1900s by Dr.
Maria Montessori, a doctor and educator who achieved remarkable results with children by designing an educational program that makes the most of the innate desire of children to learn.
The Montessori classroom is at the same time disciplined and self-directed.
Children are provided with hands-on materials that enable them to learn math, language, science, and history, while at the same time developing intellectual curiosity, self-respect, and respect for the world around them.
Instructors give small group lessons or one-on-one lessons, and then monitor the children's progress as they complete projects on their own, at their own pace.
Montessori graduates are self-directed, motivated learners who are notable for the continuing excitement they find in learning.
Grades Offered
PK-6
PK-5
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Students Body
Total Students
42 students
56 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
38%
30%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
29
48
Kindergarten Students
6
2
Grade 1 Students
-
1
Grade 2 Students
3
2
Grade 3 Students
2
2
Grade 4 Students
-
1
Grade 5 Students
1
-
Grade 6 Students
1
-
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
3 teachers
1 teacher
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:14
1:56
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling