Madison Community Montessori School (formerly Madison Central
Montessori School) was founded as a non-profit, privately owned AMI
Certified (Association Montessori Internationale) school and has
served families from the greater Madison area since 1972.
Throughout the years our goal has been to meet the needs of our
families, while offering the very best in authentic Montessori
education.
We now enroll students in one Toddler community (15 months - 3
years), three Children's House classrooms (3 - 6 years), two Lower
Elementary classrooms (6-9 years), one Upper Elementary classroom
(9-12 years), and one Adolescent classroom (12-14 years).
We offer programs before and after school.
Summer "Camp" programs are also available for children ages 3 -
12 years.
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