Admissions Overview
The Montessori Community School welcomes applications at all
levels from families who believe in the capability of children.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend a Tuesday morning slide
show & tour and observe before submitting an application.
The slide show & tour includes a question and answer session
with at least one Montessori director/ress, and we encourage your
questions. Slide show & tours are scheduled every Tuesday
morning except on days when the school is engaged in an unusual
activity, such as the annual Opera shown at right. Please navigate
to the Visiting Our School page for more
information about the slide show & tour dates. Please
call us to reserve a date, and to let us make sure that the appropriate
level director/ress can be present for the question & ansswer
session.
To learn about The Montessori Community School or the application
process, or to sign up for a Tuesday tour, call Carol Parker in
the Admissions Office at (919) 493-8541 or email
her.
The Montessori Community School maintains a balanced enrollment
of age and gender in each classroom. Children with special needs
will be admitted as space is available and when those needs can
be met in a mixed-age Montessori setting with reasonable accommodations.
Students who wish to transfer from another Montessori school
are given preference in the admissions process. However, it is
by no means necessary to have previous Montessori experience for
a child to be successful at MCS. See at right.
When space becomes available, parents and children from the waiting
pool are invited to participate in a school interview before final
enrollment decisions are made. Re-enrollment contracts are distributed
February 1st and are due back March 1st. Students in the waiting
pool are generally notified by mid-March of their application
status.
Dates during 09-10 for prospective families are:
Sunday, November 15, 2009 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM Open House
Sunday, January 24, 2010 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM Open House
Wednesday, February 24 starting at 9:00 "Classrooms in Action"
Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM Open House
For further information about these events, click here.
For information about what families
can do to facilitate the transition to a new school or a Montessori
school, click here.
Statement of
Non-Discrimination
The Montessori Community School welcomes children,
aged 2-14, from all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
family structure or sexual orientation. Priority is given
to returning students, sibling, and transferring Montessori
students. After these considerations, children are accepted
from those in the waiting pool according to their stated program
preference and long-term school goals. |
Curriculum Materials:
Adolescent Program Parent Handbook
Elementary Program Overview
Adolescent Program Overview
Primary Program Overview
Learn more about what we mean by "Follow
the Child" at MCS.
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Not from a Montessori School? We welcome
you:
Many times a student with no prior Montessori experience can be
quite successful, but this depends almost entirely on the student's
learning style and initiative. All Montessori students learn to
self-manage their behavior to work in a busy, student-focused classroom,
take initiative and make choices for their own learning, set personal
goals for work accomplished, and be respectful of others' learning.
Primary students are taught how to do this, and older students have
developed these habits, but new students without Montessori experience
can learn to do this.
Montessori children have learned to enjoy work and learning for
its own sake in environments that do not give exernal rewards or
grades. but new students without Montessori experience can, with
the support of their parents and teachers, unlearn their reliance
on external rewards or grades.
This is why non-Montessori applicants to elementary or middle school
visit for three consecutive days: this allows the student to get
to know us well, and allows the teachers to work individually with
the applicant, invite him or her to a number of lessons, and give
the family a realistic assessment at the end of the visit. There
have been many examples of non-Montessori students who have made
this transition successfully, opening up a new world of individualized
learning where their ability to progress is not held back by the
group. If you believe your child would be enriched by the chance
to work in this manner, we welcome your application.
Montessori Durham Montessori Durham Pre-school
through middle school Montessori Durham, Chapel Hill, Montessori,
Montessori School in Durham and Chapel Hill, authentic Montessori
school, accredited by the American Montessori Society,, Montessori,
independent school, Montessori Visiting Committee, the border of
Durham and Chapel Hill, Durham County and Chapel Hill city, teachers
are trained Montessori teachers.
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