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Buena Vista Elementary is a public Montessori school in Colorado Springs that offers preschool for three- and four-year-old children and Montessori-based elementary education for kindergarten through fifth grade.
Buena Vista Elementary is a public Montessori school serving preschool-age children and students in kindergarten through 5th grade. The school was established in 1891 and, as noted on school materials, serves a small student population.
The school uses Montessori classroom design and materials, mixed-age classrooms, and individualized work plans. Montessori lessons have been aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards and students are given benchmark assessments quarterly to monitor progress. Primary and lower-elementary teachers hold both Montessori certification (AMS or AMI) and Colorado teaching licenses; upper-elementary teachers are trained to incorporate Montessori principles and hold Colorado teaching licenses.
The school follows the district calendar and daily schedule and provides district-supported student services such as special education, ELL, and gifted & talented support. Buena Vista offers specials and enrichment (for example music, art, physical education, and technology) and a rotating set of extracurricular clubs and after-school activities. Classroom sizes and staffing are limited by program: primary classrooms are capped (no more than 20 children per primary classroom) and lower/upper elementary classrooms are staffed to provide two adults for typical classroom sizes.
Mixed-age Montessori elementary classrooms cover kindergarten through fifth grade, using hands-on Montessori materials, individualized work plans, quarterly benchmark testing, and alignment to the Colorado Academic Standards (2020).
Montessori-based elementary instruction for kindergarten through 5th grade that aligns Montessori lessons with Colorado Academic Standards, uses individualized work plans, and implements quarterly benchmark assessments.
Preschool is offered in Montessori primary classrooms where certified Montessori teachers and educational assistants prepare materials across practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and cultural studies; the program is offered as either a morning-only or full-day option and carries tuition (rates vary with UPK eligibility).
Preschoolers are placed in Primary Montessori classrooms alongside older children and are taught by a Montessori-certified teacher supported by an educational assistant; the classroom uses Montessori materials across curricular areas (Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, and Cultural Studies).
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