Montessori International School is a Montessori school in Mesa, Arizona operating across multiple campuses and serving children from infancy through elementary. It follows Montessori principles (with AMI-trained teachers in the younger communities) and offers infant, toddler, primary and elementary programs.
Montessori International School operates multiple campuses in Mesa and provides Montessori education from the infant level through upper elementary. The school was founded in 1982 and lists infant, toddler, primary and elementary classroom communities across its campuses.
The school uses the Montessori method and prepares classrooms to support children’s independence and exploration. Classroom work emphasizes Practical Life, language, sensorial materials, mathematics and cultural subjects (geography, biology, botany, zoology), together with art and music. Elementary work is organized around small-group projects and study of broad cultural and scientific topics, including community-based outings.
The school publishes information on admissions procedures and offers information about scholarships and tuition-assistance options, including state Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) and Student Tuition Organization (STO) tax-credit scholarship pathways.
Elementary students work in small groups on project-based, research-style learning that covers geography, biology, history, language and mathematics, and includes outings to community resources such as libraries, planetariums and science centers.
The infant program is organized as a home-like Nido environment where furniture and materials are selected to support movement, coordination, language and cognitive development; outdoor garden space is included for infants to spend time in nature.
The primary program emphasizes individual work within areas such as Practical Life, language (including sandpaper letters), sensorial materials, mathematics and cultural subjects, together with art and music to support development of concentration, coordination and early academic skills.
The Toddler Community is prepared for children who are steady walkers and focuses on a prepared environment, language exposure, movement activities, practical life exercises and daily outdoor activity to support motor development and independence.
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