Palo Alto Montessori School Inc.

Overview

Palo Alto Montessori School offers Montessori-based early education for young children and operates on a school-year calendar with an additional summer session. The program emphasizes a prepared learning environment and individualized attention.

Approach and curriculum

The school uses a Montessori approach delivered in prepared classrooms by teachers trained through AMI (Association Montessori International). Instruction includes foundational academic subjects and practical studies such as reading, writing, arithmetic, botany, zoology, geography, music and gardening. The school also offers optional instruction in Spanish, gymnastics and ballet, and maintains a low teacher-to-student ratio with limited class sizes.

Facilities and outdoor environment

Classrooms are described as bright, spacious and air-conditioned and are equipped with Montessori materials. Outdoor spaces include landscaped yards with mature trees and plantings that are used for outdoor exploration and play.

Meals and calendar

The school does not provide meals; parents supply food for their children.
The school year runs from the beginning of September to the end of June, with an eight-week summer session in July–August.

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Palo Alto Montessori School Inc.

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Overview

Approach and curriculum

Facilities and outdoor environment

Meals and calendar

Programs

7:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.

9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

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