Pre-kindergarten for 3 year olds - Children must reach age 3 on or before August 1 of their pre-k year to be eligible to attend.
Pre-kindergarten for 4 year olds - Children must reach age 4 on or before August 1 of their pre-k year to be eligible to attend.
Your child’s education at Marquette Montessori Academy will reveal their innate love of learning and prepare them to thrive in a complex world. The child-centered curriculum is designed for young learners from age three to grade six. Students develop and grow through independent learning and exploration, in a diverse intellectual community that instills peace, grace, courtesy, and respect.
Ours is the only publicly funded Montessori program in St. Joseph County. Here, young scholars develop higher-order thinking and leadership skills. By using the Indiana Academic Standards as a springboard for the implementation of the Montessori Method within its classrooms, our program is specially designed to support academic excellence and student success.
Characteristics of Montessori Education
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Characteristics of Traditional Education
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| Active individualized learning through
stimulating, multi-sensory teaching materials. |
Passive class learning through teacher-centered class lessons, paperwork. |
| Multi-age classrooms is a natural social
environment that includes a wide range of ages
and fosters self-motivation. Students enjoy
working for their own sense of accomplishment.
Ideally, this provides for the same teacher for
three years. |
Chronological grouping necessitates external
rewards such as grades, competition and social
conformity. |
| Freedom of choice involves decision making.
Student selects work according to individual
interest. |
Class-wide curriculum demands that students
cover the same work at the same time with no
regard to individual interest. |
| Working at one’s own pace enables students to
work for long periods without interruption. Each
individual works at this potential independent of
the class. |
Group learning involves each academic subject
being scheduled for a limited period. Each student
is directly affected by the progress of the whole
class. |
| Integral education balances academic work with
freedom of movement and harmony is created
between physical, social and mental activities.
There is an interrelationship between subjects. |
Fragmented education provides academic
subjects that are not interrelated. Periods of
intense mental effort are alternated with periods
of vigorous physical activity to release tension. |
| Independence is fostered by a classroom that is
specifically designed to encourage maximum. |
Dependence tends to be promoted since the
activities are initiated by the teacher. |
| Close student-teacher interaction enables
complete and precise evaluation of student’s
progress, both academically and psychologically. |
Class oriented teaching often prevents close
interaction between individual students and teacher. Standardized tests are necessary to
determine student’s progress. |
