THE MARIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
Mission Statement
To provide an environment that frees the child to develop his/her full academic, emotional and spiritual potential.
About This Cause
The Maria Montessori School is a non-profit, non-denominational, non-discriminatory school that seeks to provide a unique scholastic curriculum for children from 18 months to 14 years old. Located at Harbor Town in Memphis, Tennessee, the Maria Montessori School is affiliated with, and certified by, the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). The AMI was founded in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori and is the recognized international authority on Montessori education. The registered term “AMI Montessori” signifies the highest standards anywhere applied to Montessori and is evidence of a continuing commitment on the part of the school to study, explore and share this method of education as originally established by Dr. Montessori. Starting from humble beginnings in a single classroom at another school, MMS’ campus now sits in the middle of Harbor Town on Mud Island near Downtown Memphis. It spans three classroom buildings, a robust library and a large outdoor learning environment complete with a garden, a chicken coup and an amphitheater. Inside the classroom, the environment is prepared through beauty, order and accessibility in accordance with the Montessori method. The materials are handcrafted and stimulate children to logically reach answers to their questions through trial and discovery. MMS is more than a school. It is a community and, even more so, it is a family. More than half of the staff members have been at the school for more than 14 years, and many of it's students enroll in the toddler or primary classrooms and stay through middle school. The school is proud to have an extremely strong connection to its alumni base as well. Many alumni bring loved ones, including spouses and children, back to the school each year to show them the place that shaped so much of who they are today.