Reminder- Open House at Chesapeake Montessori School!

You are invited to the Open House this Sunday, at Chesapeake Montessori School!

The Open House will take place on Sunday, April 6th from 3-5pm. Families of infants and children ages 3-5 are invited to attend and learn about Chesapeake Montessori School’s Infant and Child House curriculum, tour the campus, and meet staff and faculty members.

Address of Great Bridge Campus: 516 Albemarle Drive, Suite C Chesapeake, VA 23322

Can’t make the Open House? Call (757) 547-7673 to schedule a tour!

Some fun facts about Chesapeake Montessori School:

Did you know these things about Infants, Toddlers, and Children’s House?

• Children are taught according to ability and readiness, not age.
• Children are exposed to a variety science and geography topics
• We have an academic environment where children can manipulate materials and learn by doing instead of by being told.
• We offer freedom of choice and instill responsibility.
• The Montessori method instills a strong love of learning.
• Montessori students are independent and able to make good choices.
• Studies indicate Montessori children have better social and academic skills than conventionally schooled children.
• We learn to spell and read through phonics.
• Our students start writing in cursive first.

Did you know these things about Lower Elementary?

• 90% of our students who left lower elementary last year and entered public school were
• accepted into the GATE Program (gifted education).
• We raise money to go on an overnight field trip each year.
• We grow vegetables using a hydroponic gardening system.
• We pride ourselves on our sense of community.
• We crochet and bake.
• We become quite proficient in time management.
• Our curriculum is designed to foster higher order thinking skills.
• All elementary students are instructed in reading, language, writing, math, geometry, geography, science and history. We also have physical education twice a week, Spanish twice a week, Art and Music with specialty teachers.

Did you know these things about Upper Elementary?

• Our children scored extremely well on the Stanford 10 Achievement Test last year, several scored at the post high school level in multiple categories (PHS).
• We teach two strands of history each week- World History and US/Virginia History.
• We teach Latin and Greek roots
• Our sixth graders have been conjugating verbs in three languages (English, Spanish and Latin).
• We have Book Clubs.
• Ms. Ellis, one of our teachers, says upper elementary students know their grammar better than her college students.
• We mummified a chicken and buried it.
• We made a life size teepee.
• We quilt, sew, crochet and bake.
• We camp, garden and are stewards of the Earth.
• We learn keyboarding skills.

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