231 East Drake Avenue
Auburn, Alabama 36830
334-209-2513
Philosophy
It is the philosophy of Auburn Montessori School – The Children’s House to preserve a home away from home that nurtures the love of learning, values ambition, and fosters the spirit of peace, love and kindness in every child.
Mission 1:To support families in their life-long commitments as character builders, role models, and primary educators of their children.
Mission 2:To serve each child in their life’s journey.
Mission 3:To guide educators into bringing forth the blessed life in every child.
Vision: To inspire a future generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders.
It is a pleasure to welcome you to Auburn Montessori School - The Children’s House. We are excited to offer quality preschool and kindergarten education to the members of our community. The Children’s House (1997-2011) owes its deepest gratitude and respect for the staff of Killian Montessori School in Miami, FL, for their knowledge, and tremendous assistance in its opening on October, 20th 1997. As Mr. Kimery kindly said, “Take these Red Rods and Broad Stairs as a gift from the late Mrs. Kimery; they started this school, and they help will start another.” Auburn Montessori School - The Children’s House, in turn now owes its deepest gratitude to its supportive friends and families of The Children’s House community.
The Children’s House has been a member of the National Center for Montessori Education (NCME), for teacher training since 1998. It is an associate member of the American Montessori Society since 1998, dedicated to following their code of ethics, and committed to practicing the teachings of Dr. Maria Montessori. The Children’s House is also affiliated with MACTE accredited training center, Montessori Live in Venice, Florida since 2010. We are dedicated to providing a genuine Montessori environment for exploration of both the student and the student-educator.
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of Auburn Montessori School - The Children’s House is to provide a loving, natural, prepared environment in which each child is respected for who they are as unique individuals. This school follows the teachings of Dr. Maria Montessori, her Principles of Education, and her Philosophy of Scientific Pedagogy. Staffed with qualified and dedicated educators, we are committed to nurturing the spirit of each child, guiding them to independence and self-discipline, and educating the unique intelligence of the body, mind and spirit. Exploring the prepared environment, each child will be educated to respect the realizations of peace, the sustainability of the environment and the betterment of one’s self and humanity.
The objectives of this school are to:
- Provide an environment for students to be educated and develop community by responsibly, safely and freely interacting with the world and others around them.
- Offer parents the peace of mind in knowing that one’s child is in a home away from home; his/her own unique personality and intelligences valued; and his/her physical, emotional, social, spiritual and mental capacities nurtured.
- Provide student-educators an environment to scientifically observe the child in his/her relationship with others and the world; to interact with the child to become more aware of a child’s needs; and to more fully adapt to the child as a unique gift of life, a creation to unfold rather than to mold.
The objectives of this school are to:
- Provide an environment for students to be educated and develop community by responsibly, safely and freely interacting with the world and others around them.
- Offer parents the peace of mind in knowing that one’s child is in a home away from home; his/her own unique personality and intelligences valued; and his/her physical, emotional, social, spiritual and mental capacities nurtured.
- Provide student-educators an environment to scientifically observe the child in his/her relationship with others and the world; to interact with the child to become more aware of a child’s needs; and to more fully adapt to the child as a unique gift of life, a creation to unfold rather than to mold.
We will provide to the best of our ability, an environment which is safe, healthy and stimulating. An environment which is organized according to the child’s physical, psychological, and social needs, thereby encouraging independence, self-control, mastery of the environment, and construction of self in freedom within limits. We will provide, to the best of our ability, the “prepared” Montessori environment and carry out the accompanied Montessori teachings.
Admission Requirements:
- Each child is required to have a completed Child’s Pre-Admission Record and Application Form on file. The school will supply this form.
- Each child is required to have a completed application form, requiring information about
- child’s general health, and usual routines
- transportation arrangements to and from school
- emergency contacts
- authorized persons to pick up the child
- authorization to obtain emergency medical care, if parent or guardian cannot be reached.
- Each child must submit a Child’s Medical Report Form and an Immunization certificate completed by a certified medical practitioner or physician’s assistant before he/she is accepted for school.
Age of Entry:
- It is the policy of Auburn Montessori School LLC. that a child must be at least 3 years old to be admitted into the preschool program for that year.
- It is the policy of Auburn Montessori School LLC. that a child must complete Kindergarten requirements and accomplish the first grade readiness skills to be admitted to first grade.
We welcome your questions about our school. Please understand that we are unable to answer the phone during school hours. We will gladly return your call at the end of the school day. Please feel free to contact us via e-mail as well:
Charlene Kam: charlenekam@aol.com
Sandy Little: Littlsj@auburn.edu