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Our multi-aged classrooms provide children with a carefully prepared environment and a wide range of quality materials.

Toddlers

Ages 13-36 Months

At Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs, we offer full-time programs for toddlers between the ages of 13 and 36 months. Our staff of Montessori guides lead a curriculum that is focused on the critical areas of development for children at this age, including cognition, speech and motor skills. Through a variety of activities, we develop the whole child in a classic Montessori environment.

Primary

Ages 3-6 Years

Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs' Primary Program for children ages 3 to 6 is a comprehensive Montessori program that prepares children for their academic journey. We focus on the five main areas of a classic Montessori education, including Language, Sensorial, Math, Culture and Practical Life. Our certified Montessori guides are highly experienced and dedicated professionals who understand this period of a child’s life is critical to their development and growth.

Lower Elementary

Ages 6-9 Years

Continuing the 3-year cycle of a classic Montessori program, the Lower Elementary Program at Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs continues the five areas of a Montessori education at a more advanced level. Children benefit from individualized work plans devised by our staff of professional Montessorians to help them understand a world of new educational concepts, such as Science, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Art and much more. This is an elementary education that teaches children the joy of learning through a classic Montessori experience.

Upper Elementary

Ages 9-12 Years

The Upper Elementary Program at Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs is a comprehensive educational experience with a Montessori foundation. Children benefit from hands-on learning activities, individualized lesson plans and professional Montessorians who are experienced at teaching a Montessori program at this age level. This is an immersive educational experience that allows children to engage and enhance their faculties as continue to grow.

Enrichments

Programs for Primary and Upper Elementary

Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs offers a variety of enrichment classes to enhance your child’s learning experience. From music instrument lessons, including piano and violin, to physical education classes, including tumbling, dance and playball. Children may also learn chess through our partnership with the North Georgia Chess Club.

Take a moment to come and see a class in action where you can observe teachers and students interact in a stimulating environment with hundreds of unique Montessori materials. Enrichment programs include Spanish, gardening, cooking, art and educational field trips. Individualized private lessons in piano, violin, and guitar are also conveniently available at our school.

Our program is designed to:

  • Allow children to teach and learn from each other
  • Facilitate the guide’s concentration on the individual
  • Allow a consistent environment and guide student relationship over a 3-year period
  • Provide and encourage a sense of community
  • Permit the development of a family spirit in the classroom

In all grade levels children follow an enhanced Montessori Curriculum including:

  • Language
  • Cultures/History
  • Mathematics
  • Education
  • Geometry
  • Geography
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Science
  • Practical Life
  • Arts
  • Music
  • Foreign Language
  • Computer Literacy
  • World
  • Environmental
  • Peace Education
  • Physical Education

Program times:

Toddler
Half Day = 8:00 – 11:30 am
School Day = 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
Full Day = 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
(Morning Carpool = 7:45 – 8:15 am, Half-day Carpool = 11:30 – 11:45 am, Afternoon Carpool = 2:30 – 2:50 pm)*
*late fee incurred after 11:45 am (for half-day students) or 2:50 pm (school-day students)

Primary
School Day = 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
Full Day = 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
(Morning Carpool = 7:45 – 8:15 am, Half-day Carpool = 11:30 – 11:45 am, Afternoon Carpool = 2:30 – 2:50 pm)**
**late fee incurred after 2:50 pm

Lower Elementary
School Day = 8:30 am – 3:15 pm
Full Day = 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
(Morning Carpool = 8:15 – 8:30 am, Afternoon Carpool = 3:15 – 3:30 pm)***
***late fee incurred after 3:30 pm

Upper Elementary
School Day = 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Full Day = 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
(Morning Carpool = 8:15 – 8:30 am, Afternoon Carpool = 3:30 – 3:45 pm)****
****late fee incurred after 3:45 pm

Junior High
School Day = 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
(Morning Carpool = 8:15 – 8:30 am, Afternoon Carpool = 3:30 – 3:45 pm)