Families Invited To Explore Montessori Options At Annual Montessori Community Summit

Milwaukee Public Schools invites families to a community summit to learn about the district’s premiere Montessori school options. The summit will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Edward MacDowell School (6415 W. Mount Vernon Ave.), from 1 to 4 pm.

The Montessori teaching method uses a child’s natural environment to discover skills for life-long learning and development in a creative environment. The community summit will show families how those methods are applied. They will have opportunities to observe a Glass Classroom, listen to trained MPS Montessori teachers, and get answers to questions about the benefits of a Montessori education.

“Public Montessori schools may be one of the best-kept secrets in education,” said Abigail Rausch, Montessori Coordinator. “At MPS, all students have access to a tuition-free, high-quality Montessori experience.”

MPS offers one of the nation’s largest clusters of public Montessori schools: eight tuition-free Montessori Schools enroll more than 4,000 students annually. MacDowell Montessori is one of the only public K-12 Montessori schools in the nation, and Riley Dual Language Montessori School is the only public English/Spanish Montessori program in Wisconsin.

Enrollment at an MPS Montessori School

Any child who will be age 3 or 4 by September 1 is eligible to apply for the Montessori program. Children who enroll by March 5, 2023 are more likely to get placed in their first-choice school for Fall 2023.

Visit mpsmke.com/enroll to enroll your child.

Students age 5 and older may be enrolled in MPS Montessori schools as seats are available with the following specifications:

• Students with verified continuous, previous Montessori experience shall receive Montessori enrollment preference.
• Students without Montessori experience and students with limited Montessori experience may be enrolled as seats are available following an intake conference with the school principal.

Teaching at MPS Montessori

On-site resources will be available at the Montessori Community Summit for anyone interested in becoming a Montessori teacher. Overviews of materials and methodology of the Montessori curriculum will also be available.

To enroll your child in Milwaukee Public Schools, visit our enrollment web page.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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