Laramie Montessori School Philosophy
Our Goals and Beliefs
Laramie Montessori School is Wyoming’s first Montessori charter school and the third charter school in the state. In January 2008 a few parents who wanted something different for their children created the non-profit group Laramie Montessori Elementary School Steering Committee to begin the process of bringing elementary Montessori to Laramie, WY. With support from the Albany County Resource and assistance from the Wyoming Department of Education and several Montessori schools in Colorado, this pioneering group of parents took the first steps toward opening Laramie Montessori School. We continue their vision of providing quality, tried and true, alternative, free public education to the parents and children of Laramie.
MISSION
Our mission is to support the development of the whole child through an authentic Montessori environment that honors the child's intrinsic motivation to learn and supports each individual's unique intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.
BELIEFS
The Montessori Method is based on the belief that children are born with an intrinsic desire to learn and to improve themselves and that the responsibility of the adults who care for them is to protect and propel that desire. Our responsibility is to help the child build within himself the foundations for a lifetime of creative learning.
The activities and environments provided at Laramie Montessori School support the children’s thirst for learning, engage their abiding curiosity about their surroundings, and develop their ability to learn and live independently.
Our goal for each child is the development of his or her ability to solve problems using an organized approach, to use freedom wisely, to respect him/herself, to respect others, and to take joy in learning.
GOALS
To encourage self-directed learning, self-esteem, academic achievement, artistic expression, group collaboration, and respect by upholding Montessori principles in a thoughtfully prepared and non-competitive environment.
To conduct assessments that authentically demonstrate each student’s intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development.
To develop healthy life habits that foster care of the self and care of the environment through meals, physical movement, and a quality school facility and surrounding natural environment. LMS believes that direct experience with the natural world helps foster a life-long connection to our environment.
To build a community centered on the partnership of teachers, children, and their families through parent education, parent involvement, school events, and service to the larger Laramie community.
To build peace, foster personal growth, and develop life-long tolerance through a curriculum where students experience and learn to respect ethnic, cultural, economic, and other differences and to seek and identify common ground.
Our Vision
During the next five years, the founders of Laramie Montessori School envision an integrated community of Montessori teachers, parents, and students who work to fulfill our mission statement and goals. We envision children who mature into confident, capable, and content adults who feel inspired to better our world through the expression of their gifts and talents which were nurtured during the course of their Montessori education.
Charter Documents
Laramie Montessori Charter School Adaptive Learning Plan Approved 2020
Laramie Montessori Charter School Application
Laramie Montessori Charter School Contract
Albany County School District #1 board policies
Laramie Montessori Grievance Procedures
Laramie Montessori Curriculum Mapping
This is the sequence that the Montessori Curriculum is taught in. Each subject has what is taught numbered in the order in which it is taught which is then followed by the grade levels that it is taught in. The grade levels are in a chart form and can be confusing to look at, but all it shows is at what grade level those sequences are taught.
Montessori Curriculum Sequencing
This aligns the Montessori curriculum with both State and Federal standards. It is important to understand that this alignment does not cover the entirety of the Montessori curriculum as we go above and beyond the State and Federal Standards, but it does show our compliance with them.
The numbers preceding each part of the curriculum that aligns with each standard show where in the sequence it falls in the Montessori Curriculum Sequencing found above.
Laramie Montessori Curriculum Alignment