High Desert Montessori strives to give each prospective family as much insight and knowledge about the Montessori program as we can, so that parents can make a personal and informed decision. The application process begins with an enrollment form and a school tour. Please contact Bobbie to schedule your tour and see below for our interested parent questionnaire.
Please read further for information about specific age levels.
At High Desert Montessori, we believe in age-appropriate Montessori teachings, as early as infancy. Our Infant/Toddler Program addresses both daily practical teaching; life skills and social interaction, while also introducing the principles and concepts that will perfectly position your child to learn more complicated concepts later on.
High Desert Montessori Children’s House provides a rich learning environment where young children from 3 to 6 years of age explore and learn together. Children around age 3 enter one of High Desert Montessori’s two primary classes and continue in the same class until after their sixth birthday. This class period will encompass the learning a child would achieve through the traditional Kindergarten curriculum.
Plan ahead! The pool of future three year olds fills early, usually by late October, a year before the fall term in which the child would enter as a three-year-old. The admissions process includes a classroom observation and interview. Only a limited number of appointments are available.
Openings for 4 or 5 year olds are more rare. Our community values the three-year program and children rarely transfer out of our program.
The elementary years are critically important, not only for the acquisition of knowledge and skills that will stay with these children for a lifetime, but also for the development of their attitudes toward learning, toward themselves and toward others.
This program will cover grades one through three.
Much of the Lower Elementary program is geared towards children’s natural love of stories and discovering where they fit in to the world. Children will learn conventional concepts, such as math and science, but in a way that leverages their natural proclivity for exploration and learning at their own pace.
This program covers grades four through six.
Children in this age range are beginning their transition into adolescence. Their natural curiosity is accompanied by a desire for independence. These tendencies are leveraged to encourage a love of learning and exploration, resulting in a better understanding of the educational fundamentals needed to move on and through higher education.
Openings are very limited and enrollment preference is given to children coming up through our own program, to siblings of current students, and to children whom we determine would make the smoothest transition to the program and be best served.
Tuition rates are based on the following options:
We require a non refundable $150 application fee to process your enrollment. Please contact Bobbie at High Desert Montessori for tuition rates for the 23/24 school year.