Montessori Academy of Parker

As the founding committee envisions The Montessori Academy of Parker (MAP), the best way to develop a Montessori institution capable of serving students for the whole of their pre-k, k, elementary, middle, and high school years was through a partnership with the Douglas County School District. In which, the financial burden of private school tuition is alleviated by state and federal funding. The MAP Committee has worked diligently to assemble the complex application for this charter school and now needs the community support by way of signing this petition.

The Montessori philosophy is a research-based, proven theory of educating children that has existed for over 100 years, producing quality citizens the world over.  Its focus is on the whole child, and the importance of self directed learning through discovery. Under the Montessori system of mixed-age classrooms in which three grade levels are taught in one classroom, grades 1-3 are considered lower-elementary; 4-6 upper-elementary; and 7-9 middle-school) and our goal is to offer five lower-elementary classes and three-upper-elementary classes, including Pre-K and K, with each class capped at 30 students, in 2009, so that when we open our doors, we will serve 200 students, offering area families a choice quite distinct from the public schools or the various Core Knowledge oriented charter schools.  We intend from that point to grow, offering two more upper-elementary level classes and two middle schools classes by the 2014/2015 school year.

The MAP Founding Committee was formed in June of 2008 by eleven parents from a variety of vocational backgrounds, who are determined to provide their and other area children with an authentic Montessori education. The application will be submitted by September 08, 2008, and the results should be known by the first of the New Year.