Campus School Of Smith College vs. The Montessori School Of Northampton

The Smith College Campus School in Northampton, Massachusetts, is a coeducational laboratory day school for children ages 5 -12.

It is open to all children in the surrounding communities.

The Campus School strives to be a cooperative and responsive community committed to an education that addresses children's cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.

We recognize and respect individual differences and work to build on the strengths of each child.

We celebrate children's achievements, helping children recognize their accomplishments and experience a joy in learning.

Central to our philosophy is the belief that children should acquire a set of fundamental concepts and skills, as well as the habits of mind and heart, that enable them to understand and operate in their world and become effective problem solvers and responsible community members.

We view learning as a dynamic process that is enhanced by an openness to new ideas and a willingness to take intellectual risks in the pursuit of knowledge.

The Montessori School Of Northampton is firmly rooted in Maria Montessori's philosophy as it applies to today's world.

The school provides an exceptional education with a comprehensive curriculum, covered at a pace and sequence adapted for a variety of learning styles; emphasizes compassion, inclusiveness and respectful resolution of conflict; and promotes the interrelatedness of everything in the world and its people.

By following this mission, the Montessori School of Northampton strives to prepare Well-educated inquisitive students, Effective, self-directed learners, Caring and confident human beings participating in their home communities, Engaged, informed and responsible citizens of the global community.

The Montessori School of Northampton is dedicated to and inspired by the principles and ideas of Dr.

Maria Montessori. Dr. Montessori, the first woman to be trained as a physician in Italy, developed a comprehensive method of early education based on years of observation and study of young children.