Fountain Valley Montessori Center vs. Slater Montessori Academy
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School Overview
Overview
Fountain Valley Montessori Center is a state-of-the-art facility within a secured environment.
Our school offers children from the ages of 2 through 9 a challenging and enriched Montessori curriculum in a warm and nurturing environment.
Our goal at Fountain Valley Montessori Center is to allow a child the freedom to explore and develop a true love of learning which they will keep with them long after leaving our school.
We strive for academic excellence through practical exercises in the areas of Language, Math, Geography, Science, Sensorial activities and Practical Life.
We commit to instilling in the child a natural and ongoing curiosity toward the world around them and create a true love of learning that will stay with the child throughout life.
We strive to promote social graciousness and caring for each other and the world around them.
To meet the needs of each child`s individual spirit we allow them the freedom to explore, make mistakes, question and grow at a pace comfortable to the child.
Our mission is to create a physical environment that allows a child to feel a sense of belonging, to feel safe and secure, to develop and strengthen their self-esteem.
The Slater Montessori school is one of the many independent Montessori schools.
Our schools pride themselves on providing quality education. We provide a variety of; developmentally appropriate learning activities within a stimulating, safe and nurturing environment.
We emphasize learning through all five senses, not just through listening, watching, or reading.
Children in our classes learn at their own, individual pace and according to their own choice of activities from hundreds of possibilities.
We empower each child to strive to attain their greatest potential within the classroom setting that builds communication between teachers and parents to maintain a climate of mutual cooperation.
All subjects at Slater Montessori Academy are interwoven. For example history, art, music, math, and science are not isolated from each other and a child studies them in any order he chooses, moving through all in a unique way for each child.
The children enjoy all that the capability to read provides.
Out new program has the children excited about reading with their self correction manuals, which encourage the the children to read and learn comprehension. The children learn to read phonetically.
Grades Offered
PK-3
PK-2
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Year Founded
2002
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Students Body
Total Students
163 students
45 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
85%
75%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
111
30
Kindergarten Students
35
10
Grade 1 Students
8
3
Grade 2 Students
7
2
Grade 3 Students
2
-
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
21 teachers
2 teachers
Average Class Size
24
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Teacher : Student Ratio
1:8
1:23
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
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Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Notes
Please see website.
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Admissions Director
Sneha Mehta
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Admissions Associate
Vicky Cha
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