Long Beach Montessori School vs. Maple Village Waldorf School
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School Overview
Top Rankings
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Maple Village Waldorf School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for:
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Advanced Degrees
Extracurriculars
Overview
Montessori Primary Program is designed to prepare a learning journey.
The children take a hands on approach to exploring the world around them.
Materials are provided in a prepared environment to stimulate a child's innate desire to learn.
Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, Science, Geography, Art and Music are incorporated into the child's daily curriculum.
Here we build the foundations that will continue for the rest of their lives.
We offer a Transitional Class for children ages 2-3 who are just beginning their journey.
Maple Village Waldorf School aims to create a compassionate and welcoming environment rooted in the traditions and the philosophy of Waldorf education.
Maple Village Waldorf School has its home in one of the most diverse cities in the United States. We welcome the wide array of cultures, races, economic backgrounds, cognitive variations, religious affiliations, abilities, gender identities, and sexual orientations represented in the body of our faculty, staff, parent/guardians and students. We value this multiplicity and consistently work to ensure that the population of our school reflects that of our community, and we strive to cultivate an multicultural curriculum that reflects and meets our students with respect, relevance, cultural awareness and inclusion.
We endeavor to engage and nurture the whole child resulting in a balance of heart, mind, body and spirit.
We are committed to engaging and nurturing the whole child resulting in a balance of heart, mind, body and spirit. Our work in diversity, and inclusion provides an environment that helps usher into the world well rounded individuals learned, inwardly confident, responsible, and self-motivated with reverence for others and their environment.
We place a high importance on contributing to and providing a positive focal point for the local community.
Our school provides an environment that helps usher into the world well rounded individuals learned, inwardly confident, responsible, and self-motivated with reverence for others and their environment.
Grades Offered
PK-3
NS-8
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
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No
Year Founded
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2008
Students Body
Total Students
84 students
196 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
45%
37%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Nursery Students
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52
Pre-K Students
51
36
Kindergarten Students
12
26
Grade 1 Students
11
18
Grade 2 Students
2
3
Grade 3 Students
8
12
Grade 4 Students
-
8
Grade 5 Students
-
10
Grade 6 Students
-
13
Grade 7 Students
-
10
Grade 8 Students
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8
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
2 teachers
13 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
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99%
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:42
1:15
Classroom Dress Code
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Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Notes
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Varies based on program; please visit our website for details.
Admissions Director
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Kari Rahni
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
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12
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
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Chorus, Cooking Class, Djembe drums, Games, Handwork, Japanese Program, Lyre, Newspaper, Recorder, Spanish Program, Strings Program, Woodworking