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Meadow Montessori High School: A Unique Opportunity in Monroe County

At the request of two students, both graduates of our middle school program, Meadow Montessori High School came into being in September 2004.

These students realized that they loved the challenges and growth that Meadow had provided them, and they missed it when they went on to a local high school. Their desire to continue learning added an exciting program to Meadow Montessori School, rounding off the education we offer from infancy through young adulthood.

All of us at MMS realized the potential for a high school. Many of Monroe's most promising and talented students leave the county in order to complete their high school education; others stay in the county but receive an education that is less challenging and satisfying than their experience at Meadow Montessori School (MMS). Thus Meadow Montessori High School (MMHS) was created to provide academically talented students an alternative in Monroe.

Maria Montessori didn't “design” a program for high school students, but she did lay the philosophical foundation to build one. Over the past twenty years, Montessori high schools have sprouted up around the world, with a only handful here in the US. Our program is on the forefront of defining what a Montessori high school should be.

MMHS is a college preparatory school. We seek to develop in our students the skills and the desire to become great college students. Because of the background of our faculty, we know how to prepare students for college. We challenge our students with a rigorous program, and we help them discover their strengths and passions. We realize that our students need to be in a place that attracts students who are like them—people who want to learn. It is a place where students seek an active role in creating their education, a place that encourages lifelong learning, and a place that instills in all participants both the desire and the ability to become effective agents of change in tomorrow's world.