Thank you for visiting our website to learn more about Island Montessori School and a Montessori education for your child. Island Montessori School is comprised of a private preschool and public charter elementary school and is committed to providing a unique, child-centered environment, using the internationally recognized curriculum of pioneering educator, Dr. Maria Montessori.
Island Montessori School regards education with respect to the whole child, which involves education, socialization, and acculturation. To that end, the School's purpose, mission, core values and code of ethics, acknowledge and appreciate individuality, welcome and benefit from diversity, and celebrate the harmony of this vibrant community.

"The teacher must realize above all else that their task concerns a revelation of the child’s soul. If they do, the steps they take with the child will be of great importance: if they do not, all their work will go for nothing… This work must have a twofold objective: constructing a suitable environment and bringing about a new attitude toward children on the part of adults.

It is necessary to create surroundings for the child that answer his needs not only from the point of view of his physical and mental health but also from the point of view of his spiritual life.”

-Maria Montessori, "Education and Peace"

SUMMER CAMP!
Now Enrolling for ages 1-7

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Our application deadline for the Charter school has passed for the 2013-2014 school year, but we still have spots available in 4th and 5th Grade (as of April 12th) and will continue accepting applications for those grades on a first-come, first-serve basis. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.  Any applications that we receive moving forward, for any grade that is full, will be placed on our wait list. 

Where is our new campus located for grades 1-5?  
6339 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC

Our Mission

Our mission at Island Montessori School is to create a Montessori community that respects each child as an individual and fosters in each student respect for self and others, joy in discovery, independence, communal responsibility, and a peaceful approach to problem solving. Island Montessori School guides the growth and development of the whole child in an environment that:
  • Fosters a love of learning
  • Maximizes individual potential
  • Promotes academic excellence
  • Inspires creativity
  • Celebrates diversity
  • Encourages mutual respect
  • Nurtures compassion and humanitarianism
  • Advocates stewardship of the environment
  • Graduates responsible, productive citizens of the world
Island Montessori School is a nonprofit school that seeks diversity in its student/parent body, faculty, staff, administration, and board. IMS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any category protected by law, in its educational policies, employment practices and all other school administered procedures and programs.
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