Montessori Magnet School

CREC’s Montessori Magnet School is an inter-district public Montessori Magnet School. The school offers a traditional Montessori education for children ages 3-12. Students must turn three by December 31 of entry year.

Twice named a School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America, CREC’s MMS serves as a national model of authentic public Montessori schooling. The school realizes its guiding principles of respect, independence, curiosity, and diversity through nurturing an exceptionally vibrant school culture. Strong partnerships with parents, teachers, students, and the wider community are cultivated in an atmosphere that blends high challenge with loving support. This school is managed by CREC.

Quick Stats

1460 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06106

Main Number: (860) 757-6100

Fax Number: (860) 757-6144

Dress Code:
None

Hours: 8:15 AM - 3 PM.
340 Students
Grade Levels:

Pre K (Age 3) - Grade 6

Principal:
Melissa Gagne

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Academic/School Programs

Special Features:

Mixed age grouping.
Hands-on, discovery-based learning.
Strong emphasis on mastery in a non-competitive setting.
Teachers certified through Association Montessori Internationale
Fully integrated curriculum enhanced by special instruction in the arts and a renowned Strings program.

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Primary Curriculum (ages 3-6)

The primary classroom is composed of four areas:

Practical Life Exercises - Practical Life promotes care of the person, care of the environment, the development of social relations, and movement.
Sensorial - The sensorial materials enable children to clarify, classify and comprehend their world.
Language - The Montessori classroom emphasizes spoken language as the foundation for all linguistic expression. Throughout the entire Montessori environment, children hear and use precise vocabulary for all activities.
Mathematics - The mathematical materials allow these sensorial explorers to begin their journey from the concrete to the abstract through manipulation, experimentation, and invention.

Art and music are part of the daily schedule. Children 5 years old and up take violin and voice lessons. All primary students learn to use the computers in the classrooms, attend physical education, and are exposed to a foreign language.

Elementary Curriculum (ages 6-9 and 9-12)

Montessori children move from concrete to the abstract. The basic skills learned in the primary classroom are polished in the elementary classrooms. The children go on to pursue their passion for learning. They are ready to explore culture, science, the arts, and the universe.

Students learn to take responsibility for their own learning and initiate their own explorations. They study mathematics, language, geography, geometry, science, history, foreign language, music, art, computers, and physical education.