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Success for Every Child

Our elementary classrooms hum with activity and social connections. Students feel empowered to follow their own passions and interests. They work to create a respectful, welcoming community. Along with the Montessori-trained guide (lead teacher) and the classroom assistant, they create a community of joyful learning.

Every spring, upper elementary students travel for a week-long experience at Camp Widjiwagan in Ely, Minnesota. This camp, operated by YMCA of the North, provides transformative wilderness experiences for youth on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Group of campers

Once children reach the age of 6, they become interested in the questions of “how” and “why” about everything–from stars and planets to rivers and trees to the cycle of life. Montessori Elementary education encourages these explorations through the five Great Lessons, stories that encompass the breadth of human knowledge.

We move from the creation of the universe to the coming of plant and animal life to the arrival of humans. We then focus on the fruits of human innovation: language and mathematics.

Learning

  • Physical Sciences: Earth Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
  • Life Sciences: Biology, Ecology, Botany, Zoology
  • Social Sciencs: History, Geography
  • Language and Literature
  • Mathematics: Geometry and Measurement
  • The Arts: Music, Fine Arts, Drama
  • Foreign Language (Spanish)

Similar to the Casa program, all elementary classrooms are mixed-age environments. Our two lower elementary classrooms (Grades 1 – 3) each have 20 students. Our single upper elementary classroom (Grades 4 – 6) also has 20 students.

Even if your child has never experienced the Montessori method before, for example if they are transferring to Sunny Hollow from another school, we make the transition feel comfortable and engaging.

Elementary Program Schedule

Our school day is 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Before and after care is available starting at 7:30 am and ending at 4:30 or 5:30 pm, five days a week, excluding school holidays.

Elementary students can participate in school field trips and sign up for after-school enrichment classes or extended day activities.