Our Mission
Alpine Montessori School fosters the unlimited potential in every child. We nurture children’s curiosity, independence, and confidence by giving them freedom to explore their interests and discover their strengths. We celebrate the unique gifts within each member of our community. We attend equally to the education of the heart as well as the mind. We promote social justice, global awareness, and peace.
What Makes Alpine Montessori Special?
A group of parents started the school in 1989 to educate three- to six-year-old children in the Alpine area. Since then, the school has expanded through 8th grade and been honored by the Texas Workforce Commission’s Texas Rising Star program. It is the only school in the tri-county region to receive four-star certification, the commission’s highest-quality childcare standard.
Montessori differs from traditional schools in many ways. One of Dr. Maria Montessori’s core directives was to “follow the child.” Montessori schools nurture a child’s natural curiosity and independence through self-directed and hands-on learning.
At Alpine Montessori, children spend three years in a classroom, building family-like bonds with teachers and peers. Three- to six-year-old children are grouped together in the Primary program, while first- through sixth-grade children are grouped together in the Lower and Upper Elementary programs, like an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse. Our Primary classroom typically has up to 30 students with three teachers, and our Elementary program typically has 20-30 students with two teachers.
No one has to start from scratch each year, socially or academically. Teachers have three years to learn how to work with each child’s unique interests, personality and learning style. And children learn as much from one another as they do from their teachers. Older children reinforce their knowledge by sharing it with younger peers, while younger children grow into natural classroom leaders.
