Allen County
Fort Wayne
Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Ctr.1111 Greene St.
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46803
Phone: (260) 467-4790
Principal: Marilyn Horan
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Bunche School was built as an elementary school in 1972. In 1991, the school became a magnet school offering a Montessori program for students ages three years old to fifth grade. In 2006, the school was changed to an early childhood center offering multi-age classrooms for 3- to 6-year-olds. The other grades moved to Towles Intermediate School. As a Montessori school, the curriculum follows the methods developed by Maria Montessori, who believed children must cultivate their own natural desire to learn to become truly educated individuals who are motivated from within by a natural curiosity and love for knowledge. Classrooms are multi-age and look different than traditional classrooms. Materials are at the child's level and offer a hands-on experience. Students are shown lessons and then work at their own pace. In 2003, Bunche was granted accreditation from the American Montessori Society, the first public Montessori school in the United States to receive such status.
Towles Intermediate School420 East Paulding Road
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46816
Phone: (260) 467-4300
Principal: Tamara Mullins
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Towles School opened in 2006 as a first through eighth grade Montessori school. Prior to opening as an intermediate school, the building housed Geyer Middle School, which was named for Ben F. Geyer, a longtime School Board member. The school was built as a middle school in 1959 in the midst of a building boom for the school district.
New Haven
Peace Montessori2315 Long Rd.,
New Haven, IN 46774
Phone: (260) 493-3114
Principal:
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Peace Montessori offers an inclusive environment where children learn from and with each other in multi-age classrooms. Students are encouraged to think independently; rather than being given the right answers, teachers aim to ask the right questions, challenging the children to find the answers on their own.
Located on a beautiful eleven acre campus Peace Montessori offers programs to children 18 months old through adolescence. These programs are designed to challenge the child and to create awareness of the world around them.