About Our Curriculum

St. Maarten Montessori School follows a multi-faceted Montessori curriculum at all levels. “The Montessori method” engages all senses and appeals to all styles of learning.

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In addition to setting strong academic goals, Montessori education fosters respect, responsibility, resourcefulness and imagination in all students.

• Primary  (3-6 yrs): children participate in lessons and activities in the areas of Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language and Cultural Subjects.

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• ​Lower Elementary (6-9 yrs): children receive individual, small-group and class lessons and perform independent follow up in Arithmetic, Geometry, Language, Zoology, Botany, Geography and History.

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• Upper Elementary (9-12 yrs): students continue their work in the seven core subjects acquired in Lower Elementary; in Level VI, students begin a study of Human Biology.