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About CMS | Montessori Theory
Community Montessori School: Mission Statement
Community Montessori School helps children take their place in the world by
- Educating the Whole Child
- Delivering a stimulating, age-appropriate curriculum that fosters a life-long love of learning
- Developing a connected community for children and parents
Community Montessori school is a diverse partnership of parents, teachers, and children, an independent, non-profit school embracing Montessori principles to develop the child’s full potential and lifelong love of learning. Our community strives to instill in each child a sense of duty and personal responsibility for the world in which we live.
Community Montessori school is an incorporated, nonprofit, tax-exempt school. CMS is owned and administered by member families, staff, and an executive director.
CMS was founded in 1981 by thirteen families. The school was founded for the purpose of giving parents an opportunity to assist in their child’s education, to relieve guides from non-educational responsibilities through increased parent participation, and to provide the community with a quality, nondiscriminatory alternative to public education. While the school started with only a Primary program, we now offer Lower and Upper Elementary programs which encompass grades 1-6.
Recognizing that we live in a diverse and increasingly interconnected world, Community Montessori School strives to create a community that reflects and celebrates the full breadth of human diversity, including, but not limited to, differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, family structure, religious preference, national origin, disability.
CMS is certified by AMITOT (Association Montessori Internationale Teachers of Texas) for its Montessori school programs and is accredited by TDPRS (Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services) for the operation of its before school program, nap programs, and the toddler communities. CMS retains "recognition" status with AMI (Association Montessori Internationale), the highest level of recognition bestowed upon member schools. AMI was founded by the Montessori family and is the group with which the Montessori family is still involved. Recognition status assures parents that the school meets the standards put forth by AMI and offers credibility to a school's status within the educational community as the designation is conferred on an annual basis. It confirms a staunch support of Montessori principles faithfully put into practice. To be considered for an AMI Montessori Certificate of Recognition a school must have:
- An AMI trained teacher at the appropriate age level for each class.
- A consultation by an AMI trained consultant once every three years.
- A complete set of materials for each class from an AMI authorized manufacturer.
- A philosophical approach consistent with what is given in AMI training courses.
- Between 28-35 children in each primary class including a well-balanced division of ages to ensure social development.
- Morning sessions five days per week for the full class, with an afternoon session (extended day) for the older children in the primary classes.
- An uninterrupted three-hour work cycle each morning, an uninterrupted hour and a half work cycle each afternoon.
- No more than one assistant in each primary classroom.
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