Welcome Wilmington Montessori School's 51st school year! We are delighted to have you as part of our community and look forward to a tremendous year of growth and learning.
 

As your family settles into the school this year, please take a few minutes to explore some exciting changes.

In the Aspen Wing, along with four toddler classrooms, you will also find a dedicated space for Learning Together in Room 8, as well as our new Toddler Maker Studio in Room 1. Stop in and see the space as it begins to take place. It is a space where children will explore STEAM concepts and have the opportunity to innovate and create using a variety of materials. (Read about the "Student Side of Making.") Finally, keep your eyes on the toddler playground...change is coming this fall.

The 3-6 classrooms are located in the heart of the Birch Wing in Rooms 11, 13, 15 and 16. You will find the Extended Day rooms in that same area, which makes for an easier drop-off and pick-up. In addition, the 3-6 Maker Studio will open this fall in Room 26.

The lower elementary classrooms are located downstairs in Rooms 17, 19 and 20 with an additional space for small group lessons in Room 18. Please visit them even if you don't have a child downstairs; they are beautiful and have great outdoor spaces to extend classroom learning.

The upper elementary classrooms remain in Rooms 9 and 10. You will notice the addition of iPads as a part of our technology initiative. Rosemary Feehan, our Instructional Technology Coach, has worked hard this summer to prepare our environment for the addition of iPads in every classroom, additional projectors in the Great Room, Library and Room 10, and a wireless network that can manage this additional technology use. The 9-12 students will each have an iPad assigned to them for learning in school and at home.

Finally, take a walk around our campus. You will find that it, too, has been prepared for the start of the year. If you walk into the woods, you will see that the stage (or Meerkat Theatre) has been refurbished this summer by alumnus Nathaniel Ruhl, class of 2012. He chose to do this as his Eagle Scout project and had a great deal of support in completing the work. The teachers met there on the first day back, taking some time to enjoy our outdoor environment. We hope you will do the same. It is a peaceful beautiful space. (Learn more about the Meerkat Theatre.)

We are off to a great start and are happy to have you as part of our community. Although we have exciting additions to our school this year, what remains constant is the commitment to a wonderful Montessori education through which each child is acknowledged for who he or she is and presented with opportunities to learn and grow at his or her own pace. We look forward to a wonderful year together.