Enrollment
A parent or guardian can initiate the admission process by contacting the school for information. Interested parents are invited to observe the school and meet with the Director and teachers. If after meeting, the parents and school feel that the child may benefit from enrollment at the school, an application form must be submitted. If accepted, enrollment is established by providing enrollment forms and payments. Enrollment begins March 1.
We will be having an open house for families interested in learning more about our school and Montessori education on Saturday, March 3 from 10:00 -12:00. Please call 494-1033 to reserve your spot!
- Early Childhood Admission Procedures
- Early Childhood Application
- Tuition Information for 2012-2013
(now accepting VISA, Mastercard, and Discover) - Financial Policies and Conditions Form
Early Childhood Program:
The Early Childhood curriculum (for 2½ to 6 years old) offers students a non-graded, individualized learning experience based upon their developmental needs. Emphasis is given to activities which foster the student's creative thinking and support the growth of his or her social maturity and inner discipline. Carefully prepared classroom environments expose children to materials and experiences through which they develop socially, emotionally, and intellectually. Daily life skills are realistically fostered in the community of the Montessori classroom.
We offer half-day (8:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.) and full day schooling (8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.) structured for the needs of the 2½ to 6 year old student. Activities to promote use of the senses, refine skills of discrimination and observation, strengthen memory, develop coordination, and promote concentration are presented with varying degrees of challenge. Students are introduced concretely to the intellectual concepts of language, mathematics,
geography, world cultures, and science. Socially, the classroom provides the young student who is ready to explore environments away from family and home a peer group with whom he or she can relate. It offers the older student opportunities to help younger students, an opportunity vital for social development.
The half-day, mixed day, and full day programs are each available for three- and four-year-old students. The full day program is required for Kindergarten age students.
Kindergarten Program:
Montessori early childhood education is a three year program which includes the Kindergarten year. The Kindergarten year at Montessori provides the child with the valuable opportunity to be a leader of the Early Childhood classroom, as well as an opportunity to observe and participate in some activities with children aged 6 to 12. Kindergarten students travel to the library regularly with the elementary classroom and have other opportunities to participate on field trips with the elementary classroom.
Elementary Classroom:
Students aged 6 and older are ready for intellectual work on a more abstract level. Imagination, moral conscience, and cultural awareness can be said to be the "sensitive periods" of this stage. As the student's skills in mathematics and language are being developed, the elementary curriculum presents opportunities to explore cultural subjects – science, history, geography, and the arts and sciences.
Our Elementary classroom is a multi-aged classroom, ages 6-12, that provides each child individualized opportunities for hands-on learning and positive social interaction. The curriculum and environment are designed to nurture the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development of the students.
Extended Care:
Silver Bow Montessori also offers Extended Care in the morning and afternoon. Parents may sign up to drop students off as early as 7:30 and pick them up by 5:30. Regular school hours are 8:30-3:15.
Contact Information:
Silver Bow Montessori School 1800 Sunset Road
Butte, MT 59701
Phone: 406-494-1033
Email: montessori@bresnan.net
"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."
--Dr. Maria Montessori
