ABOUT US


Montessori

Looking becomes reading, touching becomes writing.  Nearly a century ago, Maria Montessori established an educational approach based on her understanding of children's natural tendencies in learning.  

In this gentle Follow the child approach, children are allowed to follow their own instincts to explore, move, share with a group, to be independent and make decisions, create order, develop self-control, abstract ideas from experience, use the creative imagination, work hard, repeat, concentrate and perfect one's efforts and creations.

Our Teachers

The heart and soul of our program, our teachers bring with them an enthusiasm and energy for the personal relationships created among the teachers, students and families.    Two experienced Montessori trained teachers facilitate in our newly built 30-student classroom. Additionally, our experienced teachers have with a long history at OMS— combined over 60 years at OMS alone! Bringing a variety of language and cultural backgrounds, it is not unusual to hear the staff or parents also speaking Spanish, Cantonese, Italian, and French in the classrooms.  

Without a doubt, we count our teachers among our strongest assets.

Community

We believe the community created at OMS supports the efforts of our families as they raise their children. We encourage families to come together throughout the year at pot luck dinners, school presentations, and workshops.

Additionally, all families are required to contribute 20 volunteer hours each year.  Like our other parent activities, this is a great way to get to know the teachers as well as the children with whom your child spends his or her day.  The volunteer hours requirement is not onerous and can be met in a number of ways - chaperoning field trips, helping out at parties, performing repairs in the classroom, etc.  We also organize occasional Parent Work Days to tackle larger projects that help our school look its best.

For more on school policies and procedures, refer to our handbook.  Adobe Acrobat Reader required.  (OMS_Handbook.pdf)