City: Shreveport, LA

Category: Education

Telephone: (318) 861-6777

Address: 2605 C. E. Galloway Blvd.

Description: Founded in 1964, The Montessori School for Shreveport serves a diverse community of students from 21 months through the 8th grade. Approved by the Louisiana Department of Education, it is the only Montessori school in Louisiana that is fully accredited by the American Montessori Society. Classrooms are warm, inviting, and structured environments that allow for freedom of choice in activities. Multiage grouping of children in a natural community setting allows them to learn cooperation, respect, and leadership skills. Teachers match the child with carefully organized and sequenced lessons that incorporate concrete learning materials in a multisensory approach. Large blocks of uninterrupted work time in this environment foster the child’s concentration. The child is given responsibility for his or her own learning, with the adults in the classrooms acting as guides. This results in an individualized educational approach that meets the academic, emotional, physical, artistic, and spiritual needs of each child at his or her particular level of development. Independent discovery of information by the child through exploration and research enables to child to “own” the material learned. The child becomes a confident and competent learner whose self-motivation, excitement, and joy for learning are never lost. This approach establishes a foundation that allows the child to develop to his or her fullest potential, offering a blueprint for life.