Montessori Community School

4512 Pope Road
Durham NC 27707
919-493-8541

Age range: 2–14 years
Toddlers (2–3 Years). Children must be 22–29 months in September or have a birthday falling between March 1st and October 15th.
Primary (3–6 Years). Children must be 3 years old by October 16th and toilet-trained before entering the classroom.

Tuition:
Toddlers (22–29 months), 8:30 - 11:30 AM, $7,049.
Primary (3- and 4-year-olds only), 8:15 - 11:45 AM, $6,622.
Primary (3-, 4- and 5-year-olds), 8:15 AM - 3:00 PM, $9,251.
All-day Primary (3-, 4- and 5-year-olds), 8:15 AM - 5:45 PM, $12,052.
Before School Care, 7:30 - 8:15 AM, $724.

Scholarships available: Yes

Accreditation: We are accredited by the American Montessori Society

Application deadline: No deadline. Admissions process begins in January 2008.

Application fee: $75, non-refundable

School starts: 27th August 2007; ends 11th June 2008

School runs: Monday-Friday. Toddlers (22–29 months), 8:30 - 11:30 AM. Primary (3- and 4-year-olds only), 8:15 - 11:45 AM. Primary (3-, 4- and 5-year-olds), 8:15 AM - 3:00 PM. Primary (3-, 4- and 5-year-olds), 8:15 AM - 5:45 PM. Before School Care, 7:30 - 8:15 AM.

Class size: One Toddler class with 12 children. Five Primary classes with 25 children each.

Student:teacher ratio: Toddler class, 6:1 (1 teacher and 1 assistant); Primary classes, 8:1 (2 teachers and 1 assistant)

Boy/girl quota: We try to balance all the classrooms by age and gender. All Primary classrooms are a multi-age range from 3- to 6-year-olds.

How toilet-trained do children need to be? 2-year-olds, not at all; 3-year-olds, yes.

Parental participation required: 12 volunteer hours per year, per family

Special features: Music for all ages; for 5-year-olds, Spanish and PE classes

Web address: www.mcsdurham.com

Last Updated: 11 October 2007

 
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