Our Goals

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The goal of a Waterdown Montessori School education is to cultivate your child’s own natural desire to learn and to foster responsible, adaptive children who are lifelong explorers and problem solvers.

WMS students work at their own level and progress at their own pace. By fostering curiousity and sharing in the child’s enthusiasm for learning, the teacher guides the children through each step of their individual progress toward acheiving their whole education.

At WMS, our goal is to meet the physical, emotional, social, aesthetic and cognitive needs and interests, recognizing these educational aspects as inseparable and of equal importance.

Our Objectives

  1. To educate children through tested methods that develop a lifelong curiosity and love for learning
  2. To provide a healthy social structure through classroom size
  3. To provide French language education
  4. To provide both Casa and Elementary education
  5. To provide a music program for Casa and elementary students
  6. To provide a curriculum that meets or exceeds the standards set by the Ontario Ministry of Education
  7. To provide reports to parents about their child’s progress and to provide information that enables parents to make informed decisions about their child’s education
  8. To employ teachers who are educated in schools recognized by the Montessori Accreditation Committee of Teacher Education (MACTE) and who are competent in Montessori and other teaching methodologies.
  9. To provide quality of working life for staff through sound personnel practices and communication processes
  10. To provide school housing that meets the children’s needs for classroom work space, safe and secure play space, and that meets staff needs for efficient, productive work.
  11. To be fiscally responsible by the adoption and execution of sound business plans and decisions
  12. To be a sustainable business
  13. To measure and evaluate the structures, processes and outcomes with a view to continuous quality improvement
  14. To establish ways for the children to volunteer within the community
  15. To promote school vitality through the development of social networks, parent education and support, and parents’ participation in educational programs and school affairs