Capacity: up to 15 children     Ratio: 1:8 or less      Age group: Mixed age 1-5

Philosophy & Curriculum

• Similar to our MPI school that has been providing high-quality service to families since 2015. A child-centered approach, a combination of Montessori & emergent curriculum, a focus on social emotional learning featuring Conscious Discipline & Pyramid Model teaching practices, and an emphasis on whole-child development, cultural diversity and inclusion will all be consistent. 

Schedule

• Based on survey responses from interested families, the program operating time is tentatively set at M-F 8:30-4. 

• Depending on needs from families, we are open to making adjustments to the operating time as we go.

• A family can choose a schedule that is 3, 4, or 5 days per week.

Opening date

• We moved in the classroom on March 1, 2024 and started operation on March 25, 2024.

Director: Dr. River Yang

• Montana's Highest Professional Level (Level 10) Early Care & Education Practitioner

• Early Childhood Education Trainer (Professional Development Specialist III)

• Ph.D., College of Health and Human Development, the Pennsylvania State University 

• International Montessori Teaching Diplomas: Preschool/Kindergarten; Lower Elementary

•  A happily married wife and a mother of two daughters (one teenager, one young adult)

• A life long learner who enjoys professional development, reading, playing music, dancing, ice skating, gardening, and horse-back riding