WHO WE ARE

The Laramie Montessori School is Wyoming’s first Montessori charter school and third charter school in the state. In January 2008 a few parents who wanted something different for their children created the non-profit group Laramie Montessori Elementary School Steering Committee to begin the process of bringing elementary Montessori to Laramie, WY. With support from the Albany County Resource and assistance from the Wyoming Department of Education and several Montessori schools in Colorado, this pioneering group of parents took the first steps toward opening Laramie Montessori School. 

 In September 2008, the Laramie Montessori Community Organization, a non-profit group, was created with the purpose of obtaining funding and approval for a Montessori charter school in Laramie.

In May 2011, all the pieces fell into place with the approval of the charter application by the Albany County School District #1, the award of two grants: Charter School grant and a Daniel’s Fund grant to help with the start-up costs and the arrangement of space within the Lincoln Community Center at 365 W. Grand Ave.

On August 25th, 2011 after extensive renovations of the historic Lincoln Community Center, the Laramie Montessori School opened under the direction of a non-profit board and Christina Allen, Principal.

MISSION Our mission is to support the development of the whole child through an authentic Montessori environment that honors the child's intrinsic motivation to learn and supports each individual's unique intellectual, physical, social and emotional development.

 BELIEFS The Montessori Method is based on the belief that children are born with an intrinsic desire to learn and to improve themselves, and that the responsibility of the adults who care for them is to protect and propel that desire. Our responsibility is to help the child build within himself the foundations for a lifetime of creative learning.

The activities and environments provided at Laramie Montessori School support the children’s thirst for learning, engage their abiding curiosity about their surroundings, and develop their ability to learn and live independently. 

 Our goal for each child is the development of his or her ability to solve problems using an organized approach, to use freedom wisely, to respect him/herself, to respect others, and to take joy in learning.

GOALS

• To encourage self-directed learning, self-esteem, academic achievement, artistic expression, group collaboration and respect by upholding Montessori principles in a thoughtfully prepared and non-competitive environment.
• To conduct assessments that authentically demonstrate each student’s intellectual, emotional, social and physical development.
• To develop healthy life habits that foster care of the self and care of the environment through meals, physical movement and a quality school facility and surrounding natural environment.   LMS believes that direct experience with the natural world helps foster a life-long connection to our environment.
• To build a community centered on the partnership of teachers, children and their families through parent education, parent involvement, school events, and service to the larger Laramie community.
  To build peace, foster personal growth, and develop life-long tolerance through a curriculum where students experience and learn to respect ethnic, cultural, economic and other differences and to seek and identify common ground. 

Vision