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Learning How to Think - Exploring How to Do

From our vast curriculum to the unique classrooms to the strength of each teacher, Westmont encourages children to think for themselves, to discover, question, build resilience, create, lead, and collaborate. Westmont’s thriving, nurturing environment leads to lifelong success in academic, emotional, and social skills.

October 28, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Celebrating Literacy

Celebrating Literacy On October 21, 2014 The Westmont Montessori School’s students and teachers proudly continued a tradition of celebrating …

October 21, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

What’s Too Scary?

What’s Too Scary? As Halloween approaches, Marilou Hyson, PhD, former associate executive director at the National Association for the Education …

October 16, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

What Children Teach Us About Peace

John Hunter, a keynote speaker at the AMS 2014 Annual Conference and creator of the World Peace Game, shares his …

October 8, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Winning the Candy Wars

This week we would like to share with you an article by Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller that seemed fitting …

September 30, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

How Was School Today?

There was a recent article published by the Huffing Post that really had us thinking. The article was called, 25 …

September 16, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Pete The Cat

Pete The Cat Looking for fun interactive books to read with your children? Try the Pete The Cat series by …

September 5, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Separation: The Beginning of Letting Go

Each September, as the new school year commences, we eagerly great new children who begin school for the first time. …

August 27, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Strategies for a Successful School Year…

Here are some tips from the Gurian Institute for making it a great day – every day: Sleep – Processing …

August 21, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

How Google’s Larry Page became a responsible entrepreneur

The business world is taking a closer look at the benefits of the Montessori model in the workplace. This recent …

August 13, 2014UncategorizedUncategorizedby The Westmont Montessori School

Five Ways to Raise Kind Children

A recent Harvard study asked children about what their parents valued most in them. The results showed that 75% of …

Learning How to Think - Exploring How to Do

The First Step Towards Your Child’s Future

Flash forward a year from now… a decade from now… what will your child have in common with today’s most remarkable inventors, such as the Google co-founders and the creator of Amazon.com? The foundation of a Montessori Education.

More Than a School

Westmont’s commitment to educating children who become responsible and caring adults goes far beyond our classroom. We partner with our parents and our community to assure that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed in school and in life - there is no better partnership!

Enduring and Authentic

We are proud of Westmont’s enduring foundation reflected in our alumni’s seamless transition into the area’s finest public and independent schools and subsequent entry into a vast array of colleges and universities - from Amherst to Yale.

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Westmont’s commitment to educating children who become responsible and
caring adults goes far beyond our classroom. We partner with our parents and our community to assure that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed in school and in life - there is no better partnership!