Children two and a half to six years of age can attend Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy, which provides bilingual immersion for Spanish, French and Italian. The language of instruction is English, but an assistant will speak to students in a bilingual language of choice. Students also have foreign language sessions daily. Children must be toilet trained before being accepted to the school.
The Church of the Redeemer is an Episcopal church located in North Baltimore. The church also has Sunday school.
The Fairhaven School is modeled after the Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, established in 1968. The philosophy behind the school comes from the idea of preparing students for real life through building strong character traits. The school does not provide transportation. The school year runs from September through June. Students ages 5 to 19 attend classes.
Fairhaven offers Play Time for children 3 to 5 and their parents on Tuesdays from 10am to noon at a nominal cost.
Epworth Day Care Center operates as a service of Epworth United Methodist Church in Cockeysville. It's available for day care during the week when parents are at work or running errands. As a smaller center, usually with less than 20 children, each child is given individual attention by Epworth's experienced staff.
The Wee Lad & Lassie Early Learning Center, founded in 1969, is a small private facility located on a beautiful wooded acre. In 1987 the center was accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education, and in 2005 it received MSDE Early Childhood Accreditation. Wee Lad & Lassie promotes the development of the whole child by fostering physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth, and believes that a developmentally appropriate approach to learning and individual attention are the keys to a high quality early-childhood education. The curiculum includes language arts,
mathematics, social studies, science, music, computer instruction, arts and crafts, physical education, and Spanish. Programs are offered for children ages 3 to kindergarten age. Extended care is also offered.
Crossway Community Inc. is a local non-profit organization that provides women, children and families economic and social rehabilitation.
It consists of three entities: Family Leadership School, Montessori Program and Intergenerational Learning Center. Through these entities families are given the tools and the opportunity to reshape their lives and develop a positive involvement in the community. Treatment includes group therapy, short- and long-term stays, multigenerational approaches and early childhood development.
This well-known and well-respected school is a challenge to locate. Situated on a hill in a residential neighborhood, this building, like other Julia Brown schools, is built to resemble a home, not an institution. It is a nonsectarian co-ed school that accepts students from age two on.
Pine Grove Middle School, which serves Perry Hall residents living in parts of Seven Courts and East Joppa Road, prides itself on offering a personalized educational experience to students in grades six through eight. The school offers specialized programs for autistic students, students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and gifted and talented. Providing a positive social experience and a rigorous academic program are the school's top priorities.
The Montessori School of Westminster, situated amid the beautiful hills of Carroll County just north of Westminster, is located in a 14,000 square foot building and serves children ages 2 through 9th grade. This school encourages students to seek knowledge through exploration and investigation in a self-paced, individualized program. Be sure to visit its open houses to tour its facility or schedule an observation to see the difference a Montessori education can make. To contact MSW, call 410-848-6283 or visit its website for more information.
