CMA serves CHILDREN, ages 2 to 18,

              on Montessori's First Three Planes of Development

              The Children, Parents, and Faculty of

               

                            WELCOME YOU

               

              Established in 1975, the addition of the ERDKINDER PROGRAM for twelve to eighteen year olds occasioned the search in our thirteenth year for a new designation for our Montessori community in Warrenville. In true Montessori fashion, parents limited the choice to three names from a list of over thirty suggestions; all STUDENTS voted on the final decision:

              and so we are ...

               

              Carmel

                A special school whose environments offer a "fruitfull field" in which to grow,

               

              Montessori

                Based on the "philosophy of Maria Montessori",

               

              Academy

                In a special "grove for instruction" for adults, YOUNG PEOPLE, and

               

              Children's House - for the very young CHILD.

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

              Thank you for your interest in

              Mission Statement

               

              Carmel Montessori Academy and Children House is a for-profit, small, rural school community dedicated to providing researched-based, virtue-focused, continually evolving environments within the philosophy and pedagogy of Maria Montessori as interpreted by qualified, competent CMA Faculty to facilitate the balanced development of the physical, personal, social, and academic growth of the CHILD and his/her unique Family towards his/her self-creation of a happy, competent, continually developing person who is a citizen of our world.

              Carmel Montessori Academy

              and Children's House

              D.B.A.   Family Partners Inc.