Montessori School of CU

Mission Statement

The Montessori School of Champaign Urbana (MSCU) is committed to providing a comprehensive Montessori education with a highly trained staff that guides students toward becoming confident, creative, empathic, culturally aware, and responsible children who are nurtured toward having a lifelong love of learning. MSCU’s programs are based firmly on the Montessori method and philosophy which includes: ● An emphasis on all five senses ● Carefully prepared classrooms ● A personalized and self-directed learning approach ● Development of the whole-child - physical, social, emotional and intellectual ● Teaching grace, courtesy and respect ● Providing independent learning and critical thinking opportunities ● Mixed-age classrooms ● Freedom from grades, homework and working within one single grade level