Dearborn Heights Montessori Center 466 North John Daly    Dearborn Heights, MI 48127-3703 (313) 359-3000    Fax (313) 359-3003

Home Page Mission Statement Philosophy Preschool and Extended Day Kindergarten Elementary School and Middle School Day Care and Latchkey Admissions E-mail Summer Program Our Other Schools Calendar, Hot Lunch, and Sports   "The children of different ages in the school help one another. There is communication and harmony. Older ones become teachers and heroes to the younger children. The little ones sense that when they are bigger their turn will come."      Maria Montessori

Elementary School and Middle School   Ages 6 through 14   (first through eighth grades) School hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A latchkey program is available from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m. As in the Montessori preschool, the classes consist of multi-age groupings with approximately equal numbers of each age, and a balanced number of girls and boys. Each class has a Montessori-trained and college-educated head teacher, a trained assistant, and curriculum support teachers for French, Spanish, music, art, physical education, and technology. The staff/child ratio is approximately 1:9.