Welcome to the website of the Montessori Community School of Charleston. As we improve it, this website will be useful to you not only for information about our school, but also about the Montessori method and philosophy. Check our links to other websites you may find interesting.

The Montessori Community School of Charleston is a small magnet program located in the Springfield subdivision off of Highway 61. We serve students ages 3 - 12 years old in our Primary, Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary classrooms (also known as "environments" in a Montessori school). Our teachers are both Montessori certified and state certified. We are dedicated to providing quality Montessori education and child development with the cooperative involvement of family, faculty and the community.

Montessori is a unique appoach to learning that provides an environment and materials purposefully designed to stimulate the child's interest and natural desire to learn. Multi-age classes, emphasis on materials rather than textbooks and cooperative rather than competitive work are all features that differentiate MCSC from most traditional schools.

Our program has met with a great deal of success, both in parent and student satisfaction and in our state assessment test (PACT). Each year, many more students apply than we are able to accept. As a result, student spaces are filled by lottery. We are now accepting applications for the 2007-2008 school year. Applications and instructions are available on this website under the "Resources" bar.
Note: DIRECTIONS AND MAP to our school may be accessed at the bottom of this page and at the bottom of the application page.

Kimberly Hay