At the Montessori School of Raleigh We Believe That:

• school and learning are a part of life, not just preparation for life.

• children are active learners, not passive absorbers of information.

• teachers are facilitators and guides, not mere sources of information.

• parents are partners and resources, not outsiders and uninvolved.

• community is an extension of school, not separate from school.

• program is determined by a mission and goals, not external criteria (such as test results).

• learning is spiral with depth and breadth, not linear with factual accumulation alone.

• knowledge is gained through experience, not through lecture, worksheets, or texts.

At the Montessori School of Raleigh teaching is based on the belief that:

• disciplines are integrated for connections, not separated by subject.

• skills are related to content & seen as tools, not taught discretely and viewed as goals.

• assessment is benchmarked and progress-oriented, not norm-referenced, external, or graded.

• success is determined over time, not competitively-based and derived from recall.

• process is as important as the content or the product, and that the product is not the end in itself.

• intelligence is recognized as varied and not a mere measure of linguistic/math abilities, to be measured in real-life accomplishment.

•school/learning is a challenging, fun part of life, not a task to be endured.

In short, the Montessori School of Raleigh is designed in its every detail for young people. It is because we believe that MSR is not merely a dream. It is not an experiment. It is a reality. Time-tested. Time-proven. Timeless. And yet, remarkably, it remains revolutionary in its common-sense, child-centered approach to the student.