Discover the Unique Benefits of Our Programs

Wheaton Montessori School is committed to providing an authentic Montessori education that focuses on each student’s needs, enabling them to discover, grow, and thrive in their unique potential grounded in authentic Montessori principles that continue to be proven and backed by scientific research on human development. We exceed the international standards of the Association Montessori International (AMI).

Our vision is to cultivate independent, confident, and empathetic children who are equipped to handle real-life challenges while making a positive impact on the world.

Explore the Distinct Advantages of Our Programs

Personalized Education

Your child has unique potential. We unlock this through personalized guidance and support. Your child’s individuality is celebrated as they learn at their own pace and discover, grow, and thrive in a nurturing and respectful environment.

Leadership

Children of various ages work and play together in multi-age class communities. Each learner begins with their strengths and talents and progresses to their fullest potential, teaching and assisting peers to gain leadership skills.

Screen-free Learning

Our classrooms are active and hands-on. AMI-trained teachers and their assistants observe and guide all academic work and social development. Our older students use screens judiciously as an educational tool, while the bulk of their learning is done with Montessori manipulative materials and experiences.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Wheaton Montessori School is committed to participating in and honoring a diverse community and prioritizes cultivating an inclusive environment and education through open-mindedness, empathy, understanding, communication, and respect. This important work emphasizes peace now, tomorrow, and in our future world.

Multi-age Classrooms

All learners are celebrated as individuals. Multi-age classrooms mean no child is required to wait, as they do in conventional schools, for same-age peers to progress within the curriculum or be rushed past full understanding when they would benefit from a little more time to attain mastery. Each learner deserves to be surrounded by others who inspire and challenge and have opportunities to mentor others.

Engaged Classroom Communities

Teachers guide, model, and assess so each learner has the support and tools to reach their full potential. We believe teaching to the individual’s challenge level fosters healthy and positive relationships. The result is visible in our classrooms, where academic and social skills are interwoven. Bright, warm, and inviting environments are filled with hands-on materials, biological specimens, music, books, and cultural artifacts from early childhood through freshman year of high school. Learners work and play individually and in small groups with prudently designed student-teacher ratios.

Cursive Writing

The cognitive and neurological benefits of learning cursive writing include improved brain function, enhanced memory retention, and better self-regulation skills. Our youngest students learn cursive naturally during preschool emphasizing fine motor skills.

Current families can arrange their classroom visits by clicking on the links below.

Adolescent Community Classroom Observation

Ms. Searcy’s Upper Elementary Classroom Observation

Mrs. Fortun’s Lower Elementary Classroom Observation

Mrs. Mayhugh’s Lower Elementary Classroom Observation

Mrs. Berdick’s Primary Classroom Observation

Mrs. McClelland's Primary Classroom Observation

Ms. Chiste’s Primary Classroom Observation

Mrs. Rogers’s Primary Classroom Observation

Prospective families with toddlers and children under 4 are encouraged to sign up for a school tour to explore the advantages of our programs, which lay the essential foundation for our Elementary and Adolescent Community Programs. Priority enrollment will be granted to those who enroll before March 15. Our waitlist for kindergarten-9th grade for Fall 2025 is currently closed. Please check back in April to see if the waitlist is open then. Individual tours will only be offered for kindergarten through 9th grade if the waitlist is open.

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Academic Materials Explained: The Flat Bead Frame

By Rebecca Lingo • December 1, 2025

Discover how the Flat Bead Frame transforms big-number math into a hands-on journey toward abstraction and true mathematical understanding.

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Our Anchors of Love and Wisdom: Grandparents and Grandfriends

By Rebecca Lingo • November 24, 2025

To all the grandparents and grandfriends in our lives, with deepest gratitude: Thank you for being our family’s anchor, for your steady love, your wisdom, and for helping not just our children and adolescents, but us as parents and teachers feel supported. You are more than relatives; you are part of our community’s village. You are living bridges between today’s children and the deeper wisdom of experience. You are the unconditional love we need as grandchildren and are the support that we need as parents. Thank you. We see you holding a steady hand through the messy, emotional, and unpredictable work of raising children and adolescents. When one cries, whines, rebels, or acts out, thank you for not leaping to worst-case conclusions. You have seen the cycles, weathered the storms, and understand how often childhood’s turbulence is normal and simply requires time. Your calm confidence reminds us to trust the process. We are grateful. You embody calm truths. You offer a presence that affirms even when the young ones puzzle us or the adolescents forget “important” things. Having played this game before, you offer a comforting confidence in each child, adolescent, and young adult. You believe in us and our dreams. You know that children grow, heal, learn—and that today’s discomforts often resolve into tomorrow’s strength. Thank you for the meals you cook, the stories you tell, the adventures you lead, the rides you offer, the educational choices you support, the tears you soothe, the self-doubts you ease, and perhaps most of all, the patient witnessing of childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood unfolding. You show us, grandchildren, caregivers, parents, and teachers alike, that we are not alone. Thank you for being keepers of continuity and reminding us that a struggle today is full of promise, young humans becoming who they are meant to be. Because of you, we are reassured that someone believes deeply in who we will each become. You accept us in our imperfections as we grow, and you show us how to live with grace. We are so grateful for all of you, our neighbors, chosen relatives, and family by bond and by love. Thank you, grandparents and grand friends. Your perspective is a gift beyond measure. During our annual Grandparents’ and Grandfriends’ Day on Tuesday, November 25, at Wheaton Montessori School, we honor the grandparents and grandfriends who have touched our lives with their love, wisdom, and stories. This special day celebrates the generations who inspire, guide, and shape our children with their experiences and care.