Each year there will be students who progress academically, physically, socially and mentally to the point that they would benefit by moving to a level offering more challenging opportunities in keeping with their level of development. Readiness criteria differs from level to level and program placements are not determined solely by academic ability or age.
Each year there will be students who progress academically, physically, socially and mentally to the point that they would benefit by moving to a level offering more challenging opportunities in keeping with their level of development. Readiness criteria differs from level to level and program placements are not determined solely by academic ability or age.
Each year there will be students who progress academically, physically, socially and mentally to the point that they would benefit by moving to a level offering more challenging opportunities in keeping with their level of development. Readiness criteria differs from level to level and program placements are not determined solely by academic ability or age.
History
CHI Montessori Academy officially opened its doors as a home school in College Park on September 8, 2009. Two years before, it started as a dream when several educators began a conversation about an ideal school. The creators of the school, Sharon Suitt and Elizabeth Bland, were both retired Atlanta Public School educators who believed in the importance of an early childhood education and parental involvement. In November 2007, Sharon received her Montessori diploma from North American Montessori Center (NAMC), and her Montessori training for the Primary Class at Kennesaw State University under the direction of Feland Meadows, Ph.D. Dr. Meadows being the Goizueta Endowed Chair of the Early Childhood Department at Kennesaw State University and President of the Pan American Montessori Society. CHI Montessori continued to operate as a home school for 4 years in the home of Ms. Sharon. As the waiting list for openings outgrew the available space, Ms. Sharon was encouraged to search for a center location to accommodate several families with infants and toddlers requesting Montessori education for their younger children. Since August 2018, the Providence Missionary Baptist Church, located at 2295 Benjamin E. Mays Dr., has been home to CHI Montessori Academy. This is where we currently reside.
Philosophy
Montessori education is based upon a profound respect for the individual child and the contribution he/she can give to humanity. It involves a process that seeks to guide the child to his/her own natural potential through the child’s “absorbent mind” using special materials that reinforce a more permanent learning. The carefully prepared Montessori environment recognizes the spontaneous urge of the child to learn, allowing him to choose his own daily work from a broad curriculum of botany, zoology, geography, art, language, math, and cultural subjects. The child exercises intellectual, physical, and psychic freedom within the controlled Montessori classroom. This environment helps the child to achieve self-discipline and confidence at an early age and is the very foundation for his role as a happy, functioning member of a social community.
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