Anonymous wrote:I'll try to answer. I have a children at Robert Goddard Montessori who transferred there from a private Montessori school. Yes, to enroll for grades 2 and 5 kids must be transferring from a Montessori school. The lottery form doesn't ask for proof of Montessori experience in order to enter the lottery. I wish it did. That would save families like yours time and confusion. If your child is offered a seat the next step is to bring school transcripts to Robert Goddard to prove Montessori experience. Without that, the child isn't allowed to register.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll try to answer. I have a children at Robert Goddard Montessori who transferred there from a private Montessori school. Yes, to enroll for grades 2 and 5 kids must be transferring from a Montessori school. The lottery form doesn't ask for proof of Montessori experience in order to enter the lottery. I wish it did. That would save families like yours time and confusion. If your child is offered a seat the next step is to bring school transcripts to Robert Goddard to prove Montessori experience. Without that, the child isn't allowed to register.

NP here... why is previous Montessori experience required? Is something gained from the prior experience that can't be gained without it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll try to answer. I have a children at Robert Goddard Montessori who transferred there from a private Montessori school. Yes, to enroll for grades 2 and 5 kids must be transferring from a Montessori school. The lottery form doesn't ask for proof of Montessori experience in order to enter the lottery. I wish it did. That would save families like yours time and confusion. If your child is offered a seat the next step is to bring school transcripts to Robert Goddard to prove Montessori experience. Without that, the child isn't allowed to register.

NP here... why is previous Montessori experience required? Is something gained from the prior experience that can't be gained without it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll try to answer. I have a children at Robert Goddard Montessori who transferred there from a private Montessori school. Yes, to enroll for grades 2 and 5 kids must be transferring from a Montessori school. The lottery form doesn't ask for proof of Montessori experience in order to enter the lottery. I wish it did. That would save families like yours time and confusion. If your child is offered a seat the next step is to bring school transcripts to Robert Goddard to prove Montessori experience. Without that, the child isn't allowed to register.

NP here... why is previous Montessori experience required? Is something gained from the prior experience that can't be gained without it?

I am not 100% sure why, but I know this is something that is true for basically every montessori, public or private.

The classes are mixed age and part of the method is having the oldest children engage in teaching the youngest. So Kindergarten and up must already be familiar with the material.

My personal opinion is that it's a little exclusive and elitist which I feel is in contradiction to the idea that quality education should be for all, and that if any method is so great, it should be able to apply for everyone. So many of the private montessories place a lot of requirements on admission. But if your education method is so great -- shouldn't it be scalable to everyone?

I wish that the certifying organizations (AMS/AMI) would evolve and figure out some way to adapt to the changing world, since it is becoming so popular at public schools. Cutting off admission at PreK is very restrictive.