year round?

[Rose-Roget]

Are most Montessoris considered year-round schools?

[wrzos]

Ours isn't.

[freistms]

Not in my experience, at least in these parts. Seems strange, eh? The school my DDs went to offered a "year round" program, but the summer program was actually a series of summer camps and was not Montessori at all. The other schools here and in nearby cities were set up similarly. If your child needed year-round child care, they offered glorified day camps in the summer, but they generally weren't Montessori in nature, or at least weren't full-time Montessori, and definitely didn't have a full-time participation level.

[vaw]

Most of the private M schools in my area go year-round. The public school my son is in does not.

I am thinking about sending him to one of the private M schools for the summer. One or two have a summer program that is in addition to the regular school year vs just having year round.

[SomedayMom]

The schools I was looking at for my boys (including the one I chose) are not year round, but they have summer camp programs.

[CatsCradle]

Our school follows the same schedule as the public school system, but offers an eight-week summer camp with a three-week break between camp and the start of the new school year.

In the summer camp, they will be doing a lot of outside activities like day-trips to the museums, parks, etc.

[jaxxy]

Originally Posted by SomedayMom

The schools I was looking at for my boys (including the one I chose) are not year round, but they have summer camp programs.

same here.

[eepster]

Originally Posted by CatsCradle

Our school follows the same schedule as the public school system, but offers an eight-week summer camp with a three-week break between camp and the start of the new school year.

In the summer camp, they will be doing a lot of outside activities like day-trips to the museums, parks, etc.

That sound a lot like ours. They offer a summer camp and do a lot more crafts, and play in sprinklers.

[tbone]

Originally Posted by eepster

That sound a lot like ours. They offer a summer camp and do a lot more crafts, and play in sprinklers.

Ours is like this too. But camp starts a week after school lets out. There are themes that are in 3 week cycles that go on until the end of August.

[Rose-Roget]

That's how most of the schools are around here, too. There are summer "camps" offered, and a two week break - same as many preschools or academic preschool settings.

Our school sent a letter reminding parents that they are contracted through the summer, and while it is in the contract, it's not a part I looked at closely, which is why she felt the need to "remind" us, I guess. She said that most Montessoris in the nation are year-round. It looks like it's about 50-50, though - maybe summer camps are offered, but they are not mandatory. She's got a reasonable early withdrawal policy, so I just told her that ds will not be in town for most of the summer and we hadn't planned on school. She was okay with it.