About MSPI

About

MONTESSORI SCHOOL
OF PAWLEYS ISLAND

Our Mission
To provide a safe Montessori environment that empowers and challenges children to achieve, and promotes independence, self-confidence, and the love of learning.

Founded in 1984, Montessori School of Pawleys Island is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization owned by parents and governed by an administrator and elected volunteer board of directors.

We are a true

MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Montessori offers a unique approach to education where emphasis is placed on all five senses, not just listening, watching or reading. It is implemented using specially designed and constructed hands-on materials in a carefully prepared environment in which children are guided through a choice of activities from numerous possibilities. Utilizing a child's natural tendency to learn by active participation, the Montessori method offers multiple levels of progress assuring that each child can learn at their own individual pace.

All of our lead teachers are certified by the American Montessori Society. In addition, MSPI has met the requirements as an Internship Site School in Elementary Teaching for ages six through nine.

Children are placed in three-year age groups allowing younger students to learn from older students, and older students to serve as mentors and reinforce their learning by teaching concepts they have already mastered. Montessori School of Pawleys Island offers four levels of education programs through sixth grade:

• Toddlers (12 mos. to 3 yrs.)
• Primary (3 yrs. to 6 yrs.)
• Lower Elementary (6 yrs. to 9 yrs.)
• Upper Elementary (9 yrs. to 12 yrs.)

Children can enter our school at any of these program levels.

School Hours

School Hours &

EXTENDED CARE

School Hours: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm

Early morning and after–school care programs are optional services offered by the Montessori School of Pawleys Island during the school year.

Morning Care: 7:45 am – 8:10 am

After Care: 2:30 – 5:30 pm

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Summer Camps

Montessori

SUMMER CAMPS

Make Magic this Summer at Montessori!

Some of you have already started planning for Summer and so have we! Montessori School of Pawleys Island is offering eight exciting weeks of FUN! Camp is a wonderful opportunity to hang with old friends and make some new ones. Sometimes working individually, sometimes working as a team, we will have a summer of delightful exploration with active, exciting, and educational themes for each week. It is silly, it is serious. There are times of great noise and laughter, hands on activities, and other times of quiet and concentration, as we all share in our wonderful world of discovery.

There are special programs for each age group.

Click below for a look at last year's Summer 2011 program.

Toddler Class (12 mos. to 3 yrs.)

Primary Class (3 yrs. to 6 yrs.)

Elementary Class (6 yrs. to 12 yrs.)

Summer Extended Care

Schedule for 2012 coming soon!

Director • Board

Director

MONTESSORI SCHOOL
OF PAWLEYS ISLAND

Sarah Wilson was raised in Surfside Beach, SC, and attended Clemson University where she received her degree in Horticulture. She received a Secondary Science Education degree at University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina, and earned Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori Certification at the Center for Montessori Teacher Education in North Carolina. Sarah began teaching in 1990, and started teaching Montessori in 1993. She has been the Director of MSPI since January 2010. Sarah and her husband, Jeff, have two Montessori-educated children, Neil and Erin, now both attending college.

Board of

DIRECTORS

Shawn Roper, Chair

Keely Elliott, Vice Chair and Fundraising Committee Chair

Jason Hendrix, Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair

Amy Miller, Secretary and Marketing Committee Chair

Jodi Madigan, Long Range Planning Committee Co-Chair

Robyn McColl, Long Range Planning Committee Co-Chair

Sarah Thornhill, Education Committee Chair

Mark Griggs, Building and Grounds Committee Chair

Elizabeth Elliott, Social Committee Chair

The MPSI Volunteer Board of Directors meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 pm, at the school and occasionally at off-site locations. Contact MSPI to check individual meeting locations. Meetings are open to member families.

Committees

Volunteer

COMMITTEES

MSPI keeps tuition affordable through parent participation in the following volunteer committees. Please contact us if you would like to get involved.

BUILDING & GROUNDS

EDUCATION

FINANCE

FUNDRAISING

LONG RANGE PLANNING

MARKETING

SOCIAL