Casa Niños School of Montessori
Casa Niños School of Montessori is a montessori school serving Tucson, AZ.
About Casa Niños School of Montessori
Casa Niños School of Montessori, Inc. is a Montessori school serving children and families in Tucson. Its programs include Infants, Toddlers, Pre-Primary, Primary, and Elementary levels, creating an educational path that spans multiple stages of childhood. Located on East Broadway, the school describes itself as the foundation of a child's education and centers its work on an individualized curriculum that allows children to pursue their own education while developing a love of learning.
The school's mission is to provide an education that promotes productive and peaceful humans. Casa Niños states that peace is possible when people feel valued, and its educational approach is grounded in love, support, respect, and the opportunity to follow a child's innate curiosity. The school also describes itself as a community that values an education capable of evolving with the changing needs of the child, society, and the planet. Partnerships among diverse people are part of the way Casa Niños works toward that vision.
Montessori teachers at Casa Niños observe and nurture their students, identify individual needs, and develop curriculum suited to each child. The school employs credentialed and specialized teachers for each level. In addition to traditional college coursework, Montessori teacher education includes separate study focused on the social, emotional, and academic needs of each age group. Casa Niños also identifies all of its teachers as inclusion specialists. In the classroom, teachers prepare an environment described as beautiful, inviting, and designed to create opportunities for independence and accountability.
The school highlights several characteristics of its program, including certified Montessori specialists, authentic ungraded programs, and low teacher-student ratios. Its campus is described as environmentally conscious and green, with nutritious snacks and a large, secure playground. The goals listed by Casa Niños include joy of learning, creativity, academic skills, independence and responsibility, inner discipline, self-motivation, concentration, and problem-solving skills. The school hopes its students will become lifelong learners who are environmentally aware and active, family and community oriented, and concerned and caring adults.
Casa Niños is accredited by the National Accreditation Commission and operates Monday through Friday. Families can learn more about the school, its Montessori philosophy, and its programs through the school's website, which also includes a request-a-tour option. The school offers opportunities to ask questions or request a tour, giving prospective families a way to begin learning about the campus, classroom environments, and program levels in Tucson.