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- EIN 52-0746156
- (202) 387-2700
- 2700 27th Nw St Washington DC 20008-0000 USA
- www.aidanschool.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Preschools, Primary & Elementary Schools
Mission: The mission of aidan montessori school (the school) is to create and sustain an optimum montessori educational environment to enable each child to realize his or her richest potential for learning and to become an independent, self-motivated, and contributing member of the world community. The mission is best accomplished by: - providing a curriculum adhering to rigorous montessori standards, informed by current thinking and research on child development and learning;- fostering a love of learning; - embracing a diverse student body in which students experience and learn to respect ethnic, cultural, economic and other differences and to seek the common ground; - recognizing that personal growth involves responsibility toward others and toward the earth; and - facilitating the involvement of parents, teachers, students and the larger community.
Programs: Montessori program: montessori school for children 18 months to 12 years of age, affiliated with association montessori international. Program includes toddler, primary and elementary education. The school embraces the montessori pedagogy, which is based on universal principles of child development, as sound theory and practice for teaching and learning. The short term measurable accomplishment is that graduating students are accepted in any of the schools they are interested in.
before and after school program: art, music, physical education, and language programs. The classes may include discovery programs. The school's after-school discovery program is a chance for students to explore interests beyond the school's regular curriculum. These programs are credited for increased opportunity to socialize and try something new.
summer program: the school's summer program offers several activities which include the following: - cooking - art/spanish fusion - latin american spanish language - village of choice: swimming, ball games, and the likethe approach to the summer program is to address the different interests of the children. The summer program is robust in terms of the various activities offered and the length of the program itself. One of the main objectives of the summer program is to address the perceived need of parents to have activities available to the children to keep them engaged during the summer break.