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- EIN 52-2356681
- (202) 726-6200
- 5000 14th St Nw Washington DC 20011-6926 USA
- www.lambpcs.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy, Preschools, Primary & Elementary Schools
Mission: Lamb's mission is to foster bilingualism in a self-directed learning environment in which children build a foundation of knowledge, habits, attitudes, and skills, which are essential for a lifetime of creative thinking and learning.
Programs: Lamb is the only accredited dual language montessori public charter school in the district of columbia. Lamb teaches in english and spanish, utilizing montessori curricula core academic and non-academic subject matter. The activities of lamb are as follows: create ethnically and culturally mixed, developmentally appropriate bilingual environments for children in the preschool and early elementary years, i. E. , during their critical developmental period for native-level language acquisition, so that children from diverse backgrounds eventually emerge as functionally bilingual - speaking, reading and writing both in english and spanish. Utilize montessori materials to teach academic and non-academic subjects from pre-reading and language arts to geography, history, science and practical life skills. Foster parents' commitment to long-term participation in the montessori approach to second-language immersion at both the preschool and elementary levels. Provide referral to support services such as counseling and parent education classes.