Kimberly Clauson, Community Bookseller
“IT IS LIKE THE SUN WHICH APPEARS AT DAWN OR A FLOWER JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM. EDUCATION CANNOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT HELPS A CHILD OPEN HIMSELF TO LIFE.”
Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child (p. 52)
WHO WE ARE
Mission
Bay Grove Montessori School is an early childhood and elementary school serving the Freeport-local community. Our mission is to provide students with a safe, warm, nurturing, and engaging environment that is rooted in Montessori philosophy and practice. Here at Bay Grove, we cherish and encourage children’s natural curiosity and love of learning and help instill respect for self, others, nature, and the Earth.
Vision
At Bay Grove Montessori School, we emphasize the needs of each individual child and provide authentic, high-fidelity Montessori education to children in Freeport, Florida. We inspire students to be independent, self-confident, and responsible leaders, innovators, and citizens, committed to a better world.
Philosophy
We believe in the child’s uniqueness and potentiality. Because of our profound respect for the child, we choose to guide our children using the Montessori method.
The Montessori Method is a time-tested and evidence-based approach to education. It is individualized and designed to meet the needs of each child and promote intrinsic motivation, self-confidence, and self-regulation. Our curriculum cultivates grace and courtesy, independence, peace, leadership, innovation, and respect. By honoring the child as a whole, fostering a global mindset through peace education, offering leadership opportunities and guidance, and inspiring a lifelong love of learning, Montessori inspires students to be independent, self-confident, and responsible leaders, innovators, and citizens.