Indigo Montessori will open its doors with 19 students. Spots are reserved at each income bracket. When an income bracket has reached capacity, an enrolling family will be placed in a waiting pool for that income bracket and will be notified if an opening arises. At full capacity, Indigo Montessori will serve 32 students in a mixed-age classroom. Indigo Montessori guarantees spots to younger siblings.

Indigo Montessori will providing transportation for students to learn outdoors each week during the school day. Students will study in the beautiful Leakin Park and at the Carrie Murray Nature Center. Although being in the woods is magical in and of itself, research supports outdoor education. According to the Greater Good Science Center, nature restores children's attention, relieves children's stress, helps children develop more self-discipline, and promotes social connection and creativity. Time outside in nature improves physical health, mental health, and academic success. Indigo Montessori is grateful to be offering these benefits to our students.

Montessori elementary teachers have the content knowledge and training to provide academic instruction for students in kindergarten through the 7th grade. Lessons are given one-on-one or in small groups to allow each child to receive differentiated instruction. The children receive as much scaffolding from the materials and the adults as they need and leave it behind when they are ready. The freedom within the Montessori classroom allows for students to collaborate together and support each other. Research shows peer tutoring results in higher test scores. Socially, the freedom within the mixed-age classroom allows children to make friends based on shared interests and personality, rather than being limited to only those who are in the same grade. Parents often remark how Montessori children are so kind and respectful of younger children, both in and out of the classroom, and how the younger children look up to the older children as mentors and leaders.

Household income refers to gross pay, which is the total income you receive before taxes and other deductions (such as health insurance) are taken out. Our sliding scale is suggestive, and we want to find a tuition rate that works for your family.

Although in our opening year we will not provide before care, Indigo Montessori is working to provide after care options for families in collaboration with other neighborhood organizations.

We welcome neurodiversity at Indigo Montessori. Neurodiverse children often feel at home within a Montessori environment, although Indigo Montessori is not equipped to provide IEP services for students. We will work collaboratively with families to allow external occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social-emotional therapy to be provided during the school day.