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Admissions - School Year 2025-2026!
Thank you for your interest in Children’s House Montessori! Our Primary Program for ages 3-6 year olds is full for this upcoming school year. We have limited availability in our Elementary Classrooms. If you'd like to do a school visit or be included on the waitlist, please fill out the following form.
Because we see the school as a partnership with families, admission is based on many factors, which we consider all together to determine whether or not the student, family, and school are a good fit. Admission is therefore not competitive, but rather a reflective and supportive process of collaboration.
If you have any questions, reach out to CHM Director, Michelle Kagarmanov, at 605-791-0466 or by email [email protected].
Our process includes:
Because we see the school as a partnership with families, admission is based on many factors, which we consider all together to determine whether or not the student, family, and school are a good fit. Admission is therefore not competitive, but rather a reflective and supportive process of collaboration.
If you have any questions, reach out to CHM Director, Michelle Kagarmanov, at 605-791-0466 or by email [email protected].
Our process includes:
- Individual or Group Tour (short presentation, classroom tour, questions) for parents/guardians only. No children present for this part of the process, please.
- Individual Classroom Observation (30 minutes) followed by a meeting with the Director to answer any questions. No children present for this part of the process, please.
- Link to Admissions Application emailed to you.
- Submit application form and Application Fee ($100). Submit records request for previous school info (if applicable). Admissions application available starting on March 3, 2025.
- Admissions Committee review of applications, possible interview with parents and child.
- Admission Decision - We will inform you of the admission decision and send you the enrollment contract link via email.
- Enrollment Steps: Includes contract, submission of Birth Certificate and Immunization records along with payment of Non-Refundable Tuition Deposit ($300-$400 depending on program) due within one week of Admission acceptance or student spot is forfeited.
Please fill out the Intake Form to Sign Up for a tour or be included on the Wait List for SY 25-26.
Montessori School for ages 3 to 12 years old
Now with two locations!
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Primary Campus
Ages 3 to 6 years old Preschool and Kindergarten 4021 Range Road Rapid City, SD 57702 605-791-0466* *best number to call for info & tours |
Elementary Campus
Ages 6 to 12 years old Grades 1st to 6th 3520 W. Main St. Rapid City, SD 57702 605-341-0824 |
Accredited by the South Dakota Department of Education
Primary & Kindergarten (3-6 years old)
Primary classrooms are designed especially for the 3-6 year old child and the entire environment is created to facilitate their learning process. Maria Montessori observed that children learn by doing and wrote that the "hand was the instrument of the mind".
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Lower Elementary (1st-3rd grades)
Maria Montessori summed up the 6-9 classroom thusly: "The elementary child has reached a new level of development. Before he was interested in things: working with his hands, learning their names. Now he is interested mainly in the how and why...the problem of cause and effect." It is now the job of the elementary teacher to provide the child with the materials and information to discover the interconnectedness of the universe.
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Upper Elementary (4th-6th grades)
An elementary Montessori classroom is a warm community: a multi-age, stimulating environment with highly trained teachers and materials that invite exploration and research. Children learn to face challenges with confidence, and begin to find their own place in the world around them.
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