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Serving students from 8 weeks old through 8th grade, The Montessori Academy of Colorado is a metropolitan school in Denver that engages each child through innovative academics, exploration of character, and a fearless, forward mindset.
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Imagine Your Child at Montessori Academy of Colorado
The Montessori Academy of Colorado now celebrates more than 20 years of nurturing the potential of each of our students. Our school consists of early childhood and preschool education programs (Nido, Toddler and Primary) to Kindergarten, an Elementary School, and a Middle School. MAC students gain important skills like critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving, and global awareness. These skills will help them succeed as future innovators and global citizens. Students leave MAC curious, independent, authentic, kind and resilient.
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MAC’s 6th graders spent a full week in Washington, D.C., exploring history, government, art, and culture in some of the nation's most iconic spaces. Throughout the trip, they visited the World War II Monument, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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In a Montessori classroom, Practical Life activities like sweeping the floor, wiping tables, and tidying shelves are thoughtfully designed to nurture independence, coordination, and care for the shared environment.
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From toddlers joyfully singing and dancing to middle schoolers rehearsing songs for the spring musical, music is an important part of learning and growing at every age.
![Middle School's The Great Tech Debate]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744594311/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/rhvfgtqr8zoyf3kzkanm/ACT-1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744594311/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/rhvfgtqr8zoyf3kzkanm/ACT-1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744594311/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/rhvfgtqr8zoyf3kzkanm/ACT-1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744594311/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/rhvfgtqr8zoyf3kzkanm/ACT-1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744594311/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/rhvfgtqr8zoyf3kzkanm/ACT-1.png","width":1440}])
Our Middle School students completed their third ACT (Aspire, Create, Transform) on The Great Tech Debate. For this ACT, students chose technologies to defend as the most impactful, whether positive or negative.
![Montessori Language in Primary]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743993803/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/ndbeivd5leo9nelg304e/Primarylanguage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743993803/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/ndbeivd5leo9nelg304e/Primarylanguage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743993803/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/ndbeivd5leo9nelg304e/Primarylanguage.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1743993803/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/ndbeivd5leo9nelg304e/Primarylanguage.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743993803/montessoriacademyofcoloradoorg/ndbeivd5leo9nelg304e/Primarylanguage.png","width":1440}])
Beginning in our Primary classrooms, children use colorful grammar symbols—like red circles for verbs and black triangles for nouns—to explore how words work together to form sentences.
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