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Top 5 Things To Know about Cornerspring

01: We treat each child as an individual.

A Montessori education is student-led. Teachers prepare the learning environment, design assignments, and provide personalized support—but the shape and pace of each student’s day is determined by their interests, skills and ambitions.

02: We’re intentionally small.

Our classes enroll a maximum of 20 students, and each classroom is guided by two full-time, Montessori-trained teachers. The results: Every student is seen, known, and valued.

03: Our curriculum is interconnected.

A Montessori education breaks down artificial boundaries—between fields of knowledge, between education and experience, between age groups, between the classroom and the wider world.

04: Our teaching is grounded in hands-on experience.

Cornerspring students learn by doing, whether that’s engaging in community service projects that address local needs or participating in micro-economy programs to tend, market and sell produce.

05: Our education is designed to make an impact.

Graduates of Cornerspring are prepared to thrive in whichever future schools they attend. They leave with the skills to find creative solutions to complex problems, think independently, work collaboratively, and advocate for the common good.

Ten Reasons to Choose Cornerspring

1. Our approach strives to satisfy a child’s need to know, to belong, and to feel safe, secure, and confident.

2. Cornerspring offers an education based on Montessori principles and rooted in academic excellence and a spirit of compassion.

3. With about 100 students enrolled, we offer small classrooms with a 7:1 student to teacher ratio, and our highly-trained teachers partner with parents as co-educators of their children.

4. We guide students to forge deep connections with their environment as they develop physical, social, and intellectual independence.
5. We promote Peace Education to cultivate kindness, collaboration and social responsibility.
6. Through community projects, we instill the value of service as students gain respect for self and others.
7. Our dedicated, caring and faculty and staff are skilled in preparing students to be happy individuals, productive citizens and future leaders.
8. Just minutes from downtown Belfast, Cornerspring’s 42-acre wooded campus offers a wealth of opportunities for nature-based education for students from throughout Waldo County.
9. Our buildings and practices model environmental sustainability and concern for the planet.
10. We provide financial assistance to families in need, striving to keep our programs accessible to all families.

What Our Families Have to Say about Cornerspring

“Cornerspring’s teachers provide an extremely caring and welcoming environment for all of the students (and parents!).” –Cornerspring Parent