Secret Garden Montessori

🍋 Happening This Afternoon: Student Lemonade Stand at Secret Garden Montessori 🍋

We’re excited to share that our older afternoon students will be selling lemonade today, Tuesday, June 9th from 1:30 to 2:00 under the tree by the sidewalk outside Secret Garden.

They are hoping to raise enough money for a special trip to Frenchtown IGA to buy popsicles to enjoy together on our last day of school.

We would love your support. Please stop by for a cup or share with a neighbor, grandparent, or friend. Thank you for helping make this last week extra sweet 💛

Secret Garden Montessori​​​​ is hiring!

Lead Primary Guide (Ages 3–6)
Position Type: Full-Time
Start Date: 2026–2027 School Year (or as negotiated)

At Secret Garden Montessori, we deeply value our talented team of faculty and staff and are seeking individual candidates who are excited to join our efforts to support children and their families as they learn and grow within the Montessori Philosophy. Ideal candidates will embody respect, integrity and responsibility with a desire to be of service to those around them in all employee activities. Secret Garden Montessori is an equal opportunity employer.

Position Summary:
Secret Garden Montessori is seeking a Lead Primary Guide to lead a mixed-age Primary (3–6) classroom. The Lead Guide exercises professional discretion and independent judgment to prepare and maintain an engaging Montessori environment that nurtures each child’s academic, social, emotional, and physical development. The ideal candidate is dependable, professional, warm-hearted, and deeply committed to Montessori practice. This role requires curiosity, observation, flexibility, and joy in working closely with young children, families, and a collaborative staff.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Bachelor’s degree in Education (required)
Montessori Primary (3–6) diploma from AMI or AMS (highly desir)
Experience and demonstrated success working with children ages 3–6
A strong passion for Montessori philosophy and the ability to thoughtfully share the Montessori method with parents and the wider community

How to Apply:
Please send a resume and brief letter of interest to: [email protected]
​We welcome educators who are curious, reflective, and excited to be of service to children, families, and a close-knit Montessori community.

🌸✨ We’re still smiling after an incredible day at our Annual Spring Fling! ✨🌸
$3,500 raised in our raffle + so much community joy 💛🌿
Thank you to everyone who made it unforgettable! 🌷

The Primary & Toddler classrooms both enjoyed a lovely visit from Ms. Mia's service dog, Ro! Ms. Mia's mother joined us to read stories, and all of our friends got a chance to pet our adorable visitor.

Take a glimpse into our extraordinary gift raffle! Thank you to our generous donors for making this event such a success! .salon.spa Wehrung's ._ , Mudtown. Additional thanks, Robillard, Niarchos, Huebner, Kuiphoff, Marmora, Barr, Curione, Reiss and Swartley families for your individual donations! The children are so excited to celebrate tomorrow!

✨✨We can’t wait to celebrate together with our community at our Spring Fling this Saturday!✨✨

Join us for some wonderful all-day experiences:
🎟️An EXTRAORDINARY Gift Raffle
📚 A Montessori Book Fair in partnership with the Frenchtown Bookshop
🍪 A Bake Sale with delicious treats from The Bridge Café and more
🌱 A Plant Sale with beautiful selections from Rutgers Nursery, PeaceTree Farms, Phillips Farms and Country Garden Shed

✨ Special Activities & Performances ✨
10:00-11:00am: Music performance with Rick Weaver
10:00-11:00am Face Painting
11:00-11:20am: Children’s Yoga with Denise from Yoga Loka
11:30-12:00pm: Music performance with Kacey & Karson Meckeler of Ms.Honey
12:00pm: Story Time with Ms. Melissa
12:30-12:50pm Children's Yoga with Dig Yoga
1:00-1:15pm Story Time with Ms. Michelle
1:00pm-1:30pm Face Painting
1:30-1:45 Raffle Winner Announcements
10:00-12:00pm: Tote Bag Design with Ms. Elizabeth

On Earth day, in the spirit of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, we emptied our recycling bins to turn waste into something beautiful and new; paper! Our paper will be available to purchase at our upcoming Spring Fling!

Our annual Secret Garden Spring Fling is a week away! Bring your friends, soak up the spring sunshine, and help us grow access to Montessori education 🌼

📅 Saturday, May 16
🕙 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Secret Garden Montessori (Harrison Street, Frenchtown)

Enjoy a family‑friendly celebration featuring:
🌱 Plant Sale: Annuals, Perennials, and Herbs
📚 Montessori‑inspired Book Fair hosted by Frenchtown Bookshop
🎟️ Local gift raffle
🎨 Face painting, Sidewalk chalk and Stenciling canvas totes
🧘 Children’s Yoga (sponsored by Yoga Loka and Dig Yoga)
🎶 Live music
🧁 Bake sale
🎈 ...and Fresh squeezed lemonade made by the students in the Primary class

💛 This is our final fundraiser of the school year, supporting Secret Garden Montessori’s 2025–26 Scholarship Fund with a goal of raising $10,000.

The Primary class was so lucky to be able to be the hosts of some beautiful baby quail! It was so exciting waiting and watching the eggs in the incubator, and the most exciting the day all of the new babies hatched. Thank you so much to the Golas family for giving us this experience!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, Secret Garden team!
It is a privilege to work alongside such thoughtful, dedicated educators. The care, attention, and love you bring into this school every day are felt in a thousand quiet ways — in the way you greet children, notice their needs, support one another, and create a space where they truly belong.

What you do matters more than words can say, and our children and families are better because of you. Thank you for your commitment, your patience, and your hearts. We appreciate you today and always.