Montessori Children's School

09/04/2026

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09/04/2026

Montessori schools are known for being supportive and nurturing environments that frequently come together as a larger community, and students teaching other students is a regular occurrence here at MCS.

Our students embodied a perfect example of this yesterday!

A Lower Elementary classroom was going to engage in a Volleyball lesson outside the temporary classroom of our Adolescent students.

When the Adolescent class heard this, some students asked if they could assist with the lesson, as several of them had formal volleyball experience.

What followed was a beautiful scene of younger students paying rapt attention to the words and actions of the older students, engaging fully with the information and activities, and demonstrating spontaneous concentration as they practiced new skills.

The older students demonstrated leadership skills, patience, and kindness as they encouraged their younger schoolmates to try new things and remarked positively as their intentional practice helped them to gain confidence.

Often, children are more open to learning skills and concepts from each other than they may be to learning from adults. In peer-led scenarios like this, all of the students are able to practice observing one another and mirroring the actions they observe.

The enthusiasm of all the students involved with the volleyball lesson yesterday was palpable to the adults observing them from the sidelines - we were all moved by the strong feelings of community and mutual respect.

Thank you to our amazing students for helping us to remember why we love it here!

08/31/2026

🌿 **Celebrating Maria Montessori’s Birthday!** 🌿

Today, we celebrate the birthday of Maria Montessori, whose vision transformed education by honoring the natural curiosity, independence, and potential within every child.

Her belief that children should be given the freedom to learn, explore, and grow at their own pace continues to inspire Montessori classrooms around the world, including ours at MCS. 💚

Here’s to celebrating the child, the joy of discovery, and the lifelong love of learning.

Happy Birthday, Maria Montessori! 🎂🌱

08/27/2026

🚐 New Wheels, New Opportunities! 🚐

We’re excited to share our two new passenger vans! These vans will primarily support our Adolescent Program, giving our students even more opportunities to get out into the community, build independence, practice real-world skills, and experience learning beyond the classroom. 💙

We’re also looking forward to the possibility of using the vans with our Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary programs in the future!

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to expand the ways our students can learn, explore, and connect with the world around them. We can’t wait to see where these vans take us! 🚌✨

08/26/2026

Welcome back to MCS for the 2026-2027 school year! Thank you Jacksonville Yard Cards for the beautiful welcome sign ❤️❤️

We are so excited to be back in the classrooms with your children, getting to know our new students and staff, and welcoming back our returning community.

With the new school year comes a list of routines and transitions we need to incorporate (back) into our daily lives. These adjustments can be challenging, both for children and for adults.

In order to offer patience, compassion, and grace to our children and students as they prepare their belongings and themselves for a school day, we can also offer the same to ourselves.

As Dr. Montessori said, "How much fuller and richer life would be if we saw the children in all their greatness, all their beauty, instead of focusing on all their little mistakes? " (The 1946 London Lectures, p. 28).

We wish you all the best as you transition back into the school year with us!

08/13/2026

Applications for this School Year are Open!

Email us to request your application!

08/10/2026

🌿 MCS 1st Community Work Day of the 2026–2027 School Year
Saturday, August 15, 2026 | 9:00 AM–1:00 PM

Ready to kick off your family’s volunteer hours? We’d love to see you at our first Community Work Day of the school year!

With the first day of school just around the corner on August 25th, we need all hands on deck to help get our beautiful campus ready for our students!

This is a wonderful opportunity to:

🌱 Get a head start on your family’s volunteer hours
🤝 Meet and connect with other MCS families
🏫 Help prepare and care for our beautiful campus
💚 Give back to the MCS community
What to Bring

Please bring:

💧 A full water bottle
🧤 Work gloves
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Your kids, coworkers, friends, and family!
🛠️ Any helpful yard tools you have, such as rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, trimmers, etc.
There’s plenty to do!

We’ll be spreading sand and mulch on the playgrounds, weeding, trimming bushes and trees, and tackling other projects to help make our campus look its best. We especially need volunteers with trimmers and chainsaws!

We are so grateful for our amazing MCS volunteers and for YOU helping us care for the place we’re proud to call home. 💚

We’ll see you Saturday, August 15th! 🌿🏫🙌

08/06/2026

Only a few spots left! Give us a call today :)

MCS Community: We are still accepting applications for the 2026-2027 school year!

We have opened applications for 1st-3rd grade students.

Please email [email protected] to request an application.

08/05/2026

🚨 NEW MCS MERCH IS HERE! 🎉

Check an item off of your Stepping Stones or Primary Personal Items List with our brand-new exclusive MCS Laundry Tote Bags!

All MCS families are welcome to purchase a bag! This fundraiser is open to every Montessori Children's School family—not just Stepping Stones and Primary families.🧺🌿

These affordable, lightweight, durable 15” x 16” canvas totes are made from recycled cotton and are machine washable!
***Special preorder pricing is available for a limited time!
✨ Preorder by August 14
💚 Best Price of the Year: $10
📦 Pick up at Orientation on August 20

Miss the preorder? Bags will still be available for $12 in the school office while supplies last.
💳 To Order:
Pay via the school’s PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MontessoriChildrens?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

In the Notes Section include:
- Tote
- Student’s Full Name

Don’t wait - preorder by August 14th to save and have your tote available for pick up at orientation! 💚

Every tote purchased benefits our wonderful MCS teachers and staff. All proceeds help the Teacher Appreciation Committee recognize and celebrate them throughout the year!

07/22/2026

MCS Community: Classroom Personal Items Lists have been updated!

All lists can be found here:

https://mcsjax.org/programs-tuition/