AMI Montessori education, serving children ages 15 months to 15 years. MMS is lucky to call this beautiful building home.
Mead Montessori School is located 2 miles from downtown Knoxville and less than 1/2 mile from Ijams Nature Center. Built as a WPA project in 1936, the historic Mead School was once a public school to the children of the Island Home neighborhood as well as the children of the quarry workers in nearby Mead's quarry. Bringing new life to a beautiful building, rich in history in detail. The teachers a
10/16/2025
Is your costume ready for our Fall Festival next weekend?
Costumes optional, fun mandatory. 🎉 Can’t wait to see you Saturday, the 25th!
~Current Mead families, check out today’s newsletter to sign up for volunteer opportunities. We need cakes for the cakewalk, baked goods and festival volunteers! 🎈
09/25/2025
Hard to believe we have been back in school for a little over a month! Cruising right along and it feels so good. 💗
We love our Mead family. Cheers to a beautiful new school year! ☀️
05/02/2025
Flashback Friday to January for our annual capstone 8th grade trip to the Children’s Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica. An immersive experience where the students go deep into the Costa Rican rainforest to study the connection between biodiversity and peace through a Montessori lens. This special group of 8th grade girls knocked it out of the park, even in the unseasonably rainy weather.
Birdwatching at dawn, many species of flora and fauna recorded, new friends from other countries made. Amazing new experiences… scroll to the end to see the progression of fresh termite snacking right from the tree bark- the mark of true friendship!
04/25/2025
Earth Day every day! We love the Earth and do what we can to keep her safe each and every day. As the children remind us, there is no planet B. Earth Day art parade in honor of Earth Day. 🌎💝☀️
04/22/2025
Congratulations to our incredibly talented group of middle schoolers on their recent production of The Little Mermaid! Creativity and talent were on full display! 🧜♀️💫🌊
Thank you to staff members and parent volunteers for all of your generous support. And a special thank you to our elementary students who were excellent mermaids, sailors and sea creatures! 🐙🐢🦀
It was truly a community effort and a smashing success! 🌟
We are already looking forward to our next school production. 🤩 Cheers!
04/15/2025
🌻🌱PTO Plant Sale! 🌱🌻
Thursday, April 24th
3:30-6
On the playground!
Thank you for providing us with such an amazing variety of perennials, annuals, vegetables, natives and more!
Come support our PTO and get a jumpstart on your spring gardening. Happy planting!
**Parking will be limited, consider carpooling or parking in the Ijams overflow lot. **
11/26/2024
“We are never as alive as when we are together.
Speaking together, as one, amplifies our spirit.
Generosity and thanks bind our community together.
May you experience happiness.
May you bring light to someone else’s life.
May you abide in joy.
And may you allow yourself to feel gratitude, and to
multiply that feeling by sharing it with those around you.”
~Seth Godin
Mead Gratitude Feast Day 2024 🍁
Have a safe, joyous and gratitude filled long weekend!
11/11/2024
Behind the scenes images of our elementary fall festival auction art. Collaborative printing! Beautiful results and a lovely community project. 🌈
10/31/2024
Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Mu***os) celebration in our Elementary classroom today!
The children enjoyed sharing their ofrenda creations and stories about their loved ones and beloved family pets that have passed away. A lovely and meaningful annual tradition.
Happy Halloween and Happy (early) Dia de Los Mu***os!
10/30/2024
What an amazing Fall Festival! Thank you to parents, staff and our Mead friends and family that contributed their time, energy, creativity and spirit to making this event truly wonderful. 🍁🎃
A very special THANK YOU to the Gladson Family Band who travelled to Knoxville just to play our festival and provide awesome old time string band music. 🍁🪕
Thank you, One World Circus, for spending the day with us and sharing circus skills with our families! Circus free play is the best kind of free play. 🎪🎉
As usual, we did not take enough photos! Our silent auction was our largest to date this year. We have an incredibly generous community of small businesses in Knoxville and we appreciate each and every donation we receive. Thank you to parents that gathered, businesses that contributed and families that bid on our items! 🎁💝
Next year, perhaps we add a ‘day-of’ photographer to our volunteer list. ☺️ Please feel free to email any photos captured to [email protected]. We love to see your photos! 📸💖
Cheers to another incredible Fall Festival! Already looking forward to next year. 🥰🧡
