CLASS SCHEDULES

School meets at the scheduled times except during the listed vacation periods. The first semester ends January 15 and the second semester begins January 16 without interruption. See the school calendar below.

2008-09 SCHOOL CALENDAR

OTHER EVENTS

LMS offers ENRICHMENT CLASSES for first to third graders after school hours. Each session runs for ten to twelve weeks during the fall and spring semesters. Subjects vary each semester and usually include Spanish and Math classes.

Parent Education classes entitled AT HOME WITH MONTESSORI, for parents of preschoolers, and MONTESSORI AFTER SIX, for parents of elementary aged children, are also offered. Classes meet for four evenings and are scheduled each semester on demand.

Lincoln Montessori’s Find Out More About Montessori class is designed to acquaint parents and their children with the Montessori classroom and approach to education.  It began as a ‘trial class’ in the spring of 2007 and has been well received by families new to Montessori.  The class usually meets in the late afternoon when the facilities are available and when children who nap after lunch are up and alert
 
Once a week for four weeks, parent(s) and child spend time together exploring the Montessori classroom under the guidance of our Montessori directors.  As the children become more comfortable in the classroom, parents are encouraged to move into the office area where staff and perhaps a mom or dad with experience as a parent at LMS is available to answer theoretical and practical questions about Montessori education.

If this is an opportunity that you might like to take advantage of, please click here to request a registration form or you may ask for one by calling the school.  The cost for the four week session is $70.00 per family.  The class offers a fail-safe method of looking into Montessori education and allows parents and children to see for themselves, with no further obligation, what Montessori is all about.

Faculty/Staff

LARRY VERSCHUUR, B.A. University of New Mexico
American Montessori Society (AMS) Certification, Primary (3-6 ) level.

Teaching Experience: Teaching since 1967 at MSO and since 1986 at LMS.

(A special feature of LMS is that classes are taught by Larry Verschuur. Barbara Brenner's The Preschool Handbook, Bank Street School's complete parent guide notes the following: "In the best of all possible settings, there should be male as well as female staff ….[who] provide healthy role models and give children an added sense of the male nurturer"(p.194))

MARY B. VERSCHUUR, Ph. D. University of Glasgow
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Certification primary and elementary levels.

AMS primary certification

Teaching Experience: Teaching since 1967 at Montessori Schools of Omaha at the primary and elementary levels.

KIA COLBORN, B.S. (Elementary Education) Director's Assistant

Teaching Experience: Kia has been with LMS since 2003 and also attended the school as a youngster.

Application Procedure

Parents of children between the ages of 2.5 and 3.9 years are invited to make application for their children. Families are encouraged to call and make an appointment to visit the school with their children prior to enrolling or click here to send us an email.

Once an application and registration fee have been received, an applicant interview is scheduled.

Parents of children under 2.5 years of age may pre-register their children by mailing in the pre-registration application. Once having done so families are entered on the mailing list and will receive invitations to school related events, meetings and parent programs.

An affiliate of
Montessori Schools of Omaha
Lincoln Montessori School admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin.

2615 Austin Drive
Lincoln, NE 68506
(402) 489-8110

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