Studio Demo · Fictional school — Montessori Makers School is a fictional school built by Montessori Makers Studio
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Before and after the work cycle.
Care from 7:30 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening, staffed by people children already know, arranged so the extra hours feel like the school rather than a holding room.
7:30
Morning care opens
6:00
Evening care closes
10:1
Children per adult
4
Enrichment clubs each term
Who staffs it
The same adults, not a separate crew.
Extended Day is staffed by our own assistants and specialists on a rotation, which means a child at 5:30 in the evening is with someone who was in their classroom at 10:00 in the morning. It costs more to run this way and it is the single thing families mention most.
The room is a classroom, not a gym. Materials are available, the garden is open until dusk, and there is a long table for homework in the Elementary years — though we send very little of it.
Enrichment clubs
Four clubs a term, chosen by the children.
Clubs run from 3:30 to 4:45 and are proposed each term — sometimes by staff, sometimes by Upper Elementary students who want to teach something. Recent terms have included chess, printmaking, a cooking club that supplies Friday snack, and a bicycle maintenance club run with a shop on Halsted.
Clubs are included in the Extended Day fee rather than charged separately, which keeps the sign-up sheet from sorting children by what their family can afford.
The practicalities
