Our School

Our purpose is to prepare children for life. We celebrate each child’s individuality and help them discover how they can best contribute to our world and culture.

All children are naturally curious and love to learn; we support this innate drive by providing environments that meet children’s developmental needs, by creating a staff of loving and well-prepared adults and by building a community of families that actively support our mission.

Accreditation

Common Roots Montessori School is associated with the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and AMI/USA, an approved accrediting agency, as of the Spring of 2012. A school accredited through AMI offers credibility to their status within the educational community as a whole, as well as within the Montessori community. An AMI school confirms a commitment of Montessori principles put faithfully into practice and an assurance that a quality of standard is maintained. CRMS is one of only 12 schools in Minnesota to earn this high distinction of quality Montessori education! For a complete list, please visit the AMI-USA website.

About AMI

AMI was formed in 1929 by Dr. Montessori to insure that her method and approach to education would be carried on as she intended. A school or teacher training program that carries the AMI name is continuing the tradition of quality first established by Dr. Montessori, a tradition that incorporates standards based directly on Dr. Montessori’s work. To learn more about the standards of an AMI accredited-school, visit AMI School Standards and download the full list.

It is worth noting that other organizations concerned with Montessori education and teacher training programs, such as the American Montessori Society (AMS) were established posthumously and designed to be distinct from the Montessori method that Dr. Montessori originally envisioned.