General
Description:
Lake Waco Montessori is a magnet school and families from
across the district may apply to it. Lake Waco Montessori
Magnet has an environmental focus plus a special education
that provides all students with the opportunity of an
inclusionary education experience.
Curriculum:
The Montessori Method is a developmental curriculum that
provides a quiet, orderly curriculum environment in which
students learn to be complex thinkers, self-directed
learners, collaborative workers, quality producers, and
community contributors. Classrooms are equipped with
attractive sequential materials that progress from the
concrete to the abstract.
Lake Waco Montessori provides a multi-age classroom environment. Student classrooms include: 1) Primary (ages 3-5) 2) Elementary (grades 1-3), and 3) Intermediate (grades 4-6) 4) Middle School (grades 7-8).
An Environmental Studies program is also provided to all students at Lake Waco Montessori. Students are learning the importance of taking care of our environment and how all living things interact on earth.
The Special Education Program provides a life skills program for handicapped students at Lake Waco. All students have the opportunity to become friends and partners in learning. Everyone is special at Lake Waco Montessori.
Extracurricular
Programs:
After school activity program, gardening, composting,
recycling, pet care and music lessons.
Special Programs:
Accelerated Reader Program, Reading Buddies, Computer
Literacy (computers in all classrooms) Adopt-A-School
volunteers, Waco Reads volunteers, Baylor special education
student volunteers, McLennan Community College physical
therapy student volunteers
FACTS:
Student Enrollment: 346
Teachers: 29
Staff ethnicity 57% A, 30% AA, 13% H
Student attendance 97.2%
Number of classrooms 20
Location:
The school is located in North Waco, off Lakeshore Drive in
a stable neighborhood with tree lined
streets.
