The New School of Lancaster

Welcome to The New School of Lancaster.  We hope that this electronic portal to our school gives you, the Reader, some sense of the many ways our community represents a “dynamic partnership of children, parents, teachers, and administrators”.

This September, we are happy to announce that we have earned full American Montessori Society (AMS) accreditation.  It has re-energized us in our ongoing efforts to provide an outstanding Montessori education to our students.  While many of our challenges, adventures, successes, and opportunities are perennial, this new step in our school’s development brings us a fresh sense of belonging to the worldwide Montessori community that has been dedicated to “following the child” for over 100 years.  We were founded 21 years ago by a passionate group of parents and teachers and we have become a community of founders, veterans, and brand new members, with an enrollment of over 250 students.  Our brand new members range in age from 20 months to over 40 years old and it is our belief, hope and commitment that each and all are welcomed to join in the journey.  Our mission directs us to “facilitate the unfolding of each child’s unique potential” and our experience tells us that both children and adults are engaged in a continuous process of unfolding. 

We are dedicated to academic excellence and we are certain that supporting growth of the whole child, emotionally, intellectually, socially, and spiritually nourishes the ground in which that excellence can flourish.  We treasure the interactions among our students from toddlers to early teens, certain that each one of us, both younger and older, benefits from the relationships that are fostered in this special home of our own.

Thank you for exploring our website and finding out more about the unique learning environment we offer.  I invite you to visit our school, as well, so that you can observe firsthand the power of a Montessori education for each and every child.  Each new visitor, student, or parent challenges us to fresh responses.  These challenges stimulate our continuous growth and improvement as individuals and as a community of learners.

I look forward to meeting you soon.

– Mary Cae Williams, Head of School

Email Mary Cae at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)