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 Arlington Montessori Action Committee is an organization of Montessori parents and educators whose primary goal is to promote and expand Montessori education. We are proud of our vibrant and diverse Arlington Public School Montessori program which currently serves more than 500 students.
AMAC was formed in late 2006 by several Arlington Montessori parents from different schools as a way to build community and to formalize years of Montessori advocacy. AMAC is not affiliated with any one school, but serves as a way for all Montessori advocates, public and private, to support Montessori education.
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Montessori Madness!
A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education
We know we need to improve our traditional school system, both public and private. But how? More homework? Better-qualified teachers? Longer school days or school years? More testing? More funding? No, no, no, no, and no. Montessori Madness! explains why the incremental steps politicians and administrators continue to propose are incremental steps in the wrong direction. The entire system must be turned on its head. This book asks parents to take a look one thirty-minute observation at a Montessori school. Your picture of what education should look like will never be the same.
Upcoming AMAC Events
Montessori Information Night
Postponed due to snow
New Date:
February 10
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AMAC General Meeting
Answering Questions From Montessori Info Night and
Cooking with your Montessori child
February 9
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Elementary Montessori Prospective Parent Reception
with an opportunity for childcare
at the play Hansel and Gretel
February 28
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Register for the Montessori Family Camping Trip
July 16 - July 18 at Greenbriar State Park
registration and more details
 We’re Already Making a Positive Impact
- Met with APS senior staff to discuss the formation and goals of AMAC
- Helped implement APS Montessorian, an APS Montessori newsletter
- Helped create an APS video, “Montessori Revealed”
- Provided parent support for the 2007 Montessori Information Night
- Designed and sold T-shirts for the 100th anniversary of the Montessori movement
- Helped plan and assist in the APS 100th Montessori Anniversary Celebration
- Cosponsored countywide Montessori picnics
AMAC is Building on a Great APS Foundation
- 36 years ago Arlington Public Schools (APS) was the first public school system in the country to implement Montessori in its classrooms
- APS has 17 preschool and kindergarten classrooms in 10 different schools serving 374 students
- APS has 8 Montessori 1st through 5th grade classrooms at Drew Model Elementary School serving 130 students
Read more about how APS Montessori students perform on standardized tests...
The Longitudinal Analysis of Performance of Students in
APS Prekindergarten Programs
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