New York Montessori
New York Montessori at Lawrence Public Schools is a public Montessori school, the first of its kind in the state of Kansas.
For the 2025-2026 school year, New York Montessori includes students in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 1-3.
Opening for the 2022-2023 school year, the program began a phased approach to offering Montessori education tuition-free to qualifying families at New York Elementary School. Priority is given to students who live within the New York Elementary boundary.
What is Montessori Education?
The Montessori philosophy is one of respect for the child, peace, movement, and intrinsic motivation where students engage within a prepared environment that fosters meaningful learning through exploration and hands-on experiences.
Interested in Montessori?
Register your student for New York Montessori, see frequently asked questions, or learn more about our Pre-K Montessori program by clicking the links below.
REGISTER NOW
REQUEST A TRANSFER (Current LPS Student)
Frequently Asked Questions
Pre-K Montessori
Our care of the child should be governed,
not by the desire 'to make him learn things,'
but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him
that light which is called the intelligence.Maria Montessori
'Spontaneous Activity in Education'
Five Areas of Montessori Curriculum
There are five main areas of the Montessori curriculum:
Practical Life
The development of skills that children will use in their daily lives: fine motor, concentration, and functional independence. These are learned through everyday tasks like cleaning, food preparation, and helping others.
Sensorial
Refining children's senses: sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste. The Montessori classroom and its materials are designed to help children process sensory input and aid in understanding the world around them.
Mathematics
Montessori math is designed to provide students with concrete experiences of abstract concepts. These experiences along with tangible classroom materials allows for growth beyond typical expectations.
Language
Children are immersed in a language-rich environment with a foundation of spoken language supported by the introduction to sounds, the mechanics of writing, reading, and an eventual language explosion.
Culture
Montessori education incorporates science, history, music, art, and geography, exposing children to social responsibilities, their community, and the everchanging world around them.