Our Vision

Primavera Montessori School is a not-for-profit school focusing on Montessori education for children from two years of age through the elementary years. Our educational philosophy recognizes the learning styles, temperaments, and multiple intelligences of all children and emphasizes peace education. Integral to all of our programs is a focus on physical development and outdoor education. The large outdoor spaces on our campuses allow our guides to incorporate gross motor movement into the children’s daily activities and provide ample space for our gardening program. Specialized playgrounds, gardens, and outdoor courtyards, which are geared appropriately to the ages of our children, are located adjacent to the toddler, primary, and elementary classrooms.

Primavera Montessori School currently houses eight classrooms on three large campuses, providing a nurturing and supportive learning environment for children ranging from toddlers through the fifth grade. Next year, we will expand our educational curriculum to educate children through the sixth grade.

Our Mission

The mission of Primavera Montessori School is to provide a learning community environment where the spirit of the whole child is nurtured and celebrated. Our school has a powerful foundation of Dr. Maria Montessori’s philosophy of education. We are dedicated to a climate that honors the learning styles, temperaments, and multiple intelligences of all children. To attend to the heart of the child, we provide a very strong emotional IQ curriculum, taught and modeled by an excellently trained and skilled team.

Incorporated into our philosophy is a commitment to the further development of Peace Education. We desire to create a school community supportive of the family that models health, mutual respect, creativity, cooperation, and diversity: a multi-dimensional approach toward the science of peace.

We are clear that our children are our most precious resource in creating a peaceful and productive future. Our mission is to empower every child’s creative and joyous spirit and to guide him or her toward a lasting love of learning and a true experience of a loving and supportive community.

Our History

Primavera Montessori School was incorporated as a non-profit organization in April of 2002, and we opened the doors of 6405 Manchaca Road to our first students in October of that year. The school was founded by a group of educators dedicated to creating a Montessori-based environment that honored the learning styles, temperaments, and multiple intelligences of all children. Integral to their philosophy was a commitment to peace education.

That first year, the building on Manchaca Road housed one toddler classroom and one primary classroom. The school now provides a learning environment for children from ages 18 months through the fifth grade and houses two young children's community classrooms, three primary classrooms, a kindergarten class, one lower elementary class and one upper elementary class. Although our space and our classes have grown and some of the faces on the campus have changed, Primavera has maintained the focus initially dreamed of by the four original founders. It is still an intimate, Montessori learning community that honors the learning styles, temperaments, and multiple intelligences of all children.

Timeline

Spring 2002
A group of educators meets to form their plans for opening a new Montessori school.

October 2002
Primavera Montessori opens the doors of 6405 Manchaca with 15 children, two classrooms (one toddler and one primary), and five employees.

September 2003
A second, small, toddler class is opened, and a portable building is acquired to house a second primary class.

Summer 2004
Primavera purchases a former preschool a stone’s throw away from the Manchaca campus at 1934 Berkeley Avenue. The campus is renovated through the fall.

January 2005
Primavera’s Primary II class moves to the new location. The temporary building is kept to accommodate a larger toddler class.

September 2005
An additional primary classroom is opened on the Berkeley campus, bringing the total number of Primary classes to three.

September 2006
Primavera adds a combination Kindergarten and first grade class (K-1) to begin its Elementary program. Due to space restrictions the school closes the toddler classroom housed in the temporary building. Primary I moves into this building.

Spring 2007
The school purchases another former preschool building, which is located at 6305 Manchaca Road and is adjacent to the Berkeley property. The building is renovated over the summer.

Fall 2007
Primary I and the remaining toddler class move to this new location, uniting all primary classes on one expanded campus with an enormous outdoor space for the children. A portion of the outdoor space is fenced off to create a specialized toddler play area for our youngest students. A second elementary class starts on the 6405 Manchaca campus. That campus now houses a Kindergarten class and a lower elementary class of first and second graders. The portable building is removed from the campus.

April 2008
Primavera Montessori School is honored as “People Fund Outstanding Entrepreneur” by People Fund, an Austin organization that loans funds to community businesses.

Fall 2008
Primavera adds a second toddler class to the building at 6305 Manchaca Road, and the lower elementary class is expanded to include third graders. Primavera adds outdoor classrooms adjacent to each primary and elementary class, further expanding our commitment to outdoor education. The school now has seven classrooms, 130 students from 105 different families, and 20 employees.

Fall 2009
A new building is added to the campus at 6405 Manchaca Road. This new building houses a classroom of first and second graders. The third and fourth graders are housed together in the main building on the same campus.

Fall 2010
The third and fourth grade curriculum has been expanded to include fifth graders.

Downloads
People Fund Award
Executive Director’s Acceptance Speech

"We like to live in an orderly environment because it ministers to a sense of comfort in us, and aids our efficiency".…Maria Montessori