Update: Notifications of lottery status will be e-mailed Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Community Montessori Charter School (CMCS) will combine Montessori educational practice, Crossway Community’s acclaimed model of intergenerational development, and public school access. Now authorized by the State of Maryland and the Montgomery County Board of Education, planning is underway to open the County’s first public charter school. Starting in August 2012 with classrooms of three and four year olds, CMCS will grow over the next few years to offer three classrooms serving children between the ages of three and six. Our long-range goal is to extend classes through third grade. (This is not a conversion of the existing Montessori programs at Crossway Community but a new and separate entity.)
The application window for CMCS is now closed.For all applicants whose materials were received by 3:00 PM, March 1, you will receive notification of (1) the date of the lottery and (2) results of the lottery by March 30, 2012. Due to the large number of applications, we are not able to address individual queries at this time. Thank you for your interest in Community Montessori Charter School.
Community Montessori Charter School’s mission is consistent with that of Crossway Community, to: “promote community, creativity and lifelong learning for all families.” Further, we aim to cultivate curious, compassionate, self-directed, socially responsible citizens who work collaboratively, respectfully, and peacefully as interdependent learners in a diverse intergenerational community. Through the unique combination of empirically validated Montessori principles, comprehensive wraparound services, and open access, CMCS further aims to provide MCPS with an academically excellent, financially accountable, public school choice.
CMCS supports the mission of MCPS, to provide a “world-class education that ensures success for every student through excellence in teaching and learning” by bringing innovation and choice to public education in Montgomery County.
CMCS will make excellent Montessori education available to all Montgomery County children regardless of their socioeconomic standing.
The Charter School Planning Committee consists of parents of children in public and private schools, teachers, administrators, local community leaders, and public Montessori and Maryland charter school experts. The Charter School Planning Committee is working in partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and welcomes input from anyone in the community interested in this project.
Our United Way NCA Designation Code is 8218.
Our CFC Designation Code is 87873.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington is pleased to announce that Crossway Community, Inc., has been chosen by reviewers for the 2010-11 Catalogue from a field of nearly 250 applicants.
The Catalogue calls Crossway Community, Inc., "one of the best small charities in the Washington DC Region."
Privacy Policy: In the pursuit of its charitable activities, including its fundraising efforts and recruitment of charitable donors, Crossway Community collects or otherwise has access to personal and proprietary information of donors and prospective donors who participate or will be asked to participate in those activities. Crossway Community will not sell or otherwise make this information available to any third party, unless it receives advance written consent from the donor or it is required to do so by legal process. Crossway Community will take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of this information, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from release or use of the information to third parties.
