New Leaf Prep Academy is a public charter with a Montessori soul.​

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"We're not just another school,

I can promise you that."

 

NEW LEAF PREP ACADEMY MISSION

New Leaf Prep Academy (NLPA) is a public charter school serving 4k through 8th grade, offering a Montessori and nature-based education in a safe, eco-friendly, and self-directed learning environment. The school focuses on nurturing the whole child—academically, emotionally, socially, and physically—through individualized learning experiences and a high-fidelity Montessori curriculum.

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NEW LEAF PREP ACADEMY VISION

To be a leading educational institution that seamlessly blends Montessori philosophy with rigorous academic standards, fostering confident, capable, and compassionate learners.

 

"curating critical thinkers, problem solvers, & self-motivated learners."

 

Our curriculum helps students to make sense of the world around them without gaining skills at the expense of actual knowledge. Our holistic approach to learning examines all avenues that will affect lifelong student success including each child’s academic skills, such as math and literacy skills, but also their social, emotional and cognitive skills. A minimalist environment free of technological distractions aids in calming student's mind and body and enables them to focus on the lessons and material at hand. New Leaf Prep Academy features low teacher to child ratios maxing out at 1:18 so students can safely learn through trial and error. Sensory-based and self-directed learning through nature exploration is a major component of our programming in addition to learning practical life skills such as tieing shoes and caring for one's environment.

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Our classrooms, indoor and out, act as a second teacher with carefully chosen developmentally appropriate works and self-correcting materials which are organized to support maximum growth and exploration in a diverse range of fields cohesive with the traditional Montessori Method. In addition these works and self-correcting materials accommodate the developmental needs of each individual student within the classroom allowing them to learn and grow at their own pace and according to their own interests. All aspects of our curriculum will be carried out in a toxic-free, natural minded environment with very limited use of technology.

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