This is a private Catholic school offering education for children from preschool through middle school. The Archdiocese of Washington sets the curriculum, which is based in the Catholic faith and includes regular religion classes and daily prayer. In addition to core classes, students K-5 are taught Spanish class twice a week and students grade 6-8 attend Spanish three times per week. Students in grades K-5 receive small group teaching for reading and language arts and grades 6-8 receive small group math lessons.
Located in Gaithersburg, the Pritchard Music Academy offers comprehensive musical education programs for both children and adults. The Academy offers beginner and intermediate-level instruction in a number of instruments, including piano, brass, woodwind and string instruments and chamber ensemble lessons. Lessons are available individually or in groups.
The Renaissance Art Center offers drawing, pottery, animation, Spanish language and digital arts classes for students of all ages.
This is a private school offering both a preschool and K through 6 elementary school. Founded in 1983 as a preschool called the Circle School, the name was changed to Seneca Academy in 1998 when the elementary school was added and it moved to its current location on Germantown Road. In addition to the preschool, Seneca Academy offers kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and a joint third/fourth and fifth/sixth grade class. Classes are small and never run more than 16 to 18 students with one teacher and one teacher's assistant. Teachers start each day with a morning meeting where students are invited to discuss any problems either academic or social. Seneca Academy is located on six and a half acres of land that is classified as a National Wildlife Federation Certified Schoolyard Habitat and includes a soccer field, playground and gazebo, which is used as an outdoor classroom. Seneca Academy offers an International Baccalaureate curriculum and subjects are taught through such unit topics as the environment. Students are encouraged to interact with lessons and teachers tailor the curriculum based on student interest.
Founded over 40 years ago, Butler is both a montessori school offering education for pre-school through eighth graders and an equestrian school and camp. Located on 22 acres, the school campus includes two school buildings, a pool, a ropes course and several gardens, all of which are maintained by students. Butler offers several unique programs, including a year long primary class to better serve working parents. The Butler School Stables are open to the public and all Butler students are offered riding classes through physical education or extracurricular clubs.
Thomas Jefferson Preparatory is a private school located in Darnestown that serves students in preschool through eighth grade. With class sizes of no more than ten students, the school promotes itself as similar to a home-school education but with the social benefits. Currently Thomas Jefferson has about 30 enrolled students. There is one class for each grade from first through eighth. Class size and distribution is adjusted each year depending on enrollment. Thomas Jefferson will offer a Pre-K/K class for the first time in the 2010-2011 school year. Thomas Jefferson first began as an elementary school in 1998 and held classes in Jefferson Montessori School in Gaithersburg. In 2006 it moved into its current location where it rents space at the Fairhaven Methodist Church. Despite being housed in a church, there is no religious affiliation. Technology is a focus at the school and all students take a regular technology class. Students in third through eighth grade are given a personal laptop to be used in the classroom each day. Each classroom has an interactive white board and teachers post assignments on classroom websites to keep parents informed. With small class sizes and a student-teacher ratio of 1:6 or less, teachers tailor lessons to the needs of each individual child.
One of the oldest schools in Montgomery County, Darnestown Elementary first began offering classes in 1954. Today the school serves kindergarten through 5th grade and continues to take pride in the school and community history. Each year the students participate in a Darnestown History day in May and a Colonial Day in April. Darnestown Elementary was included in the 2010 Capitol Improvement Budget for Expansion. The school could have an expansion finished as soon as fall 2013 to make room for extra students. Currently 4th and 5th grade classes are housed in six portable classrooms behind the main building.
Jones Lane is a public elementary school serving grades K-6 in the local community and a section of Gaithersburg city. With the recent addition of The Learning Center, Jones Lane is able to practice the Home School Model, which means the school will meet the diverse learning needs of every student at the school, including those with high functioning autism, down syndrome, or other learning disabilities. In 2003 Jones Lane was honored by the Montgomery Public School System for having the highest volunteer hours of any school in the county. It also continues to have a very active parents' association.
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