14800 Middlebelt Road14800 Middlebelt Road
Livonia, MI 48154
(734)525-7100
(734)525-8952 Fax
Principal: Amy Pogorzelski Grades: K-4
The vision for American Montessori Academy is of a public school academy that will assist children in reaching their full potential in all areas of life. A carefully planned, stimulating environment will offer activities that promote the development of social skills, emotional growth and physical coordination, in addition to cognitive preparation. Implicit in the Montessori mission is development of a “can do” mindset that will help ensure the students’ future success. The curriculum is interdisciplinary, allowing english, science, social studies, the arts, writing, and math to converge in studies guided by the child's own interests. Foreign language, music and art plus physical education are integrated into the whole as well. The overall focus of the curriculum provides children an integrated and academically challenging program designed to meet their changing developmental needs.
Emphasis is placed on the connections between different areas of study, not the presentation of isolated facts. Reading, math, geometry and science bring the student to new understanding expressed through writing. History, geography and biology are presented in ways that give meaning and appreciation to the great order of the universe. Children begin to explore humankind and themselves in the world and begin to develop respect for nature.