Letter from the Head of School

They are 12 years old and already impressive young adults in the making. They are young enough to have to jump from the back seat of a car to the ground. They have been here long enough that we can take the measure of their learning and their readiness for new frontiers. They are new enough to schools that their eyes are still wide as they always should be with the prospect of the journey unfolding before them. They are the children of Summit Montessori.

As its Head of School, I can attest that Summit Montessori aspires to be what every parent wishes for in a first school - wise and warm-hearted, individually knowledgeable, open and good-humored and richly challenging and supportive every step of the way.

We believe in a vital, enduring partnership with the parents of these young children. We know that first experiences leave indelible impressions on the young. Far more than later schools, and vastly more than the much-chronicled societal obsession with college, it is in the earliest years of school where patterns are established for life. It is during these earliest years that children develop their expectations of school and of themselves. It is here where children can experience the ready joy in school friendships, the growth of motivation and self-confidence, and an abiding eagerness to learn.

I hope that you will come to see the place that is Summit. Far more intimate than the sprawling day schools, ever cozier than so many of the little for-profit start-ups, Summit may well at first appeal because of the light-filled rooms of learning that make up this mansion. What truly draws the most perceptive of parents isn't the gentle beauty of the school setting, rather it is the quality of the teaching and the values of the families that have chosen to make up this remarkable community.

Welcome to Summit Montessori.

Richard Eyster,
Head of School