Catskill Montessori School

Montessori at the Old Schoolhouse is a diverse and engaging educational partnership in Tivoli, NY, founded in 2004 by experienced teachers Anna and Josephine Salvatico. With a child-centered approach, the school nurtures a love of learning and responsibility, fostering intellectual, physical, moral, artistic, emotional, and academic excellence in each child. The classrooms are designed according to Montessori principles, decorated with natural materials, and situated on a family farm, offering a rural setting for gardening, nature walks, and interactions with animals. Offering half-day classes for students aged 18 months to 6 years, Montessori at the Old Schoolhouse provides a mixed-age environment that encourages younger children to learn from older ones and older children to reinforce their knowledge and skills. The school also offers a flexible summer camp program. With small class sizes, individual attention, and a warm and welcoming atmosphere, the school has received praise for its teachers' flexibility, straightforwardness, and ability to create a safe and nurturing environment for children to dream, explore, learn, and play.Generated from the website

Founded in 1973, Hawthorne Valley School includes early childhood, lower and high schools. Located in Ghent, N.Y., the school s academic curriculum includes English, mathematics, history and natural sciences. It also offers classes in biology, geometry, geology, physics, chemistry, drama, world geography and economics. The school s additional courses include drawing, woodwork, spinning, metalwork, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, technology and weaving. It has an athletics department that offers various sports activities, including basketball, volleyball, cross country, baseball and softball. The school also provides several extracurricular activities, such as a yearbook, social literary magazine, photography club and instrumental music lessons. It is a part of Hawthorne Valley School, which is a branch of the Hawthorne Valley Association.