Portage Collaborative Montessori School

Portage Collaborative Montessori School serves students from Ohio districts including Jackson, Lake, Plain, North Canton, and Canton City, offering a unique educational experience. The school follows the Montessori approach, emphasizing self-directed learning, hands-on activity, and collaborative play, with a focus on the social development of the child and the goal of creating independent learners who treat others with kindness and act responsibly. The school's key features include mixed-age classes with a single teacher for three years, cooperative group work, hands-on materials accessible to all students, and an individualized curriculum. The Montessori approach values the human spirit and the development of the whole child – physical, social, emotional, and cognitive, with multi-age groupings allowing for peer-to-peer learning and reinforcement. With a focus on whole child development, the school provides a distinctive educational environment that prepares students for real-world situations, making it a valuable experience for its students.