Featuring Our New Secondary Campus!

We presently serve grades 7-10 (IB format.)

We will be offering Grades 11 & 12 (Certified Montessori IB) as we grow into our needs.

Laniakea Montessori School now offers an authentic Montessori Secondary program that consists of experiences both in the classroom and outside that support students in developing greater self-awareness and engagement with a complex world. 

The program also provides a wide range of experiential learning opportunities interwoven throughout the curriculum to respond to the developmental needs of adolescents, including orientation trips, internships, academic immersion, service work & volunteer hours, and local, national, and international research trips.

Laniakea prepares students for life in the 21st Century by incorporating Montessori’s secondary educational philosophy, focusing on the activities of practical life, wellness education, and valorizing the distinct needs of each adolescent.

The core of our program is Montessori, which consists of ‘integrated academic components’ in three overarching areas: Self-Expression, Emotional Development, and Preparation for Adult Life. Within these recognized areas, the secondary program offers students rigorous coursework in a variety of academic subjects; experiential learning and in-the-field experiences; a range of seminars and collaborative learning projects; training in organization and personal responsibility; and an internship week. We also offer mentoring for those students who are interested in craftsmanship and trades. Because of the level of commitment and independent self-directedness required of our Laniakea secondary students, applicants should play an active role in deciding whether to apply.

“But, above all it is the education of adolescents that is important, because adolescence is the time when the child enters on the state of adulthood and becomes a member of society.”

Dr. Maria Montessori| From Childhood to Adolescence, p. 60