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Horizons at LMS
HORIZONS at LMS
Where can a student practice swimming, complete the Hundred Board and build a fort all in the same day? HORIZONS @ LMS - that's where!
Lexington Montessori School is proud to serve as an affiliate of HORIZONS National, a 27-year-old organization striving to build brighter futures for all children. The HORIZONS program model effectively combines high-quality academics with cultural enrichment and confidence-building opportunities. Horizons@LMS serves as one of three site locations in Massachusetts and hosts the youngest students in the national network. In addition, Horizons@LMS is currently the only participating Montessori school. HORIZONS is designed to have children maintain and make progress academically during the six-week summer program, ready to start the new school year in the fall, for consecutive summers through middle school
This past summer, Horizons @ LMS hosted 73 students from Waltham and some neighboring towns, all who qualify for free or reduced lunch. The program offers a Montessori Work Cycle, pool time at Waltham YMCA three times a week, as well as enrichment classes in art, farming, music, and physical education. 2023 will mark our ninth summer supporting our Horizons community. We depend on the support of the LMS community and beyond to make this thoughtful and empowering program happen!
HORIZONS at LMS
The program is continuously growing and improving. Your generosity makes all the difference!
Want to learn more or get involved? Please contact our Executive Director, Grace Yannakakis. She LOVES talking about Horizons @ LMS!
Our Mission
Horizons @ LMS immerses children in a Montessori-informed, hands-on, multi-age learning experience that fosters independence and instills a sense of agency in every learner. Each summer children return to discover the joy of learning and the power of their potential as they embody the change we all wish to see in the world.
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Our People
Many LMS Alumni join the lead classroom teachers, many who are LMS Faculty, to provide the best possible program for our students. LMS Alums come back each summer to show their commitment to the kids and the LMS community. Not only do we work, play, smile and laugh together – the continuity of relationship from one year to the next creates a safe and loving place for our students to return to each summer. -
Our Prepared Environments
Students learn in fully-equipped Montessori classrooms. Hands-on, multisensory lessons provide a new way to see and think about ‘school.’ -
Our Focus on Learning by Doing
Students participate in Practical Life activities such as preparing food, organizing the classroom, caring for themselves, their friends, classroom plants and animals. -
Our Workshops
Workshop Week gives students a chance to dive deep into their interests. This past summer, workshops included cooking, crafting, woodworking and team sports. -
Our Delicious Veggies
Fresh produce grown on campus is available to Horizons families at Farm Stands several times a summer.
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