LATIN AMERICAN MONTESSORI BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
1375 MISSOURI AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20011 www.lambpcs.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: LAMB'S MISSION IS TO LAY A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE, HABITS, ATTITUDES, AND SKILLS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A LIFETIME OF CREATIVE THINKING AND LEARNING. THE OVERALL GOAL IS BI-LITERACY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. TO ACHIEVE THAT, LAMB CREATES CHILD-CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR PRE- SCHOOL THROUGH 5TH GRADE CHILDREN, UTILIZING HANDS-ON MONTESSORI MATERIALS WHICH ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, SELF-CORRECTING, SEQUENCED AND FLOW FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

LAMB IS THE ONLY ACCREDITED DUAL LANGUAGE MONTESSORI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. LAMB TEACHES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UTILIZING MONTESSORI CURRICULA CORE ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC SUBJECT MATTER. THE ACTIVITIES OF LAMB ARE AS FOLLOWS: CREATE ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY MIXED, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE BILINGUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN THE PRESCHOOL AND EARLY ELEMENTARY YEARS, I.E., DURING THEIR CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD FOR NATIVE-LEVEL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, SO THAT CHILDREN FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS EVENTUALLY EMERGE AS FUNCTIONALLY BILINGUAL - SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. UTILIZE MONTESSORI MATERIALS TO TEACH ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC SUBJECTS FROM PRE-READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS TO GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS. FOSTER PARENTS' COMMITMENT TO LONG-TERM PARTICIPATION IN THE MONTESSORI APPROACH TO SECOND-LANGUAGE IMMERSION AT BOTH THE PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY LEVELS. PROVIDE REFERRAL TO SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELING AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES.

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