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I Spy Room

This room is for our youngest "Villagers", beginning at 18 months until 24 months. In this room, we concentrate on potty training, social skills, gross motor skills, and sensory play. This age group naps from 12:30pm to 3:00pm.
Tumbling Two's Room

This room is for children from 24 - 36 months of age. The curriculum in this room focuses on social skills, gross motor skills, color and shape recognition as well as beginning letter and number sounds. We provide reading, art projects, group and individual activities in addition to the Montessori curriculum. This age group naps from 12:30PM to approximately 3:00PM. We also assist in potty training for children who have not yet mastered this skill.
Ladybug's Room

This is our 3 year old room. The curriculum for this age group helps prepare the children for our Rising 4 room, reinforcing the skills learned in the Tumbling Twos room. In addition to those skills, they begin to introduce number and letter recognition and concentrate more on fine motor skills. They will learn such skills as how to cut and how to hold a pencil, as well as name recognition. They also introduce the concept of the calendar and we teach cultural awareness and science. They still take naps from 12:30PM to approximately 3:00PM. Children in this class are expected to be potty trained.
Fabulous 4's Room

The curriculum in this class builds upon the previous rooms, all with an eye to preparing the children for the Pre-K classroom. All the children in this room must be 3 1/2 year to 4 years old, completely potty trained and ready to give up naps. This classroom will concentrate more on letter and number recognition and writing, and we teach cultural awareness and science. They will build upon their fine motor skills and begin writing their names and do more classroom oriented group activities. The children will NOT take naps in this room in order to help ease the transition into the Pre-K classroom.
Rising Stars Room

This is our preschool room for children 4 - 5 years of age who will be going to Kindergarten the following year. Our main focus in this room is on Kindergarten readiness. They will be building further on the skills learned in the previous rooms, and will now learn how to write the letters and make the connection between letter sounds and words. They will begin simple math concepts as well as a broader understanding of the world around them with cultural awareness, science, music and geography lessons. You can track the progress made by your child through progress reports you receive at the beginning of the year and in the spring. Children should leave this room with all the tools needed to excel in Kindergarten and beyond.
Shooting Stars Room

This is our preschool room for children 4 - 5 years of age who will be going to Kindergarten the following year. Our main focus in this room is on Kindergarten readiness. They will be building further on the skills learned in the previous rooms, and will now learn how to write the letters and make the connection between letter sounds and words. They will begin simple math concepts as well as a broader understanding of the world around them with cultural awareness, science, music and geography lessons. You can track the progress made by your child through progress reports you receive at the beginning of the year and in the spring. Children should leave this room with all the tools needed to excel in Kindergarten and beyond.
Older Kids

This service is provided for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years who are enrolled in public school. We offer before and after school care as well as transportation to and/or from many Cheyenne schools. Please see the Director for a complete list of schools. We offer homework assistance as well as all-day care during in-service days and many school holidays. During Spring break, Christmas break and the summer months, we offer many fun activities and field trips for the youngsters.
 
   

"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination."

-Maria Montessori

 

About The Village Montessori School

The Village Montessori School has proudly served the Cheyenne community for over 25 years. We have been an important, active member in the education of its children. In continuing to strive for excellence, we have always and would like to continue proving ourselves as a pre-school with a difference. At the Village Montessori School, we offer a Montessori philosophy and education not readily available in Cheyenne.

We offer a uniquely hands-on environment that encourages independent, self-directed learning for life in a child-centered, international community valuing peace, respect for others and pride in individual difference. Each classroom contains a full range of educational equipment and activities. Parents are welcome and encouraged to visit the classroom and discuss the teaching methods and child care with teachers or the Director.

We receive funds from the USDA/CACF Program to assist us in providing nutritious meals and snacks throughout the day. We offer breakfast, 1 snack and lunch for all of our full-time students. USDA and The Village Montessori School are equal opportunity providers and employers.

There are classes for children ages 18 months - 10 years. If you are interested in our program, you may contact the Director for availability. Your name may be put on a waiting list, with a $25 fee.  Upon registration, there is a $75 non-refundable fee (not deposit).  If you paid $25 to be put on the waiting list, that fee will be applied to the $75 fee.

All students are required to have up-to-date immunization records on file at the school and must have these turned in within 30 days of enrollment at the school, otherwise services may cease until the records are brought in. We do provide transportation to and/or from many local schools for our older, school-age children.

Our hours are from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday. We are closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Friday, and Christmas Day.

We also close early on Cheyenne Day (at 1:00) and Christmas Eve (at 2:00).There is one teacher in-service day per year (usually some time in August) for our teachers to attend the annual Stand and Celebrate educational conference in Casper. Emergency closing procedures provide that The Village Montessori School will close only when federal and state offices and Cheyenne public schools are closed.

The Village Montessori School, established in 1975, is a non-profit corporation, licensed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services, and complies with all governmental standards. The Village Montessori School has a volunteer Board of Directors that sets policies, tuition, and otherwise oversees its general operation. Daily operations of the school are the responsibility of the Director, Head Teacher and/or Office Asst.

This year, there have been some significant changes in the Pre-K room. We are currently operating as a combination of all teaching aspects of the Montessori program, and are slowly steering ourselves toward a full time Montessori Pre-school. You will notice the room will be more divided. You will find new "areas" around the room including a cultural area, art area and peaceful zone. These will allow the children to choose where they wish to be and how long they would like to spend at any given task. This goes along with the Montessori philosophy of free choice. Please feel free to look around and ask your child about the different zones and how they know whether the areas are open or full. If you have any further questions you may wish to check out our Montessori Philosophy page and follow some of the links there to more information on the concept. Eventually all of the rooms will make this transition, so if your child is not in the Pre-K room, don't worry, your child will see the changes soon. If you have any questions about the changes directly affecting the school, please come chat with the Director or your child's teacher.

Christen Haller
President of the Board of Directors
E-mail - christenhaller@gmail.com 

Christen Haller currently serves as President of the Board of Directors. She has been a Board member since March 2009. She has one daughter at Village School and is, herself, a Montessori alumna. As a parent of a Village School student, Christen is always eager to help out at Village School in anyway she can and she feels that serving on the Board of Directors is a wonderful way of volunteering her time to help create a truly wonderful learning environment for children. Christen brings to the Board her knowledge from her background in administration, human resources, and legal fields.  Christen is a paralegal with Speight, McCue & Crank, P.C.  Christen can be contacted by e-mail at christenhaller@gmail.com  

Shala Swarm
Vice President on the Board of Directors
Email - sswarm@gmail.com

My name is Shala Swarm and I serve as the Vice President on the Board of Directors.  I joined the Board in May 2010.  My husband, Trevor, and I have two little girls.  Our oldest daughter, Kaia, just “graduated” from preschool and started kindergarten at Sunrise Elementary but still attends Village School in the before and after program.  Our youngest daughter, Leah, is a Winker now.  Our oldest started at Village school over 2 years ago and our youngest started a year and half ago as an I Spy.
I am a family nurse practitioner and work for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center with Dr. Herber Family Medicine and The Weight Loss Clinic.

Please feel free to contact me if you have and questions, concerns or comments. 
My e-mail is sswarm@gmail.com.  I look forward to hearing from you and working with the school.
(Photo coming soon)

Dalia Assem
Board Member
Email - daliaassem07@gmail.com

My name is Dalia Assem and I have been a board member since February 2010. I have one daughter, Maryam, who is attends Village Montessori School and is currently in the Winker class. I was previously a teacher at this school and feel that this aspect is very useful to the board. I assisted with the Pre-K class and then I later taught the Tumbling Twos. Currently I help with my family's business, work part time at CRMC, and go to school part time. As you can tell, I have a lot on my plate but i truly believe that being part of this board is important and it is the least that I can do to help support the wonderful school where our children send a good part of their day. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at daliaassem07@gmail.com or (646) 338-0799.