Community Cares
Our school relies on donations and fundraising activities to help us achieve important goals like offering tuition assistance to families, upgrading our school facilities and purchasing classroom materials.
EQUITABLE ACCESS TUITION ASSISTANCE FUND
Community Cares asks you to consider joining in the important work of supporting community members. When dollars are contributed a little more each month, they go directly into the Equitable Access Tuition Assistance Fund and will immediately help additional families access our school.
With your contributions, TPMS will become more accessible to families. Every dollar contributed to the Equitable Access Fund goes back to a TPMS family that is unable to afford the full annual tuition.
EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Children need opportunities to play and learn in settings outside of the classroom. Extending the classroom outdoors is a core component of the Montessori experience. Experiential and facility enhancements are necessary for every child’s experience as they grow, learn, and play. All ages benefit.
Community Cares asks you to consider helping The Portland Montessori School achieve these goals by supporting the development and enhancement for new experiences and structures. Gifts will increase opportunities for TPMS to continue to provide outstanding education in unique and important ways such as field trips, our Seed to Snack Garden, and enhancements to our multiple play yards.
SUPPORTING ANNUAL OPERATIONS
Every non-profit organization needs general operating funds. The Portland Montessori School is no different. Community Cares is about celebrating staff, holding family engagement events, and making sure the school has what it needs to thrive each day. Every gift goes directly back into the school to strengthen everyone’s experience in our unique educational environment.
"The outdoor play area offered at The Portland Montessori School is by far the best we saw in the city, and is a daily source of inspiration for imaginative play for our son. It is a beautiful, secluded-feeling wonderland and the children use it daily, rain or shine!"
"My wife and I can’t thank the school enough for helping not only our son, but also us as we try to provide a consistent learning environment in our home."
"I could write an essay on how my daughter joined PMS in the last year and graduated from her primary class reading chapter books and doing long addition and subtraction with multiple numbers. She’s well beyond her kindergarten peers, and my younger son's pride in his work and love of learning has grown beyond expectation."
"As the mom of identical (yet nothing alike) twins, we wanted a school community that would nurture their individual curiosities and interests and provide them the same lifelong love of learning that I have experienced as a Montessori student many years ago. We found that in The Portland Montessori School."
"If it's true what Maria Montessori said, that the test of the correctness of an educational approach is the happiness of the child, then this school is succeeding beyond our wildest dreams. Both our boys are so happy to go to school and so proud of their work."