Namaste Montessori School

607-272-0515

Primary Campus

1608 Trumansburg Rd
Ithaca, NY

Jacksonville Campus

1872 Trumansburg Rd
Trumansburg, NY

Namaste Montessori School

607-272-0515

Primary Campus

1608 Trumansburg Rd
Ithaca, NY

Jacksonville Campus

1872 Trumansburg Rd
Trumansburg, NY

School Events

Our school community celebrated the coming of spring with an outdoor gathering complete with singing, dancing to live music, and an amazing spread of dishes to share, thanks to all our families! And special thanks to Jacksonville park for the use of their space and pavilion.
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Each year, our community gathers to support our classrooms and teachers with some extra time and labor. We weed gardens, prepare garden beds, prune plants, plant flower boxes, paint and repair outdoor structures and this year we also moved sand, woodchips, and gravel to beautiful our grounds and resupply our play areas! Thank you to all the parents that volunteered […]
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Congratulations to our Namaste Elementary FLL Robotics Team, The Electric Axolotls, for winning first place out of 42 teams for Core Values at the FLL Regional Robotic Tournament in Buffalo! Core Values is one of the four areas in which teams are judged—the other areas are innovation project, robot design, and robot game. Prior to the regional tournament, the team […]
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With parent-led games, live music, and lots of treats, we had a wonderful fall festival this year!
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Families joined together once again, to meet each other and eat and play with other children within the school.
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At Namaste Montessori School we recognize the need to provide children with exposure to diverse voices, cultures and people. We are working to update our library to include more titles that accurately reflect the great diversity of our country and the world beyond, including (but not limited to) showing diverse skin tones, hair types, cultural backgrounds, indigenous cultures, gender roles […]
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To bring back some playfulness and joy this fall, we hosted a Trunk or Treat at Jacksonville park! The children played games and visited trunks for candy while parents talked and led activities. It was a wonderful afternoon despite the weather!
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Montessori was a scientist and a keen observer. Much of the theory that drove her creation of curriculum and materials for her the Montessori Method was based on observations that are continuously proven true in modern neuroscience! The Four Planes of Development The Montessori Method is guided by the natural manifestations of the children during the different stages of development […]
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We had a fabulously successful annual gathering at Taughannock State Park! It was wonderful to spend time as a community after a challenging year of isolation and pandemic-related stress. But we know now that outside is the safest option for getting together and so we did! We ate, we talked, and children played. It was delightful. Thanks to all who […]
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