Roadstead Montessori High School Information

Welcome to Roadstead Montessori High School! Thank you for your interest in our unique and innovative program. This school is made with a lot of love for teenagers. We feel privileged to support their thriving during this complex life period. Founded in 2014, Roadstead Montessori High School is an innovative 9-12 grades program in Ghent, Norfolk, VA which supports the prime goal of adolescent development: attaining social independence . Our educational program is customized to support each students individual path to social independence. We prepare an environment that consists of real world experience, hands-on learning, critical thinking, collaborative work, communal life and engagement with the adult world. Our primary pedagogical duty is to encourage conversations between creativity and practicality. Roadstead was born in a family conversation. Daddy, I dont want to graduate from middle school, said my five years old daughter. Why? I asked, half amused, half curious. Because I saw the middle school students crying when they left for high school, she explained with a serious voice. That was her take from the first graduation ceremony at Ghent Montessori School , in which she was a newcomer Children House student. You know? I told her with a smile, these students are really lucky. They cry when they are done with school. I cried when I had to go to school. I started laughing when it was over. Thinking about this conversation afterward I realized that the real reason why middle school graduates cried was because their Montessori experience was over. One has to spend much time in a true Montessori school to understand its profound impact on childrens development. This impact is beyond mere pedagogy. Montessori classrooms are a spiritual place. This conversation continued to turn in my head until I approached my daughters teacher half a year later with the question, Is there such a thing as Montessori high school? Yes, but not here in our area, she answered and changed my life forever. Would you like to start ...