Oak Farm Montessori School

Ecoliteracy

Our vision of a model Montessori school providing a world class education includes a functioning and sustainable rural campus. The goal of the ecoliteracy project is to expand learning beyond the classrooms and into the greater campus setting of the gardens, woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and conservation corridors. By integrating lessons on healthy living, community, earth education, environmental stewardship, organic gardening, and personal ownership; the ecoliteracy project will enhance the programming of every student. With Montessori’s Chart of the Interdependencies as a guide, the ecoliteracy project will bring the outdoor classroom to life at Oak Farm Montessori School through gardening, conservation, field work, life sciences studies, and micro-economy opportunities in the greenhouse, farm areas, and woodshop. It will also bring a guiding model of sustainable building and environmentally appropriate planning to make the most of this beautiful rural campus. The ecoliteracy project also involves administrative issues such as: building maintenance and construction, rainwater runoff and pollution control, recycling and composting, as well as the everyday work of providing school lunches and purchasing office supplies. By focusing throughout on sustainability, the project aims to prepare students for a world of shrinking natural resources while establishing the school as a long term member of the greater community.

Vision Map