Dreamers, Innovators, Leaders – Nurturing Tomorrow’s Brilliant Minds Today!
Welcome to Sammamish Montessori School (SMS)
For over 45 years, our unique approach to early education, blending Montessori methods with enriching programs like STEAM and community events, have set the learning foundation for over 5000 students. Located in the heart of Redmond, our school is accredited by the American Montessori Society (AMS), approved by the WA State Board of Education (SBE) and serves children from 18 months to 9 years old.
We invite you to join our SMS family!
Classes & Programs
SMS’s thoughtfully designed Montessori curriculum and enrichment programs for ages 18 months to 9 years, fosters critical thinking and develops the personal skills needed for lifelong success. Our low student-teacher ratio, long teacher tenures and child-empowering environment provide a safe and nurturing place for your child to flourish.
Why Choose Sammamish Montessori?
Developing confident, creative, independent thinkers in tomorrow’s leaders
Like Dr. Maria Montessori, we believe that children have an inborn drive to be independent and our whole-child approach encourages just that. Parents can entrust SMS with their children, knowing they will always be treated with kindness and respect.
Nurturing critical thinking and essential skills for life-long success
Providing a personalized, student-centered, confidence-building approach
Fostering collaborative, kind, empathetic listeners
Building a community of eager learners & passionate world citizens
Maintaining a space to safely explore, freely create, & develop a deep love of learning
An outstanding school with welcoming staff! As parents of younger kids, we strive to find the safest and warmest place to ensure our kids grow up happy, healthy and curious. This school continues to amaze us…
The school curriculum is very innovative, educational and creative, the teachers are absolutely wonderful and passionate, and the supporting staff and administrators are always there to help answer any questions.
We wanted a supportive, nurturing, and challenging environment that rewards independence, kindness to others, and hard work. Education with compassion and creativity. SMS did all of this.
We absolutely love the school. The teachers provide a nurturing and positive environment that focuses on each child’s strengths. They instill self-confidence, discipline and a strong foundation for the child to build on in later years.
They are a true Montessori school in the sense that their first mission is to impart the children with love for learning, and in these formative preschool years what could be more important?…
I really appreciate the exposure students get to different languages, culture, music, computers, geography, etc. Our experience has exceeded our expectations. We’ve been so impressed by the academic growth we’ve seen in both our daughters over the past two years.
My child always looked forward to school and loved the idea that her interests and curiosity were respected and allowed to drive her daily choices.
- 45+
- SMS opened its doors just over 45 years ago, in 1977
- 6:1
- SMS has one of the best average student-to-teacher ratios
- 6+
- SMS boasts an average faculty tenure of over 6 years