La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo

La Crescent Montessori Academy became a Minnesota public charter school in August of 1999. The school was founded by a group of interested parents who wanted an all day Montessori school option for their children. LMA began with two classrooms in a brand-new building and had one graduate in it's very first year. In 2003, the Middle School was added to the charter. The focus of the middle school is STEM education with the underlying foundation of a Montessori education. Earth Science, engineering along with contextualized math, are at the forefront of this curriculum. " The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child."