welcome to bridgeview Montessori School
WHERE LEARNING IS LIVE AND VITAL.
At Bridgeview Montessori School, students are encouraged to be their authentic selves. This means they learn which disciplines they love, which are more challenging, and which they are eager to discover. Within our carefully structured learning environment, students have the freedom to find their interests and thus discover their passions.

If you are wondering if school can be joyous, intriguing, compelling, safe and nurturing, the answer is YES. Come see how we do it at Bridgeview Montessori.
Financial aid is available with a special emphasis on our Elementary families.
Our Mission and Core Values

Why Bridgeview Montessori?
Our Elementary I students are off on an adventure!
Our Elementary students have been working hard with your Music and Movement teacher, Courtenay Harrington Bailey to put up this performance. Come see our students shine.
Yellow Room families, join your Yellow Room child in music class.
More information to follow.
Rain Date: Thursday, May 29
Please note: Children’s House Field Day will be a morning event held at school. Elementary Field Day is traditionally held at the Midway Recreation Area.
Red Room families, join your Red Room child in music class.
Today we honor our 6th Years.
6th Year families will receive more information before the event.
Today, we honor our Kindergarten students. Kindergarten families are welcome and will be receiving invitations.
Be sure to mark your calendars for when the Board of Trustees hosts an Open House to celebrate Sandy Nickerson and her years of dedication as Head of School. Invitations to follow with more details.
After a half day of school, let's celebrate together! Pack a picnic lunch for the whole family; everyone is invited!
Dessert will be provided by the school. The Midway Recreation Area Pavilion is reserved for Bridgeview Montessori School until 2 pm. There are picnic tables available but feel free to bring blankets and chairs too. Have some fun; chat with the staff; say goodbye for the summer.
Please note: there is NO After Care. If you are not able to pick up your child at the scheduled dismissal time below, you need to make arrangements for someone else to pick up your child.
Early Dismissals or all students:
All Children's House classroom:s 12:00pm
Orange & Purple Rooms: 12:15pm
Green Room: 12:30pm
Start here to fill out back-to-school forms. The deadline for having these forms completed is August 1, 2025.
Children’s House families, both new and returning: Let’s continue to strengthen our community! Join us on the playground to meet new friends, reconnect with old friends and visit with our teachers.
Children’s House families, both new and returning: Let’s continue to strengthen our community! Join us on the playground to meet new friends, reconnect with old friends and visit with our teachers.
Join us to help prepare our school for the start of the year. Many hands make light work, and this is a great opportunity to make new friends who are also invested in making our school the very best it can be.
Come join us to learn what lies ahead for your child. This is a great time to ask your questions, meet your child’s teachers, and connect with friends.
For Children’s House families new to our school or to Kindergarten, we would love to invite you to explore your classrooms and meet your teachers.
For Elementary I and Elementary II families , we would love to invite all of you to come explore your classrooms and talk with friends and teachers.
Welcome, and so it begins.
Before Care begins at 7:15 am for preregistered students.
8:15-30 am: Elementary II Drop Off
8:30-45 am: Elementary I Drop Off
8:45-9:00 am: Children’s House Drop Off
After Care ends PROMPTLY at 5:30 pm for preregistered students.
Join us to learn about your child's Elementary I experience. Child care is provided. RSVP to Amy at amy@bridgeviewmontessori.org
Join us to learn about your child's Elementary II experience. Child care is provided. RSVP to Amy at amy@bridgeviewmontessori.org
Join us for great conversation, play and food! Bridgeview Montessori provides burgers, dogs and veggie burgers and a grill master; families are welcome to bring a favorite salad, side, or dessert to share. Please remember to bring your own drinks. This is always a great event.
Rain Date: Thursday, September 25
Please note: restrooms close at 5:30.
For many years now, our friend Katherine Jackson from The Mirrored Image Photography has been taking our class and individual student pictures. Participating in the individual photo shoots are optional, but we would love everyone in the class pictures. We provide copies of these class pictures free of charge to each student. Look for information about signing up.
Rain Dates: Thursday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 30
For many years now, our friend Katherine Jackson from The Mirrored Image Photography has been taking our class and individual student pictures. Participating in the individual photo shoots are optional, but we would love everyone in the class pictures. We provide copies of these class pictures free of charge to each student. Look for information about signing up.
Rain Dates: Thursday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 30
For many years now, our friend Katherine Jackson from The Mirrored Image Photography has been taking our class and individual student pictures. Participating in the individual photo shoots are optional, but we would love everyone in the class pictures. We provide copies of these class pictures free of charge to each student. Look for information about signing up.
Rain Dates: Thursday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 30
Our teachers will appreciate some time for reflection and learning.
Our school is closed in observance.
Let Us Put Our Minds Together And See What Life Can Make For Our Children’s. - Sitting Bull
What happens at the 6th Year Sleepover stays at the 6th Year Sleepover....
More information to follow. Suzanne at slawson@bridgeviewmontessori will be the contact for this event.
Children’s House students will be dismissed at 1 pm. Our teachers use the afternoon for planning time. We will have After Care for Children’s House students who are already signed up.
Bring your family and let your Children's House children give you the grand tour! See their favorite works, socialize with friends, chat with their teachers.
Eli Germain, former Bridgeview Montessori School student and current senior at Ball State, stopped by the other day to check in. Eli came back to see us and share his recent art work with glass with his art teacher Sandy. To learn more about Eli and other older students and young adults who have moved beyond Bridgeview, contact Suzanne at slawson@bridgeviewmontessori.org for a ZOOM Invitation to a very special alumni event on Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00.
Pictured: After moving beyond Bridgeview, Eli came back to volunteer his time during a Community Clean Up Day. Thanks, Eli.
Learn about a Sixth Year’s experience over her 7 years at Bridgeview Montessori.
Bridgeview Bull Sharks hit the field at Gillette Stadium.
Sixth Year Diego reads to Children’s House Yellow Room students. Diego was a Yellow Room student himself when he first started learning with us.
Hands exploring the movable alphabet in the Yellow Room.
Returning students entering the final year of their programs, Kindergarten, Third Year and Sixth Year, will receive a $300 tuition credit to honor their families strong commitment to Montessori education.
This article reminds us that purposeful movement is a fundamental building block for our children’s growth and development. Maria Montessori knew this when she was practicing and creating her pedagogy, and we know it here at Bridgeview Montessori. We are seeing a shift toward movement and occupational therapy in our public schools as well. I am always struck by just how much Maria Montessori understood about how children learn.
Cheney Hagerup joined our faculty this past fall as a co-teacher in our Children’s House Yellow Room, and with her she brought enthusiasm and know-how. One of her many passions is creating a classroom that, through its microcosmic culture, strives to be inclusive and understanding, and empathetic. Cheney shared this list with us.
Listen to Alison, our learning specialist and Bridge Program coordinator as she talks education and Montessori pedagogy. Alison is.a wonderful addition to our community of learners. She is also a member of our parent body with her two boys learning in our Elementary program.
Our Head of School, Sandy Nickerson, wishes everyone a revitalizing summer after an incredible year of in-school learning.
Our Music and Drama teacher Courtenay Harrington-Bailey writes:
I thought I would share with you the production I was working on all Fall which features many Bridgeview Montessori alumni.
Check it out!
Faculty member Rachael Lovely shares about how she honors her indigenous heritage as well as her identity as an American.
In response to a parent question about Children’s House Art History and Studio, Vanessa Ring, that student’s Art teacher wrote back. I think her response is worth sharing with the broader community.
Photo Credit: Rachael Lovely
Learn how Bridgeview Montessori School continues with its outreach during a pandemic.
A Mission Driven School Fosters Mission Work.