"Students need to be cognitively engaged in learning the fundamental principles upon which a scientifically based society rests. It seems to us that this should include more than the separate disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, but also an integrated, systematic understanding of how processes interact in the real world."

The adolescent craves real, hands-on work and needs relationships with adults who are "real world experts", beyond their teachers and parents. Adolescents take an interest in exploring the community first hand as a active participants. We take our students out to businesses and professional workplaces for them to experience life, business, and education. Students operate their own small business or other projects of their choice, such as publishing a yearbook or periodic newsletters, child care and enrichment program, and service projects in the community.
Our academic program prepares the students for high school level work while the "real life" projects prepare them for life. They learn to create, plan, organize, implement, and assess their own projects.

The Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley offers a safe and stimulating environment for the adolescent's growth.