Home: Welcome

WEST SEATTLE MONTESSORI

Toddler | Preschool | Elementary | Middle School Montessori Children's House

West Seattle Montessori School & Academy has been an integral part of the West Seattle community since 1985, offering toddler through 8th grade education.

Mindful Leaders. Global Thinkers.

Learn More

About Us

- Home of the -

Wise Owls

OUR PROGRAMS

We provide a global program of private Montessori education that is engaging and responsive for a variety of age groups.

Toddler
Program

Learn More

PrePrimary
Kindergarten

Preschool - Kindergarten

Learn More

Lower Elementary

1st - 3rd Grade

Learn More

Upper Elementary

4th - 5th Grade

Learn More

Middle
School

6th - 8th Grade

Learn More

12 months - 36 months

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

What's Coming Up...

Important Dates Calendar (pdf)

Playground

Playdate

Mar 6

Morning Playground Mingle

Learn More

Pizza

Friday

Mar 6

Pizza Lunch

Pizza, Pizza!

Pizza

Friday

Mar 13

Pizza Lunch

Pizza, Pizza!

Teacher

In-Service

Mar 20

No School for Students

*Day Camp Available

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Core Philosophical Principles

The Child as Creator "All that we ourselves are has been made by the child, by the child we were in the first two years of our lives." - Maria Montessori In Montessori philosophy, we recognize that the child isn't working to please adults or meet external expectations. They are driven by a much deeper purpose: constructing the person they will become. This viewpoint fundamentally changes how we approach education. Traditional education often asks: "What should we teach the ch

2026 Elementary/MS Play

A Year With Frog and Toad the Musical Our annual tradition continues with this year's musical production. West Seattle Montessori's 1st - 8th grade students present A Year with Frog and Toad! Save the date and purchase your tickets today. Forms from with office went home with your students. Contact the office with any further questions. Save the Date Date: February 12 Time: 6:00pm Location: Highline Performing Arts Center (401 South 152nd Street in Burien) Tickets Adult, $

Reptile Lady visits WSMS, holding an inguana

Reptile Lady | 2026

We had a lot of fun welcoming the Reptile Lady to West Seattle Montessori School & Academy.

2 3 4 5

2026-2027 School Year

Now Enrolling

Contact our admissions office about openings for the 2026-2027 school year. Private Montessori education from toddler through middle school. Schedule a tour today!

Learn More

Ready to Enroll? Download an application:

Here (PDF)

tree mural in the main hallway of west seattle montessori school & academy, with sponsor leafs and virtue project monthly virtues

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH

Creativity

MARCH

Creativity is the power of imagination. We are open to inspiration, which ignites our originality. With creativity, we are resourceful and intuitive. We solve problems in new and surprising ways. We know how to play. We take time for dreaming. Discovering our own special talents is a gift to the world, whether making a meal, playing a sport, or creating a craft. Creativity connects us to beauty of sound, design, color, movement, ideas and words, and allows us to bring something new into the world. Creativity brings our gifts to fruition.

"Creativity is seeing what everyone else as seen, and thinking what no one else has thought." - Albert Einstein

an-abstract-illustration-of-a-persons-head-filled-with_Creativity-WEB.webp

The Virtues Project

WEST SEATTLE MONTESSORI

Toddler | Preschool | Elementary | Middle School Montessori Children's House

- Home of the -

OUR PROGRAMS

Toddler Program

PrePrimary Kindergarten

Lower Elementary

Upper Elementary

Middle School

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Core Philosophical Principles

2026 Elementary/MS Play

Reptile Lady | 2026

Now Enrolling

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH

Creativity

MARCH

Toddler
Program

PrePrimary
Kindergarten

Middle
School