80 Rhonda Blvd, Bowmanville, ON L1C 3Y9
- SCHOOL TYPE: Private
- WEBSITE: Blaisdale Montessori School - Bowmanville Campus
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
Among the goals Blaisdale Montessori School strives for are: a sound basis and a healthy attitude for life-long learning, self-discipline, self-respect, independence, getting along with others while developing a social conscience, initiative, ability to concentrate, self-confidence, spiritual growth and care of the environment. In regard to discipline, we use the Adlerian approach which is based on respect for the child and others and encourages the concept of self worth.
Bowmanville was first incorporated as a town in 1858, but later incorporated with the neighbouring townships of Clarke and Darlington in 1974 forming the Town of Newcastle, which was renamed in 1994 to the Municipality of Clarington. Subdivided housing developments first arrived in the 1950s, with a significant increase in housing development through the 1980s and 1990s. Bowmanville is surrounded by rural areas on three sides, and Lake Ontario to the south. Farmland formerly covered central Bowmanville until the population increased, thus establishing a nascent downtown core by the early 19th century. There is a harbour to the south of Bowmanville in Port Darlington.