Our School
Founded in 1961, TMS has evolved into a leading independent school that combines the Montessori and International Baccalaureate frameworks to provide students the foundation for a life of goodness and excellence. Operating from two campuses, we bookend the Town of Richmond Hill with exceptional learning environments for children of all ages and stages in this diverse and accessible part of the GTA.
Our Lower School (at Bayview and Hwy 407) offers a Montessori start for students from 18 months to Grade 6. Parents and students regularly comment on the small-school family feel of this campus while benefitting from the dynamic energy that is possible in a community of over 530 students. This campus offers light and airy classrooms for optimal learning and large spaces for gym, art and play. Entering our buildings, visitors are embraced by the laughter and joy of our students along with the deep sense of trust and comfort parents feel when they drop off their children.
What We Stand For
It doesn’t take long for someone new to TMS to see that something here is special. Throughout the school, from the youngest learners in the Toddler Program to alumni who return again and again to visit, students are passionately engaged in their academic pursuits and committed to improving the world around them.
TMS students live the TMS promise of defining and realizing success in university, career and in life through our unparalleled educational experience.
A Montessori Start
The Montessori educational experience at TMS provides the means for children to discover and develop critical age and stage related characteristics at a time when they are particularly receptive. This includes the enhancement of the following characteristics:
- A love of learning
- The ability to concentrate effectively
- A high degree of independence and initiative
- The ability to make good choices and exercise self-discipline
- Regular joy in learning, doing and being
The Montessori curriculum is seamless in its construction for students from 18 months to Grade 6. The curriculum is reviewed regularly and compared to that of the Ministry of Education to ensure that our students are exceeding learning outcomes.
