School Story in Action 2024-2025 

May 30, 2025 

The Richmond School District created an educational video to highlight the District Montessori program as a program that supports some students style of learning. It can be found on the district website or by using this link. You may see some familiar faces as part was filmed at Steves.  

Montessori is an environment where the children are nurtured to be independent learners with the guidance of the teacher. With some guidance, children will learn through their own work not through the work assigned by the teacher. It is a pull from the student rather than a push from the teacher. In the classroom, a teacher will give small group presentations throughout the day. The rest of the students are working on their own. Through their own choices, the environment provides for social development as well as academic development. 

The Montessori philosophy may look like this in practice: when a student comes into the class, they can choose where they want to sit, who they want to they sit with, what task they want to focus on and when they want to do each task in day. This freedom of choice allows students to see themselves as individuals first and then as part of the group. The sense of belonging comes through choice making. 

Steves is a safe learning community where we strive to create a sense of belonging and to see ourselves.