Mission & Accreditation

Mission & Values

Our Mission: To provide authentic Montessori education as the pathway to an emotionally and intellectually fulfilling life.


By understanding, respecting, and valuing each member of the North Shore Montessori School’s family, we work together in a supportive partnership. We are dedicated to serving with love, gratitude, honesty, dignity, patience, grace, and compassion.  Living and modeling our mission and values enriches the life of everyone we encounter.

Entrepreneurial

  • Action - Oriented
  • Innovative
  • Growth Mindset
  • Ambitious
  • Problem Solving



Gifts of the Individual

  • Mining for Talents
  • Fostering Interests
  • Curiosity Driven
  • Engaging Individuality
  • Authenticity


Kindness & Community

  • Fostering Good Manners into Habits
  • Service
  • Tolerance
  • Collaboration
  • Grace and Courtesy

Accreditation

North Shore Montessori School is AMI compliant by the Association Montessori International, an association that was founded by Dr. Maria Montessori to safeguard and further her ideas and principles. There are over 40 affiliates around the globe, including the United States, AMI-USA. In the past North Shore Montessori School was a member of AMI-USA, however, as of November 2025 we are instead aligned with the Association Montessori International, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Our standards are the same. The only difference is that you will not see our name on the AMI-USA website.

In accordance to standards, NSMS adheres to the following tenants:


  • Qualified teachers: Each class needs at least one teacher with an official AMI diploma for the relevant age level.


  • Classroom assistants: An AMI-approved classroom can have one non-teaching assistant per class.


  • Classroom composition: Classes must have a balanced division of ages within the appropriate age range and a suitable number of children for social development.


  • Classroom materials: All classrooms have a complete set of  approved Montessori didactic materials


  • Uninterrupted work periods: Children's House and Elementary classes require prolonged, uninterrupted work periods