Montessori School Of San Clemente

The summer program is organized around monthly themes and recurring weekly activity areas. July uses a Farm Animals theme, while August moves into a Deep Sea theme. Across the week, children take part in themed arts and crafts, STEM and science exploration, language and cultural activities, outdoor play, and experiences designed to support social development. This gives the program a steady set of activity types while allowing the subject matter to change through the summer.

Special-event days add another layer to the regular program. Published summer events include multiple water-play days, a petting zoo visit, face painting, and movie days with playful dress-up themes. These events sit alongside the school’s broader Montessori environment, where children work with hands-on materials and are encouraged to explore activities with increasing independence.

The school’s Montessori model emphasizes learning through the senses, individual pacing, choice within a prepared environment, and work at tables or floor mats rather than a single teacher-led format. Its regular learning areas include Practical Life, Sensorial work, language, mathematics, science, geography, and art. Summer camp combines that child-centered learning environment with more seasonal, theme-based activities, helping children move between creative work, discovery, outdoor time, and shared group experiences during the day.

The school runs a lunch program that emphasizes nutritious snacks and lunches served on a schedule. Monthly lunch menus are published for families, including menus during the summer months. This gives parents a way to review the food being offered while camp is in session. The public camp information does not describe a separate summer-only meal policy, so families should rely on the current school lunch menu and enrollment information for the details that apply to their child’s attendance.

All teachers are CPR and First Aid certified, and the school states that teachers have cleared federal criminal-record background checks. The school also describes its prepared environments as safe and nurturing. These published practices support everyday supervision and emergency readiness in the school setting. The available summer information does not publish a separate camp-specific emergency plan, secure-pickup policy, or detailed incident procedure.

The school’s staff includes lead teachers, early childhood education teachers, assistants, specialists, curriculum and enrichment leads, and administrators. Published staff profiles show a range of early childhood experience, including Montessori certifications, Early Childhood Education degrees or coursework, child-development backgrounds, psychology training, and years of classroom experience. All teachers are CPR and First Aid certified and have completed background checks. The school describes staff as supporting children’s responsibility, self-discipline, independence, creativity, and learning while also serving as caring adults in the Montessori environment.

The summer page lists three weekday schedule options: Half Day from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Full Day from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, and Extended Day from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Families interested in enrollment are directed to contact the school. The school’s application process begins with a conversation with the director and a campus tour; families who move forward receive a registration link. The public summer page does not provide a separate online booking link or detailed camp drop-off and pickup instructions.