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December 10, 2015
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ACADEMY OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
www.myschoolace.com Toddler - Elementary
1808a Michael Faraday Court, Reston, VA 20190
34 October 2015
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Evergreen
Montessori School
www.evergreenschool.com info@evergreenschool.com
301-942-5979 10700 Georgia Ave.

Silver Spring, MD
Grades: 2 yrs. – 3rd grade •
Enrichment Activities: Martial
Arts, cooking, sports, art, music,
nature Open House Dates:
2015: Nov. 13
Feynman School
www.feynmanschool.org admissions@feynmanschool.org
301-365-1212 7730 Bradley Blvd.

Bethesda, MD
Grades: PS-4th • Year Founded:
2010 • Coed • Enrollment:
72 • Average Class Size: 14
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 7:1
• Entrance Exam • Foreign
Language: Spanish beginning
in PS • Tuition Range: $13,950-
$22,850 • Number of Computers:
15 • Internet Access • Gifted/
Talented Program • Enrichment
Activities • Extended Day •
Additional Programs: Music, Art,
P.E., Drama, Robotics, Chess,
Basketball, Chinese
The area’s leader in educating
academically gifted children,
Feynman School features
extraordinary programs in
science, math, language arts,
theater and music designed to
maximize your child’s potential
while also providing time for
unstructured play. Half and full
day preschool programs.

Open House Dates:
2015: Oct. 12, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.;
Oct. 21, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

2016: Jan. 10, 2 - 4 p.m.

Friends Community
School www.friendscommunityschool.org
connie@friendscommunityschool.org 301-441-2100
5901 Westchester Park Dr.

College Park, MD
Grades: K – 8 • Year Founded:
1986 • Religious • Coed
• Enrollment: 237 • % of
Minorities: 48% • Average Class
Size: 12 – 18 • Student-Teacher
Ratio: 8:1 • Grading System:
Individualized Progress Reports
• Foreign Languages: Spanish
(K – 8), Chinese (after-school
enrichment) • Grade Foreign
Language Begins: K • Tuition
Range $17,000 - $ 19,000 •
Internet Access • Gifted/Talented
Program: All students treated
as gifted in individual ways •
Enrichment Activities • Sports
• Extended Day • Summer
Program • Additional Programs:
Experiential, Inquiry-Based,
Interdisciplinary Learning;
Instrument Lessons & Recitals
Experience the joy of an
extraordinary Quaker education!
For life-long learners, courageous
risk-takers, and joyous peace-
makers. We welcome all
backgrounds, educate the whole
child, and offer exciting curricula.

Grads enter leading high schools.

Open House Dates:
2015: Oct. 6, Nov. 7, Nov. 19,
Dec. 4
2016: Jan. 9, Jan. 14
Friends Meeting
School www.friendsmeetingschool.org
admissions@friendsmeetingschool. org
301-798-0288 3232 Green Valley Rd.

Ijamsville, MD
Grades: 3 years old-12th
Open House Dates:
2015: Oct. 15, Nov. 19
2016: Jan. 21
German School
Washington D.C.

www.dswashington.org mail@dswash.org
301-365-4400 8617 Chateau Dr.

Potomac, MD
Grades: PreK-12th
Har Shalom Early
Childhood Education Center
www.harshalomecec.org
ecec@harshalom.org 301-299-7087
11510 Falls Dr.

Potomac, MD
Ages: 2 – 5
Open House Dates:
Our House is always open! Please
call to schedule a private tour.

MANSEF Ivymount School
www.ivymount.org 301-469-0223
11614 Seven Locks Rd.

Rockville, MD
Year Founded: 1961 • Coed •
Enrollment: 220 • Average Class
Size: 10 • Student-Teacher Ratio:
3:1 • Grading System: Graded
and Ungraded Programs Ages 6
- 21 • Internet Access • Learning
Disabled Program • Special
Needs Program • Enrichment
Activities • Transportation
Description: A special-education
school serving students with
developmental and learning
disabilities, communication
disorders and autism in graded
and non-graded programs:
the Multiple Learning Needs
Program, the Model Asperger
Program & the Autism program.

The Maddux School
www.madduxschool.org amullins@madduxschool.org
301-469-0223, ext. 109
11614 Seven Locks Rd.

Rockville, MD
Grades: PS-2nd • Year Founded:
2004 • Coed • Enrollment: 58 •
Average Class Size: PS: 8, K-2:
13 • Student-Teacher Ratio: PS
4:1, K-2 7:1 • Grading System:
Progress Reports • Tuition
Range: $17,000-$24,000 • Internet
Access • Sports • Additionial
Programs: Physical Education,
Music, Art, Yoga
Small classes, innovative
programming, hands-on
activities, challenging curricula,
diagnostic teaching, integrated
speech & occupational
therapies, highly trained staff.

Targets pragmatic language,
socialization, self esteem and
academic competence.

www.mansef.org 410-938-4413
P.O. Box 6815
Baltimore, MD
A resource for parents of children
with disabilities. A range of
85 nonpublic state-approved
special education schools
offer specialized services and
hands-on support to students
with disabilities. These schools,
located across the state, provide
high-quality services customized
to meet each student's needs.

Students are referred by Local
School Systems, which results
in no cost for parents. For more
information and a listing of
our member schools, contact
the Maryland Association of
Nonpublic Special Education
Facilities (MANSEF).

MONTESSORI SCHOOL
OF CEDAR LANE
www.preschoolmontessori.com info@cedarlanemontessori.com
703-560-4379 3035 Cedar Ln.

Fairfax, VA
Grades: Pre-K-K • Year Founded:
1971 • Coed • Enrollment: 100 •
Average Class Size: 25 • Student-
Teacher Ratio: 12:1 • Foreign
Language: Spanish • Tuition
Range: $808-$1457 • Internet
Access • Sports • Half- and
Full-Day Program • Summer
Program • Additional Programs:
Yoga Description: Montessori School of
Cedar Lane has been providing
over 40 years of Montessori
tradition to Northern Virginia.

We offer a complete educational
and social environment and
utilize the discoveries and
methods of Dr. Montessori to
help the child develop more fully
the potential within him.

New Day Preschool
www.newdaypreschool.org director@newdaypreschool.org
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