|
The
Montessori Magnet School provides a unique education
opportunity for students age 3-12 from more than twenty local
school districts. The school is based on an instructional
philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, a physician and educator
from Italy. As a public magnet school there is no tuition
charge to parents. The school’s signature is not only its
unique training philosophy but its racially, culturally, and
economically diverse student population.
The
Hartford Magnet Middle School (HMMS) has an instructional
program based on a theme of enhanced Arts and Sciences. The
school serves 6th through 8th grades, and its programs are
academically rigorous, employing a variety of learning techniques
that include cooperative learning, project-based instructions,
and interdisciplinary instructions.
The
Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science
provides a complete program for grade 9-12 students who are
highly motivated to advance in the fields of mathematics and
science. Currently, students are drawn from 13 Greater Hartford
school districts to participate in accelerated science, mathematics
and technology courses designed to extend beyond the standard
advanced-placement curriculum. The Academy functions as an
extension of the participating district’s high school with
matriculating 9th and 10th grade students attending in the
mornings and 11th and 12th grade students attending in the
afternoons. The Academy combines academic content with problem
solving skills in an integrated, interwoven curriculum.
The
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts is a magnet
public arts high school offering professional training in
music, theater, dance, creative writing, film & television,
theater design & production, and visual arts. This Academy
now ranks among the top performing-arts high schools in the
United States, and has been in existence since 1985. Students
qualify by audition and come from more than 40 school districts
and towns in the Hartford area.
|
