About City Garden Montessori School

CGMS was founded in 1995 as a Montessori preschool. In the mid-2000s, as a response to the educational inequity that exists in St. Louis, preschool parents worked with the founders to open a charter public elementary school. CGMS’ public charter school opened in the basement of a church in 2008 with 53 students, grades K-3. The school added a grade level each year until the school reached eighth grade and served 275 students, moving into the building at 1618 Tower Grove Avenue in 2012. In 2021, CGMS expanded its preschool and kindergarten program and in 2022, CGMS opened its new Elementary and Adolescent Center (EAEC), housing lower elementary (1st-3rd grade), upper elementary (4th-6th grade) and junior high (7th-8th grade) students. CGMS now serves 581 students in preschool through eighth grade across two buildings (207 students at the Early Childhood Education Center and 374 students at the EAEC). CGMS will continue to grow over the next three years until the school reaches 700 students, with 500 of these students housed at the EAEC. We achieve our mission by combining the Montessori Theory of Development, rigorous state standards and an Anti-Bias, Antiracism (ABAR) framework in an intentionally diverse school setting.

  • Principal

    City Garden Montessori School
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  • Lead Guide – Upper Elementary

    City Garden Montessori School
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