Welcome to Montessori Center School.
For over fifty years, MCS has been committed to academic excellence, providing students with a quality education, encouraging the development of the whole child and instilling a lifelong love of learning.
Our highly trained teachers have decades of experience and an unmatched passion for the Montessori philosophy. The MCS program emphasizes independence, freedom within limits, and respect for the child. It builds the academic, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional well-being of the child while challenging each child to achieve his or her potential.
Our well-structured classroom environments are inspiring and engaging, allowing exploration of a broad scope of curricular areas. We invite you to visit our extraordinary campus to see firsthand how a love of learning can be nurtured in a beautiful setting.
I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and awakening their curiosity regarding the secrets of life.
— Gabríel Garcia Márquez, Nobel Prize Winning Author
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Recent Blog Posts
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Open House & Pancake Breakfast – Thursday, July 18, 2019
Bring the whole family for pancakes and tour our beautiful classrooms and garden campus! Please rsvp to Alyssa Morris: 805-683-9383 x104, a.morris@mcssb.org. Hope to see you...
Outdoors for All
“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.” - Maria Montessori Our love for the outdoors is reflected in MCS's beautiful garden campus, where our students get to explore and engage with nature daily. This...
MCS’s Drama Program Makes COVER of Santa Barbara News-Press
At the end of May, our Upper Elementary students performed over a dozen songs, stories and poems from Marlo Thomas' book, "Free to Be...You and Me." The Santa Barbara News-Press featured the performance and...
Living Montessori in the Summer
If you’re reading this, you're likely: Sending your child to a Montessori school and totally dedicated to the philosophy, or Very curious about whether Montessori might be a good fit for your family. Either way, you can create a Montessori-style summer that will...
Gardening with Kids
With the end of the school year approaching, we now find ourselves shifting our thoughts to warmer weather, the outdoors and our gardens. Whether you are new to gardening or have cared for plants for years, why not give it a try with your children? It’s not too late...