About Our Montessori-Style Education
Nurturing inquisitive minds since 1907.
Preserving the Montessori-style education philosophy conceived by Marietta Johnson, Fairhope Organic School has been around since 1907 and was founded on the belief that through play and interaction with peers, and with the gentle guidance of instructors, children learn the crucial knowledge of their innate potential that creates life-long learners and social justice advocates. The term ‘organic’ that Marietta Johnson chose to represent her viewpoint stems from her belief that learning involves the entire organism – mind, body and spirit, and that one must educate the entire organism in a non-competitive environment.
What sets us apart from other schools?
Fairhope Organic School offers an integrated curriculum, teaching through hands-on experiences and experimentation, and fosters
social skills and a sense of community, igniting and nurturing an enduring spirit of scholarship, curiosity, creativity and confidence.
The Marietta Johnson philosophy has as its main objective the scholastic atmosphere families desire that creates and instills a love of learning in their students that lasts a lifetime.
Guiding hands-on learning at every stage of a child’s life
Each child enters the world programmed to learn in his own unique way according to his own unique timeline and style. At the Organic School, children are grouped according to their age, individual
learning style and readiness to learn.
When children are given the ability to use materials freely and are encouraged to be creative through the use of free play, their minds sharpen, providing ample opportunity for the development of sound judgment, critical thinking, and problem
solving skills
