Our mission is to provide a Montessori environment that inspires students to reach their potential through meaningful work.
CEEB Code: 150031 | 502 Lemper Road, Avilla, IN 46710 | 260-897-4270 | www.oakfarm.org
2023-2024 SCHOOL PROFILE COMMUNITY:
Candice Holbrook Head of School cholbrook@oakfarmschool.com
Oak Farm Montessori High School (OFMHS) is an academically integrated, rigorous, and individualized program that supports adolescent inquisitive minds prepare for life’s opportunities. OFMHS educates young people in accordance with the Montessori principles of purposeful work, respectful community, personal self-expression and practical life skills; in addition to exceeding Indiana State Core 40 graduation requirements. At OFMHS, adolescents have motivation for gaining expertise and truly working toward their own futures.
Bridget Wallace York Director of Curriculm and Student Services byork@oakfarmschool.com Rikki Colon College and Careers Counselor rcolon@oakfarmschool.com
SCHOOL:
Oak Farm Montessori School’s original property, consisting of twenty-two acres, opened in January, 2000. The school was created to give families in Northeast Indiana choice in education, apart from traditional public or parochial schools in the area. It was established as a Montessori school in order to educate the whole child; supporting each child’s ability to make choices in their learning and to fulfill their individual potential. Today, Oak Farm Montessori School is made up of over 150 topographically diverse acres with multiple buildings across the spacious campus. There are also classrooms, an animal barn, greenhouse, bike shop, wellness center and two art centers. The ten distinct biomes represented allow students to explore and research a variety of native and invasive species of plants and animals. In the fall of 2017, the OFMHS program began. An additional grade was added each year, until 2020, when all four grades were represented. The student population of Oak Farm Montessori School is demographically a representation of its location in rural Northeast Indiana. The diversity of our community is celebrated in its vast range of thought, socio-economic status, religion and cultural heritage. Today, OFMS is the only dual accredited birth through high school Montessori program in the country. Since its founding, an implicit mission of Oak Farm Montessori School is to be available to any family regardless of financial means. A large, annual operating grant from the Dekko Foundation allows OFMS to have significantly reduced tuition for all students and additional financial assistace available for families demonstrating a need.
Jon Agler High School Administrator jagler@oakfarmschool.com •
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Accreditations: Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) through 12th grade American Montessori Society, 6 weeks to 18 years Memberships:
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American Montessori Society Full Member School
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Great Lakes Montessori Consortium
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United Montessori Schools of Indiana
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National Association for College Admissions Counseling
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Positive Discipline Association Member School