Moore Montessori Wins National Education Award

September 25, 2018

PRESS RELEASE Moore Montessori Wins National Education Award

MOORE COUNTY, NC – Moore Montessori Community School (MMCS) has been awarded $400,000 over two years in a federal grant competition. Funded through the Charter School National Dissemination Competition Program within the US Department of Education, the grant will provide support to MMCS to fully implement its public Montessori program.

Katherine Rucker, founder and Head of School, said,“Our community persevered for two years to make our school a reality. This national recognition underscores the promise of our school community, and the funding ensures we will be able to provide the very best in public Montessori for our students in the years to come.”

Dr. Benjamin Greene, Chairman of the MMCS Board, said, “MMCS has had a great opening this year. It is a major undertaking to open a new school, especially one with a unique approach to education. I am thankful for the hard work and dedication of our founding board, the MMCS faculty and staff, and the support we have received from our parents and community. We are eager to move to the next step in providing a quality Montessori education program to our community. The grant from the US Department of Education will allow us to do just that.”

MMCS is a publicly funded, tuition-free charter school currently serving children in Kindergarten through second grade. The school will expand to serve children up to sixth grade over the next four years. MMCS’s mission is to be a vibrant learning community, where diverse students build strong academic foundations, executive function skills, and trust in their abilities, in preparation for lives of joy and purpose in the 21st century. For more information, please visit www.mooremontessori.org.