Park West Montessori School

PrivateUpper West Side

435 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025

212-678-6072

www.twinparks.org/park-west-montessori-school

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Overview

Educational philosophy

Montessori

Programs offered

Infant · Toddler · 3s · Pre-K · K

Annual tuition

$18K – $35K / yr

School continues

Through Kindergarten

Student-teacher ratio

1:8

Total students

~180

Financial aid

Aid: $

Sibling & legacy

—

Upcoming:

Aug 1Apps openInfant

Park West Montessori School is an AMS-accredited Montessori program on the Upper West Side, across from Central Park at 103rd Street, and one of three Twin Parks Montessori Schools. Founded in 1994, it serves children from infancy (3 months) through age six in mixed-age classrooms, with low ratios (1:4 infant, 1:6 toddler, 1:8 early childhood). Days run 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM with music, Suzuki violin, and enrichment, plus daily outdoor time in Central Park. Graduates place into a broad range of NYC independent, parochial, and public G&T/dual-language schools.

Programs & Schedule

Infant2 daysUnder 1

Schedule

2 days/week

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$20,900 / yr

Infant3 daysUnder 1

Schedule

3 days/week

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$27,860 / yr

Infant5 daysUnder 1

Schedule

Monday – Friday

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$34,520 / yr

Toddler2 daysAge 1–2

Schedule

2 days/week

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$17,520 / yr

Toddler3 daysAge 1–2

Schedule

3 days/week

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$23,200 / yr

Toddler5 daysAge 1–2

Schedule

Monday – Friday

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$23,340 / yr

3sAge 3–4

Schedule

Monday – Friday

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$27,180 / yr

Pre-KAge 4–5

Schedule

Monday – Friday

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$27,180 / yr

KAge 5

Schedule

Monday – Friday

Extended hours

Yes

Tuition

$27,180 / yr

Admissions

Apps open~Aug 1expected

2s–Pre-K decision~Mar 1expected

Leadership

Ellen Wengen

M.Ed.; M.A. in Teaching (Montessori major), College of New Rochelle; AMS Early Childhood credential; NYS certified Birth-Grade 2

Admissions contact

Jeanny Jorge

pwadmissions@twinparks.org

Ex-missions

Ex-missions support ✓

Ex-missions refers to the process of applying from preschool to Kindergarten or an ongoing school. Schools with dedicated ex-missions support actively guide families through ERB testing, school visits, and applications.

Where graduates go

Private kindergarten & elementary

48 schools

Avenues: The World SchoolBank Street School for ChildrenBASIS Independent ManhattanBeit RabbanBlue SchoolColumbia Grammar and Preparatory SchoolConvent of the Sacred HeartEcole Internationale de New YorkFriends SeminaryHorace Mann SchoolLa Scuola d'Italia G. MarconiLittle Red School HouseLycee Francais de New YorkLyceum Kennedy French American SchoolManhattan Country SchoolMarymount School of New YorkMetropolitan Montessori SchoolRodeph Sholom SchoolSaint David's SchoolSt. Hilda's & St. Hugh's SchoolThe Abraham Joshua Heschel SchoolThe Alexander Robertson SchoolThe Birch Wathen Lenox SchoolThe Brearley SchoolThe British International School of New YorkThe Browning SchoolThe Caedmon SchoolThe Calhoun SchoolThe Cathedral School of St. John the DivineThe Chapin SchoolThe Dalton SchoolThe Dwight SchoolThe Elisabeth Morrow SchoolThe Ethical Culture Fieldston SchoolsThe Hewitt SchoolThe Nightingale-Bamford SchoolThe Packer Collegiate InstituteThe Riverdale Country SchoolThe Rudolf Steiner SchoolThe School at Columbia UniversityThe Solomon Schechter School of ManhattanThe Spence SchoolThe Speyer Legacy SchoolThe Studio SchoolTrevor Day SchoolTrinity SchoolUnited Nations International SchoolVillage Community School

Public kindergarten & elementary

2 schools

Hunter College Elementary SchoolNYC public Gifted & Talented / Dual Language / General Education programs

Source: twinparks.org.

Culture & Community

Educational approach

Montessori

Authentic Montessori (AMS-accredited). Mixed-age classrooms with uninterrupted work cycles emphasizing self-directed and small-group activity, individualized pacing, and prepared environments across practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, and cultural areas.

GenderCo-ed

Cultural programs

MusicArt

Outdoor spacePark access

Enrichment

Suzuki Violin (age 4+)music explorationstudio artsart history

After-school programs

Extended Day (to 6:00 PM) with enrichment, circle time, and large-motor activitiesafterschool enrichment classes

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