Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam

Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam
Entrance N. Maesstraat 1 (november 2021)
Address
Map
Pieter de Hoochstraat 59

1071 ED Amsterdam

Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′18″N 4°53′08″E / 52.355055°N 4.885515°E / 52.355055; 4.885515
Information
Founded1930
Head of schoolWrister Grommers
Slogan"More than education alone"
SongThe Little Pioneer
AffiliationMontessori Comprehensive School Amsterdam Foundation
WebsiteMontessori Lyceum Amsterdam

The Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, shortly MLA, is a school in Amsterdam-Zuid, a borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was the first Montessori secondary school in the world.[1]

The school is a lyceum with the directions VWO (atheneum and gymnasium), HAVO and VMBO-T.[2]

The school is part of the Montessori Scholengemeenschap Amsterdam, or MSA, which encompasses five schools: Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, Montessori College Oost, IVKO School, the Cosmicus Montessori Lyceum and Amstellyceum.[3]

The school's main entrance is located on Pieter de Hoochstraat.[4] The school comprises four main buildings and one building across the road. The school is the largest of the "MSA" schools, it has 1526 students and 137 teachers.[5]

Students at the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam work with a special system for doing their school work. There are periods of nine weeks called a "blok". In this period, pupils need to complete a set amount of homework. Each year has four "blokken".[6]

  1. ^ "Secondary Montessori Education in the Netherlands the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam 1930... | Montessori Australia Foundation".
  2. ^ "Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam". Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Montessori Scholengemeenschap Amsterdam".
  4. ^ "Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam".
  5. ^ "Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam | Aantal leerlingen".
  6. ^ "Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.