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Please submit your inquiry at the bottom of this page and learn more about The Caedmon School.

To Our Prospective Families,

Thank you for your interest in The Caedmon School, where we celebrate and value childhood! Caedmon offers a Montessori preschool and a Progressive Montessori Kindergarten through Grade 5 educational model for children 20 months through 10 years of age. Our community is incredibly diverse and welcoming.

As the first Montessori school in Manhattan and the second in the country, our head and lead preschool teachers are Montessori certified and serve as facilitators in our multi-age classrooms that are bright with sunlight and natural wood, and filled with engaging Montessori materials.

In the elementary years, our Progressive Montessori approach incorporates Montessori values with progressive elements and a forward-thinking curriculum that develops independence, imagination, and a sense of agency through inquiry, deep thinking, and active exploration. Our faculty is equipped with the qualifications and experience to provide a personalized education with just the right mix of warmth and challenge to optimize learning for each student.

Please submit an inquiry (form located below) and register for some upcoming events to get to know us. All of the events will allow you to see and hear for yourself the joy in learning that our students experience every day. There is no need to apply before scheduling any of these events.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM (20 months through 4 years 9 months)

We invite you to learn about our philosophy and approach to education and meet members of our community through an in-person Tour, Presentation, & Panel Discussion and/or our IN-PERSON Open House and Community Storytime or our ONLINE Open House. At the in-person Tour, Presentation, & Panel Discussion, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with me, our Head of School, our Head of Program, and a current parent and to see our beautiful, light-filled classrooms. At our IN-PERSON Family Open House, you'll get to hear from our teachers and experience our program with your child first-hand, while the ONLINE Open House will offer an opportunity to hear from and ask questions of our faculty, current and alumni parents, our 5th-grade students, and our alumni. 

We also invite you to attend our ONLINE Parents of Children of Color Admissions Event to hear about the Caedmon School experience and ask questions of Caedmon parents who are members of the Families of Children of Color affinity group.

Additionally, we invite you to join us to get a sense of our community and how we work with children via one of our informal sample Curiosity Classes or Saturday Community Story Times. These experiences are completely optional and for your information only. If you are interested in our preschool programs, please register for events or activities through our Ravenna Hub.

KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS (ages 4 years 8 months and up)

For those interested in our Kindergarten and Elementary Programs, please register for our IN-PERSON or ONLINE Open House, Curiosity Classes, and Community Story Times through our Ravenna Hub. At our IN-PERSON Open House, parents hear from our teachers and experience our program first-hand, while the ONLINE Open House offers an opportunity to hear from and ask questions of our faculty, current and alumni parents, our 5th-grade students, and our alumni. 

You can reach out to our Admissions Assistant, Susan Bonet, or she will contact you to arrange a time for your combined Parent Interview, Tour & Panel Discussion once we receive your inquiry and/or application. At the IN-PERSON Parent Interview, Tour & Panel Discussion, you’ll have a brief parent interview, an introductory presentation and tour of our beautiful school followed by a Q&A session with me, our Head of School, and a current parent.

We also invite you to attend our ONLINE Parents of Children of Color Admissions Event to hear about the Caedmon School experience and ask questions of Caedmon parents who are members of the Families of Children of Color affinity group.

You do not need to apply before coming to any of these events. 

We can't wait to get to know your child and you!

Warmest regards,

Jennifer Tarpley-Kreismer
Director of Enrollment and Family Commitment
[email protected]
212.792.7457

Susan Bonet
Admissions Assistant, Assistant to the Head of School
[email protected]
212.879.2296, extension 307

Please complete our inquiry form below or if you'd like to go directly to our application, you can access it here.