Montessori is a beautifully designed living system of education. It has a design that is both eternal and evolving. Eternal because it is founded on the observation of children and their developmental plane. Evolving because as our culture changes and evolves--in its technologies, its innovations and knowledge base--so can we. The education we offer in a Montessori environment is both structured and responsive: we follow a general sequence of experiences and we respond to the needs and interests of the children within our community. The goal of AIM is to retain the authentic structure of Montessori--from classroom design and pedagogy to materials, curricular design and practice--while infusing high quality content experience that further explore the