title: City Montessori School, Chowk Branch
text: # City Montessori School, Chowk Branch
  
  26°48′42″N 80°57′37″E﻿ / ﻿26.8118°N 80.9604°E﻿ / 26.8118; 80.9604
  
  City Montessori School, Chowk Branch is a private school in Lucknow, India that offers education up to the intermediate level. It is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi. The streams offered are Science and Commerce.
  
  ## Organization
  
  CMS Chowk comprises four sections:
  
  ### The Pre-Primary Section
  
  CMS has adopted the Montessori method of preschool education. The Pre-Primary section admits boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 5 as follows:
  
  * Montessori: 2 to 3 years of age (Play Group)
  * Nursery: 4 years of age
  * Kindergarten: 5 to 6 years of age
  
  ### The Primary Section
  
  The Primary Section consist of Grades I-V.
  
  ### The Junior Section
  
  The Junior Section consists of Grades VI-VIII.
  
  ### The Senior Section
  
  The Senior Section consists of Grades IX-XII.
  
  ## Traditions
  
  ### Morning prayer assembly
  
  Students participate in morning assembly, held in the school's auditorium and lasting about half an hour. It consists of the recital of devotional songs and prayers. A group of students conducts the assembly and presents virtue-talks and inspiring speeches and stories as well. There are discussions on how to bring about world peace.
  
  ### Class presentations
  
  Class presentations showcase individual talent. Every child of the class gets an opportunity to face an audience in a 2-2½ hour long ensemble of dances, songs, cultural presentations, skits and debates.
  
  ### Enrichment classes
  
  With the aim of adapting the curriculum to individual needs the school runs enrichment classes. These are held after school hours and consist of small groups where discussion, problem-solving, reinforcement of learning and close teacher student interaction takes place.
  
  ### Student Council
  
  To develop leadership qualities and a sense of responsibility in children the school has a head boy/head girl, captains, vice captains and prefects who are responsible for discipline, neatness and organization of functions.
  
  ### Extracurricular activities
  
  The school organizes a computer and science event QUANTA International and Astronomy olympiad.
  
  