title: Montessori Middle School
text: # Montessori Middle School
  
  Montessori Middle School is a Montessori school, grades 5 through 8, located in Louisville, Tennessee. The facility was built in 2008 on a rural property once a cattle farm. It is the first Montessori school for adolescents in East Tennessee and one of the first in the Southeast.
  
  ## Teaching philosophy
  
  The land-based school follows the "erdkinder" or "earth children" philosophy of Maria Montessori. In keeping with this land-based model, Montessori Middle is a producing member of the Maryville Farmers' Market
  
  ## Events
  
  Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009 and a Farm Festival in May 2008.
  
  