Scholarship Program2025 Scholarship Recipients
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![Smiling young boy wearing a blue Adidas hoodie outdoors near a tree, with blurred trees and grass in the background.]()
Braylen Hines
Child Tuition
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![A smiling family of three, including a man, a woman, and a young girl, sitting at a table inside a room with large windows. The table has craft supplies and paper with colorful drawings. Outside, there is a grassy yard with a fence and trees.]()
Brooklyn Olivia
Child Tuition
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![Two young girls wearing white dresses with red floral waistbands and white shoes, standing outdoors in front of a green bush and a wall.]()
Dakota and Montana Jones
Child Tuition
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![A young boy in a suit and glasses sits at a judge's bench in a courtroom, smiling at the camera.]()
Jaden Portee
Child Tuition
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![A smiling woman with braided hair and a young boy with short hair sitting on her lap, both looking at the camera. The woman is wearing a beige ribbed dress, and the boy is wearing a blue and gray plaid sweater. They are in front of a dark background with decorative elements.]()
Joziah Johnson
Child Tuition
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![Three young children sitting and kneeling on a carpeted floor indoors. The child on the left is kneeling with a blue hoodie, holding a bag. The two children on the right are sitting; the middle child has braids and is holding a bag, while the right child has curly hair, is wearing a pink jacket, and is also holding a bag. There is a colorful play structure with a train design in the background.]()
Leo, Nori, and Jade Cierna
Child Tuition
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![Young girl smiling, wearing a denim jacket, a turquoise tutu skirt, black leggings, and sneakers, standing against a yellow brick wall.]()
Nation Brooks
Child Tuition
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![A young girl in a pink sweater with heart patterns is coloring on a blue paper with a purple pencil. She is standing at a table in a classroom classroom environment.]()
Reyna Smith
Child Tuition
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![Two young children, a girl and a boy, walking hand in hand on a sidewalk in a neighborhood, with parked cars and trees lining the street.]()
Zachariah & Santana Mills
Child Tuition
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![Logo of Arbor Learning Lab featuring a stylized tree with circuit-like branches inside a circle, alongside the text 'ARBOR LEARNING LAB' with 'ARBOR' in green and bold, and 'LEARNING LAB' in gray.]()
Arbor Montessori
Educational Capital
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![Logo for Baden Montessori School with text and a white orchid flower.]()
Baden Montessori
Educational Capital
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![A woman with glasses and dreadlocks is sitting outdoors on a blanket, holding a baby girl with a white bow in her hair. They are surrounded by trees and outdoor gear like bags, bottles, and a stroller.]()
Brittany Parks
Educational Capital
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![A circular logo with green text on a white background. The outer ring says 'HORIZON LEARNING' at the top and the website 'www.horizonlearningfl.com' at the bottom. The inner circle contains a stylized human figure with words 'BUILDING PURPOSE POWER PEOPLE' stacked vertically.]()
Horizon Learning
Educational Capital
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![A woman with long black hair wearing a sleeveless yellow top standing indoors against a beige wall with colorful objects in the background.]()
Linsey Pointdjour
Educational Capital
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![A circular emblem with a yellow border and black background, featuring a clenched fist in the center with MBK on it, and the words "My Brother's Keeper" at the top and values at the bottom.]()
My Brother's Keeper
Educational Capital
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![A smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white dress with orange patterns, sitting at a wooden table in a room with colorful artwork and children's books in the background.]()
The Montessori Attic
Educational Capital
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![A smiling man wearing a black t-shirt against a plain white background.]()
Vidal Hines
Educational Capital
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![A middle-aged Black man with short hair and a beard, wearing a brown sweater over a navy blue collared shirt with small white polka dots, standing outdoors with blurred trees in the background.]()
Eric Gumah
Teacher Training
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Keyla Guelen
Teacher Training
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LaCurby Dozier
Teacher Training
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Lia Henry
Teacher Training
Scholarship program is on pause.
Too many Black families are watching their children move through schools that were not built for them, without any alternative in reach. This scholarship makes Montessori a real option. We fund tuition for Black children to attend Montessori programs, prioritizing families who are already enrolled or accepted and working toward completing a full three-year cycle.
Scholarship program is on pause.
Building a Montessori program in a Black community is not a small undertaking. This grant supports school leaders who are past the planning phase and ready to move. We fund the capital needed to launch or sustain authentic Montessori environments for Black children and families, in the communities that need them most.
Scholarship program is on pause.
A well-trained Black Montessori educator changes what is possible in a classroom and in a community. This scholarship funds Black educators pursuing Montessori certification through MACTE-accredited, AMI, or AMS programs. Priority is given to those already enrolled or accepted. Through our partnership with the Institute of Montessori Training, scholarships may be matched up to $2,000 for eligible candidates.
Click here to find a training center near you. Here is the link for AMI training centers and here is the link for AMS teacher education programs. Here is the link for the Institute of Montessori Training, formerly known as Age of Montessori.
*Willa Mae Golden was one of Washington DC’s first Black Montessori-trained public school educators. She passed away in 2022 after an inspiring lifelong career in education and a commitment to making Montessori available to Black children. We are honored to designate the name of our scholarship to her.
Scholarship program is on pause.
Understanding what works, and what does not, is how this field grows. We fund Black educational leaders and researchers studying Montessori outcomes, best practices, and community impact. We are also actively seeking evaluators to help us measure the outcomes of our own work over the years.
Other resourcesThere are many Montessori schools willing to sponsor their teachers to get their Montessori credentials. Consider talking to the administrator for your school or intended school to see what options you can explore together. Also, check the Facebook group “Montessori Jobs All over the World”.
For a list of some AMI-USA schools offering sponsorships, click here.
For aspiring teachers
Some schools offer a sliding scale for the cost of child tuition, and some are offering financial aid for families in the US to be able to afford their child’s Montessori school tuition.
For more information click here.
For parents
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