About Eagle Peak Montessori

Our History

In 2020 we are celebrating our 20th  year as a learning community. We have been so fortunate to be able to educate children following Dr. Montessori’s philosophy, curriculum and theory of child development. We are so fortunate to be able to watch our students become such responsible young people who will become the responsible citizens envisioned in the school’s charter.

The concept of starting a charter Montessori elementary school in central Contra Costa County began in 1998 with a dedicated group of Montessori parents who didn’t want their Montessori experience to end when their children completed kindergarten. Once enough parents were committed to working on a charter school, community members, Montessori educators and consultants were recruited and together they rolled up their sleeves and began researching the process, honing their vision and mission, writing the charter, and getting it approved. Working closely with district personnel, a group of 10 to 15 people met regularly, divided various tasks, and rode the roller coaster with dedication and determination until the charter was approved in March 2000 by a unanimous vote of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District School Board.

Once the charter was approved,  the hard work began to secure a facility, hire staff and recruit students. Eagle Peak Montessori officially opened in August of 2001 with 2 classrooms and 60 students. Our first location occupied classrooms at a local church.   Throughout the first four years of the school, one classroom was added each year until we reached a capacity of three lower and two upper elementary classrooms in the fall of 2004. The campus which would be Eagle Peak Montessori’s new home was originally completed and ready for move in that same fall.  As Eagle Peak Montessori approached its own “teen years”, we added the adolescent program to our charter. A new structure was built and inaugurated in January of 2014, and the Adolescent Program (AP) classroom was completed in August 2014. We are proud that our enrollment stands at over 300 students. The four lower elementary classrooms serve children in grades 1 through 3 while the three upper elementary classrooms serve children in grades 4, 5 and 6. The adolescent program classroom serves children in grades 7 and 8. Eagle Peak Montessori School’s charter was renewed for another five-year term in the spring of 2019  by a unanimous vote of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District School Board.