- De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori School - St Petersburg & Seminole | 2 months to 6 years old
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Dear Parents,
De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori School Seminole was proud to open in January 2019, offering your children an accredited education based on the development of each child’s empowerment and independence. Building upon the success of the Seminole campus, we were delighted to launch a second location in St. Petersburg in January 2022.
As of 2024, De La Fontaine schools proudly serve nearly 200 students and boast a dedicated team of 35 enthusiastic educators. DLF Trilingual Montessori Schools are the only trilingual (English, French, and Spanish) full immersion Montessori Schools in Tampa Bay. We are excited to offer your children an exceptional educational adventure in a positive, safe, respectful, and motivating multicultural environment.
De La Fontaine’s program is deeply rooted in Maria Montessori’s philosophy and values. We believe that every child is unique and must be respected as a fully-fledged individual. Each child must be placed in a learning environment that provides fun while learning to reach their full intellectual, social, emotional, cultural, and academic potential. Therefore, we offer spacious, pleasant, and fully equipped classrooms according to authentic Montessori pedagogy in which teachers are considered as guides.
Maria Montessori said, “Let’s not raise our children for today’s world. This world will not exist when they grow up, and nothing allows us to know which world will be theirs: so let them learn to adapt.”
At De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori School, this adaptation includes the discovery of cultures and languages to help the child be open-minded, to make them aware of each individual’s richness while highlighting the principles of tolerance, respect, and knowing how to be and live together.
De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori School is the perfect place to learn respect: self-respect, respect for others, but also respect for our environment. We place great importance on nature and encourage experiences to connect children by feeling, touching, observing, and listening to the treasures of nature to better understand and respect it.
We believe in our role as Peace educators by working together with parents and children to co-build a united and respectful community in which our daily goal is the full development of the child. In our school, we consider that parents play a leading role, and we want to value and foster this collaboration.
De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori School is a place where our Montessori educators and directors are actively involved and passionate about helping children become the teenager, adult, leader, innovator, and entrepreneur of the future.
Thank you for your trust, and rest assured that your child’s development is our daily work.
Seminole Campus
8351 Bayou Boardwalk
Seminole, FL 33777
St Petersburg Campus
300 58th St. N
St Petersburg, FL 33710
Seminole 813-278-2262
St Petersburg 727-358-4358