Announcements Please mark your calendars for the following events: V.M.P.A. 3rd Annual Golf Outing on Sunday, June 8th, 2008 @ Donegal Highlands Golf Course.  Click here to register. For more information on the outing visit the golf website.  You can also pay by clicking on the PAY NOW link.   Registration is now open for the 2007-2008 school year.  Grades PK-8th.  Please contact the school at (724-887-8810) and we will be happy to schedule a private tour.    Welcome... Welcome to the website of the Verna Montessori School.  Please take a moment to visit each of the pages by clicking on the links to the left.  If you have any questions or would like to receive more information about our school, please use the contact information provided on the 'Contact Us' page.   VMS Grounds: Click to enlarge Our Mission Verna Montessori School is a child-centered non-denominational AMI school for children ages 3-14.  It is administered by the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception.  The faculty offers the purity of  the advanced Montessori philosophy and is strongly committed to share with the children healthy Christian values. "The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but rather of assisting the psychological development of the child...the child brings us a great hope and a new vision...with his unlimited possibilities, he can well transform humanity...there is much that we teachers can do to bring humanity to a deeper understanding, to a high well-being and to a greater spirituality." ~~Dr. Maria Montessori Children are our focus... Prepare your children for a bright future today by giving them the opportunity of a quality education and an inspiring environment.  At VMS, this has been our passion and a relentless pursuit of caring for over 34 years.  VMS offers Montessori education at affordable prices in the serene foothills of the Laurel Highlands. VMS encompasses... Montessori philosophy Montessori methodology Cosmic Education Total Development Discipline Christian orientation Individual attention Ages 3-14 VMS serves students from the following school districts... spacer Southmoreland Mt. Pleasant Connellsvile Yough Hempfield Latrobe Greensburg Charleroi Frazier Laurel Highlands Uniontown VMS Staff