Jefferson Montessori Academy is a K-12 charter school located in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
[2] It was founded by Arleen Standiford, Patricia Verch, and Catherine Novich Brown.
The charter school proposal was originally denied in October 2000, but was approved the following year in December 2001.
The school opened to students in August 2002.
[1] In 2010, Jefferson Montessori Academy was named "Charter School of the Year" by The New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools.