Montessori Middle School is a Montessori school, grades 5 through 8, located in Louisville, Tennessee.
[1] The facility was built in 2008 on a rural property once a cattle farm.
[2] It is the first Montessori school for adolescents in East Tennessee and one of the first in the Southeast.
[3] The land-based school follows the "erdkinder" or "earth children" philosophy of Maria Montessori.
[4] In keeping with this land-based model, Montessori Middle is a producing member of the Maryville Farmers' Market[5] Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009[6] and a Farm Festival in May 2008.