Creating a more just, liberated world through Montessori education and a commitment to equity.
Lee Montessori was founded in 2014 to challenge inequity and close the opportunity gap in Washington DC.
Today, we operate two high-performing and diverse public charter schools that provide individualized instruction to each child in a welcoming, inclusive environment.
Brookland Campus (Ward 5)
Founded in 2014, Lee Montessori — Brookland offers a highly personalized public Montessori education to a diverse community of 300 students in the former St. Paul’s Seminary campus in Ward 5. This campus serves students in Primary, Lower Elementary, and Upper Elementary classrooms (PK3-Grade 6).
Our Schools
Lee Montessori — East End is the first full public Montessori school East of the Anacostia River. In Fall 2019, we welcomed our first 75 PK-3 and PK-4 students to the joy of a Montessori education. Our goal is to create an environment where children and families have the tools necessary to empower themselves and their community and begin to reverse decades of structural racism. We provide a high-quality, high-fidelity Montessori experience for a racially and socioeconomically diverse community with the goal of empowering each child we serve to transform society. East End is now home to 300 students in grades PK3-6.
East End Campus (Ward 8)
The school is to be commended for fostering a supportive, nurturing, welcoming community where AMI standards are upheld for aiding the development of children. The entire staff is dedicated, hardworking, and committed to be in service of the child. The joy and pride that they have for their school is apparent from the moment one walks through the door. As one moves through the school, it is evident that the faculty and staff work together to create and foster classroom environments where children are free to work, to explore, to create, and to grow in spaces thoughtfully and lovingly prepared. Respect for the children, for one another, and for the mission of the school is evident in each and every interaction with members of the Lee Montessori school community." — Association Montessori Internationale, 2025