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Educating Young People to Their

Fullest Potential

"The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."

- Dr. Maria Montessori

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Toddler Community

Ruffing’s Toddler Community is a nurturing Montessori classroom for children ages 18-36 months. Providing a “home away from home,” our youngest children can learn and grow individually, while also participating in cooperative group play and lessons with other children.

Children’s House

Ruffing's Children’s House classrooms engage children in a true learning community. Each Children’s House classroom is multi-aged, with children ages 3 – 6 years old (pre-school through kindergarten) working together and learning from one another.

Lower Elementary & Upper Elementary

Ruffing’s Lower Elementary is a three-year academic program for children ages 6-9 years old in grades 1, 2, and 3. Ruffing’s Upper Elementary is for children ages 9-12 years old in grades 4, 5, and 6.

Middle School

The Ruffing Middle School is a dynamic academic environment for 7th and 8th year students. Small class sizes foster close relationships with teachers and are participatory, often conducted in Socratic seminar format, allowing for the exchange of ideas.

Realize your child’s potential at

Ruffing Montessori School

By the Numbers

337

students
from
18 months to
8th grade

1st

school in Northeast Ohio to be LEED certified

25%

of students receive tuition assistance

100%

of Middle School students volunteer for service opportunities

2036

the year our youngest learners will graduate from Ruffing

19

average years of teaching among lead teachers & specialists

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Voices from Our School

Alumni

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"Of all the skills nine years of Montessori education gave me - critical thinking skills, social skills, kickball skills - the most lasting has been a sense of my place in deep geologic time...It permeates my writing, my attitudes toward natural resources, and my relationship with my sons."

"While I was a student at Ruffing and now as an alum, the Ruffing community has continuously supported me and my ambitions. From the faculty and staff to my peers, the Ruffing community has helped shaped me into the young woman I am today, and the school has truly become a second home to me."

"Ruffing is a place that cultivates endless possibilities through learning, creativity, exploration, and community. When I return, I feel the same sense of community today as I did when I first entered the building as a 3rd year student. My connection to Ruffing has been invaluable to me as a student and as an adult. "

Parents

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"Ruffing is a home away from home. I love the close knit community. The teachers care about every child."

"Joyful and rigorous learning, experienced and trained teachers, and a wonderful parent community."

"Ruffing focuses on the whole child, preparing them not only to be critical thinkers, but to enjoy learning and exploring the world. They also help develop the skills so necessary to succeed including social emotional health, problem solving, developing your community, and effective communication."

Faculty

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I think of family when I think of Ruffing because my children grew up here. Even after they graduate students return and enjoy the "family reunion" and coming back home. It is like one big extended family.

We are all different and yet we all, at Ruffing, believe in the same core values - treating everyone with respect and kindness, building children's independence so they can do it for themselves, and the importance of hard work.