Elementary & Beyond

Elementary thatstays Montessori.

The Montessori Elementary Intermediate School of Alameda (MEISA) is the same philosophy through sixth grade. Same method. Same materials. Same standard. Your child does not get handed off to conventional schooling at age six.

MEISA students at a museum exhibit on housing and homelessness

As your child advances in their education, we invite you to consider our private school that takes them all the way through sixth grade.

MEISA combines the academic rigor of core subjects with a heavy emphasis on writing, critical thinking, public speaking, and the arts. The curriculum integrates the Common Core within the Montessori academic scope and sequence.

Underneath all of it: lessons in character development, leadership, and responsibility to self, community, and the world. Our students go on field studies that look like real research. They argue ideas. They write. They learn what happened to the Ohlone, why housing matters, and how to think clearly about complicated things.

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What MEISA Includes

  • Common core integrated curriculum
  • Writing & critical thinking
  • Public speaking program
  • Visual & performing arts
  • Field studies & community work
  • Character development
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Multi-age classrooms
Beyond the Classroom

Real-world learning,on real-world ground.

MEISA students visiting an Alameda farmers market

Community

Farmers Market

MEISA students doing science work at the Alameda shoreline

Science

Shoreline Studies

MEISA students at a museum exhibit

Social Justice

Museum Field Study