About Our School
Water Lily Montessori School is an inclusive, culturally diverse community committed to providing an authentic Montessori environment, while simultaneously assisting families in navigating the journey of parenting and life.
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Our classroom environment provides a courageous space for children to develop self-confidence, personality strengths, and pride in their abilities. At Water Lily, the classroom is intentionally constructed to maximize independence, nuture exploration, and foster equitable community engagement with peers and adults.
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Throughout the year, we host a variety of parent education sessions, community gatherings, parent-teacher conferences, and a very special work with your child day each spring.
During the day, children at Water Lily Montessori will have an uninterrupted work cycle in the classroom where they are free to choose work they have a presentation on and repeat that work for as long as they desire during the work period. There are four main work areas within the classroom environment – practical life, sensorial work, language work, and math work.
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There is nothing more beautiful and hope instilling than seeing children developing the confidence, self-esteem and agency as they engage in the meaningful and self-selected work in the Montessori environment. At Water Lily, we believe we are a community of learners that embraces our mistakes and welcomes the joy in our success.
Our Teacher Leaders
Amanda Jakowich
Director & Founding Teacher Leader
Amanda is an educational leader committed to collaborative learning that engages students, staff, families and the community. Amanda began her journey by receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Music, from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, where she studied vocal-choral music education. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, she immediately dove into family life and utilized her experience as she developed a new identity of being a Mom. After many other adventures, Amanda set off down the path of self-exploration which offered grace, refinement, and growth, in the interest of child development; observing the unique gifted qualities each child possesses. In the spring of 2019, Amanda completed her Montessori Primary Training at the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota. Thus, earning the highest, internationally recognized Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) credential. In the spring of 2020, Amanda completed her Master of Arts in Education from Saint Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In her free time Amanda enjoys time with family and friends, baking, yoga, almond flavored lattes, adventures in nature and being at home in Saint Paul.
Assistants
Ehlah Moo
Assistant
(to come)
MWMS Board
Laura Cefalu
