“The IMS community is vibrant and diverse, with curious and eager children, supportive parents and passionate coworkers. It has been a great place to pursue Montessori and to explore Hong Kong and Asia!”
IMS Life
Our Families
The vibrancy and warmth our families share is a fundamental aspect of the nurturing, child-centered environment that IMS provides for every student. We have over 600 families from countries all over the world.
Parent volunteers have supported and enabled IMS’ incredible development over the years, much of which has been driven by the efforts of the IMS Parent-Teacher Association. Get involved!
Our Families’ Perspectives
Chiu Family
“We love IMS as it’s a positive, thriving, engaging educational experience. We’re constantly learning to be better, wiser, kinder people and IMS is the perfect breeding ground for all the ‘life skills we need.”
Wong Family
"The multi-age classroom has sparked our eldest to lead by example at home with the twins. It's amazing to see how our kids transform and build confidence in their communication (English and Mandarin) and independence from IMS!"
Chan Family
"We chose IMS because of its strong Chinese programme. Due to the Chinese heritage of our children, learning Mandarin was essential to our family. Seeing our children's enthusiasm when going to school is a rewarding experience."
Baumlin Family
"Both our children love going to school. It's such a delight to witness the excitement to learn, achieve a goal and grow. It does feel they are on the right track to become lifelong learners, which is the best I can wish for them."
Yip Family
“Being part of IMS has changed my approach to parenting. I have learned not to explain the WHYs and the HOWs, but allow my girls to assess situations, and as a result, they have become analytical and self-motivated.”
Coory Family
“I don't remember ever feeling that I loved my teachers or loved to learn when I was a kid at school. But this is what our kids say repeatedly, so the school is definitely doing something right!”
Our Team
From the very foundation of IMS, every single member of staff has been carefully chosen to ensure that each child experiences the same opportunity to grow and develop into their own best self, naturally. We know that Montessori isn’t simply a method of education. It is a philosophy of life, and one where those preparing the environment must truly believe that the child can be guided to make increasingly complex choices and decisions which are critical at each step on their own journey of discovery, moving step by step towards independence, from birth to adulthood.
We are each committed to creating a collaborative learning community which is deeply rooted in respect and kindness, where learning and discovery and becoming our best self is part of what we do every day.
Our Team’s Perspectives
“IMS has experienced an inspiring level of growth, energized by a desire for Dual-Language immersion in a truly child-centred environment. It is amazing to come to work each day knowing that your only job is to do good things for children.”
“Working in Stanley campus is a great way to connect with yourself. It is located in the coastal area where you can easily get to the beach and the mountain. Nature is the greatest inspiration to see the beauty in the world. The school provides a calm and lovely green environment to let teacher see the beauty in each student. I am very lucky to work here.”
「加入IMS的大家庭已經六年了，我不斷發現著小朋友們的學習興趣及潛能，也在和他們一同成長。」
「當蒙特梭利遇上中文，為孩子開啟新的大門。很高興在ims和一群有理想，有天賦，有個性的老師們為孩子的茁壯成長貢獻力量！」
“Everyone in IMS community is valued for their diverse backgrounds, experience, knowledge, interests and accomplishments.”
「在IMS的大家庭裡，我們互相學習， 共同分享， 一起進步。」
Our Students
The child is the reason we are all here!
IMS Graduate’s Video Celebrates “Then & Now: 20 Years of IMS”
From 68 children in 2002 IMS has grown to a community of almost 900 children from countries all over the world. The opportunity to grow up in Hong Kong within this diverse, yet highly supportive community gives the child a broad perspective of others, which lays the foundations for strong, positive relationships. The opportunities for this lesson at IMS are endless: our children are multicultural and multilingual, often with parents and grandparents with different languages and cultures!
Our Alumni
Growing up in a Montessori environment makes all the difference for the child. IMS children are kind. IMS children have high emotional intelligence, a broad knowledge base, wonderful problem-solving skills, are independent, and have a passion for excellence in everything they do: they are competitive with themselves – they want to exceed their own personal best. Articulate and thoughtful, they have a passion for excellence for everything they do in their community, in nature, and the world. They develop a strong moral compass, and a lifelong commitment to give back through service to others.
IMS Graduates are the kind of students who are warmly welcomed in future educational settings because they know how to contribute in a real sense.
Join our IMS Alumni Facebook Group to connect with your fellow peers and IMS students of all times. We will also be announcing events in the group for you to get connected with people you know and don’t know. Here’s our next event – IMS Alumni Virtual Global online party, the date and time to be announced soon!
Full Video - Hear from Our Graduates
Our Alumni’s Perspective
“IMS education is built on the affirmation that students’ questions are valid, and that they are more than capable of figuring out answers to those questions.”
“The atmosphere to me is very special. The whole focus is on cultivating a love for learning”
“IMS gave me this drive to study that other places don’t have, I am so invested in my own projects.”
“Things that we learned in science here I still applied in year 10. My new school taught us certain lessons and I would think, “I remember that from IMS!”
“Being in IMS was actually one of the happiest times I had in school and I realized is that it has more parallels with real life than any other environment.”
“Within the past 3 years at IMS I grew more confident, more involved, I worked hard and made friends. I grew confident because I was given the opportunity to practice my strengths.”
I’m thrilled that IMS continues to be a place where children can flourish and are encouraged to understand just how much they can achieve.
-IMS Alum-
IMS Highlights
We believe that children are naturally born with the inner directive to meet their own needs and to learn. Our goal at IMS is to embrace this innate drive by providing optimal learning opportunities from an outing run by our older students to dumpling preparation by the little ones. Learning happens everywhere at IMS!
Charity breakfasts have made a roaring comeback! It has been great to welcome parents to share in delicious food prepared by their children, all in aid of 2 wonderful causes benefitting children in need: Mother's Choice and Child Haven. We are so happy to be able to resume this meaningful and memorable event for our Casa community!
#IMS #CharityBreakfast #InternationalSchool #communitylove
What a night, and what a party! Everyone turned up at the IMS #speakeasy in their best 1920's look, and enjoyed the wonderful cocktails and music amidst the intimate beachside ambience!
Thank you to all who joined us and supported our fundraising efforts. It was a spectacular evening, and we can't wait for next year!
#IMS #IMSLife #AnnualFundraisingGala
Our Lower Elementary and Casa children had an eventful week enjoying outdoor camps! It was the first time for some of the children to experience snorkelling, abseiling, and kayaking in Cheung Chau Island, whilst the Casa kids met and fed alpacas in Butterfly Valley and sailed across the lake on pedal boats. Fortunately, the weather remained dry and the kids came home with beautiful alpaca DIY money banks and alpaca soft ornaments.
#IMS #imskids #daytrip #daycamp #montessorikids #schooltrip
It's been a while since our Casa children had a day out, and excitement was in the air last week as they headed to local farms! Many were thrilled as they fed fish, a giant turtle, goats, and more! Both adults and kids had a real ‘kids' day out’ on the zipline and in the playground!
#IMS #montessorieducation #learnthroughplay #FarmFun #Schooltrip
Our Upper Elementary students just had the adventure of a lifetime at our 3-day Cheung Chau camp! From climbing cliff walls to kayaking in the ocean, they challenged themselves in ways they never thought possible. And who needs a kitchen when you can cook up a storm in the great outdoors? Life is truly different at the beach!
#IMS #cheungchau #outdoorcooking #schoolcamp #practicallife
IMS students sell their crafts at Discovery Bay Market
Maria Montessori knew the power of connecting student learning with real-life experience. We also know the importance of students developing 21st-century learning skills. When these students decided they wanted to design and make their own crafts to sell at the Discovery Bay market, they had a lot of fun. But most importantly, they are engaging in deep, powerful, and relevant experiences that prepare them for the future.
#IMSLife #discoverybayhk #montessorieducation #enterpreneur #21stCenturySkills
#IMS in the news!
We were delighted today to be featured in Sing Tao newspaper's Parenting Supplement Smart Parents 親子王 ! The article beautifully captured the reporter's wonder and awe at witnessing Montessori in action at IMS - from the children's deep concentration and motivation to the fabulous materials, and of course, our unique bilingual programme!
感謝 星島 Smart Parents 親子王 讓更多家長認識 IMS!
通過這篇採訪報道，啟發了大家及外界對蒙特梭利教育的認知。當中對 IMS 的獨特教具，雙語學習環境和培養孩子獨立自主，專注力等的話題更是恰到好處！
This week at #IMS has been all about books!
We have been lucky to meet award-winning picture book author Rachel Ip, whose stories like The Last Garden are often inspired by real-world events or experiences. Katie & Kevin Tsang presented their award-winning Dragon Realm youth fiction series, sharing their creative process with our UE students. Our LE met Gavin Coates, a local cartoonist and children’s book author whose beautiful stories like The Last Nut promote a love of our planet. Finally, Chinese author Cui Li-Jun 崔麗君 enthralled all our Casa and Elem children with her magical 春夏秋冬 Four Seasons series.
On the last day of Book Week, the children (and some teachers) celebrated by coming to school dressed up as their favourite book characters!
#bookweek #hkschool #booksharing #montessorieducation
Happy International Women's Day!
As we salute women on this special day, did you know that many amazing women went to #montessori schools? Famous chef Julia Child, Author and Diarist Anne Frank, Actress Helen Hunt, and Ann Sullivan who was Helen Keller's teacher and who used Montessori methods to teach her famous student. And there is one more huge one - can you spot her in this picture of her Montessori school and guess who she is?
The blond girl in the back row is #taylorswift!
#internationalwomensday #hkschools #IMS
We are ecstatic to have enjoyed our Casa dei Bambini (3-6) #sportsdays this week! For the first time in three years, our parents, children, and teachers engaged in a series of fun athletic games amidst the fresh breezes and warm early March sunshine at the Hong Kong Cricket Club and Quarry Bay Sports Grounds.
This event brings families together across campuses and marks a return to the full complement of events that makes life at #IMS so engaging and exciting for our children.
#hongkongschool #internationalschools #montessorieducation #hksports
Our first day of coming to school without masks in 959 days.......Look at our beautiful smiles!
#IMS #nomask #hkschools #internationalschools #studentlife
One of the most fascinating parts of a Montessori environment is the incredibly concrete maths materials. These take our Casa children from basic numbers all the way to dynamic multiplication and division, squaring and cubing to 1,000, and exploring fractions.
At our Casa Montessori Evening, parents received a hands-on experience of our entire maths programme!
#IMS #montessorieducation #hkschools #mathskills
Today our #IMS Elementary students were out and about in Hong Kong!
Planning, preparing and then executing field trips that Maria Montessori called "Going Out". This is an essential component of "connecting learning to the real world" that makes a #Montessorieducation so powerful.
#hkschool #internationalschools
Tell me, and I forget
Show me, and I may remember
Involve me, and I learn.
On the surface two pretty mundane academic skills:
Finding common multiples (in the traditional classroom, this is usually taught after tables have been learnt at the Upper End of Elementary - In the #montessori Classroom, Lower Elementary students discover this concept far earlier than in traditional school)
What are collective nouns (in the traditional classroom, these normally appear around late lower Elementary to early Upper Elementary - Montessori, middle of lower Elementary)
Do you remember how and when you learnt these? Montessori environments allow students to learn anything at any age.
#IMS #hkschool #montessorieducation #internationalschools
Celebrating the gift of love and friendship over heart-shaped pizzas! Lower elementary students learned about the different ways Valentine’s Day is celebrated around the world. They then planned, purchased and followed their recipe. What better way to someone's heart than through their stomach!
Happy #Valentine's Day 💕 🍕
#IMS #montessorieducation #hkschool
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