When many people hear the word Montessori, they picture young children carefully pouring water, working with wooden materials, or learning to read with sandpaper letters. What surprises many families is that Montessori doesn't end after preschool—or even elementary school. In fact, Maria Montessori believed that adolescence is one of the most important stages of human development. The middle school years are a time of enormous physical, emotional, social, and intellectual cha