Since its earliest days, Northwest has offered high-quality education to children in Maryville, and that tradition continues today with offerings for children from birth through sixth grade Located centrally on Northwest’s campus in the Everett Brown Education Hall, the Horace Mann Laboratory School enrolls children in kindergarten through sixth grade, and the Phyllis and Richard Leet Center for Children and Families offers both an early child care center for children from 6 weeks to 3 years of age and a preschool for children 3 to 5 years old.
Horace Mann and the Leet Center place an emphasis on innovative and interactive teaching practices accompanied with individualized instruction by dedicated and caring faculty and staff. While benefiting from Northwest programs and activities, the school’s teachers also incorporate state-of-the-art technology into students’ learning.
Horace Mann and the Leet Center also serve as clinical teaching environments for students in Northwest’s School of Education. The relationship between master teachers, practicum teachers and graduate assistants allows children to reap the benefits of low student-to-teacher ratio in classrooms that implement innovative teaching practices and provide learning experiences designed to stimulate each child’s creative learning abilities and problem-solving skills.
Offering a core curriculum and working in concert with the University, Horace Mann and the Leet Center offer unique learning opportunities, which have included guitar lessons, the study of robotics, lessons about crops and animals at the University farm, and Spanish and sign language lessons. Students from multiple countries also add to the school’s diverse environment.
The schools offer a traditional nine-month academic calendar for elementary-age and preschool students as well as a year-round daycare programs for infants and toddlers.. Afterschool care, known as Bearcat Club, also is available.
MISSION
Horace Mann Laboratory School is an integral component of the Northwest Missouri State University teacher education program. “A Higher Education Begins Here” focuses on student success-every student, every day.
VISION
Horace Mann Laboratory School will provide exceptional learning for K-6 children and teacher education programs.
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THE PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL
Horace Mann Laboratory School (HMLS) is a Kindergarten through Grade Six Elementary School in Maryville, Missouri. It is part of the Northwest Missouri State University School of Education and serves a threefold mission: teacher education and preparation, research, and exemplary education for the children that attend the school.
Since its establishment in 1906, Horace Mann Laboratory School has been committed to the education of children. The Lab School has been an exemplar of developmental, social, and academic education through an inquiry-based learning environment.
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