Montessori Aid
A global fundraising campaign in partnership with save the children
Montessori students don’t just learn. We do. We build. We create. And sometimes, we even earn money through our work.
In collaboration with Save the Children, we have established a global fundraising initiative where students can support children in need.
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Montessori Aid
A global fundraising campaign in partnership with save the children
Montessori students don’t just learn. We do. We build. We create. And sometimes, we even earn money through our work.
In collaboration with Save the Children, we have established a global fundraising initiative where students can support children in need.
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“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”
“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”
What Can We Achieve Together?
Guided by Maria Montessori’s Vision
Montessori exists all over the world. Millions of children and youth exploring, building, and creating across schools, countries, and cultures. Just imagine how many ideas, challenges, and solutions are unfolding in Montessori environments right now. What if we build on each other's ideas? What if we collaborate and share our experiences? Guided by Maria Montessori's vision of empowering children and youth, we connect Montessori students worldwide.
A message from Save the Children
A Foundation for Global Citizenship
Save the Children works to protect children’s rights and help children survive, learn, and thrive.
All donations go directly to Save the Children, supporting their work in more than 100 countries around the world.
Connected through student councils
A Framework for Inspiration and Collaboration
Montessori International Student Council is a community for Montessori students worldwide, with student councils serving as its connection points and organizational framework. At the national level, student councils bring together students and schools within the same country. At the international level, these councils connect with one another, forming a global Montessori student community. As one of the most established structures for student participation worldwide, student councils provide a strong foundation for collaboration while connecting our community to a broader international movement of children and youth.
Interview with a student council representative
“I hope the network continues to inspire.”
What is a student council, and how does it work? In this interview, a representative from the National Montessori Student Council of Norway shares how student councils operate, how to get started, and how councils serve as connection points between schools at the national level and the wider global network. Discover how student councils serve as a bridge between schools, national communities, and the global Montessori network.
What Can We Achieve Together?
Guided by Maria Montessori’s Vision
Montessori exists all over the world. Millions of children and youth exploring, building, and creating across schools, countries, and cultures. Just imagine how many ideas, challenges, and solutions are unfolding in Montessori environments right now. What if we build on each other's ideas? What if we collaborate and share our experiences? Guided by Maria Montessori's vision of empowering children and youth, we connect Montessori students worldwide.
A message from Save the Children
A Foundation for Global Citizenship
Save the Children works to protect children’s rights and help children survive, learn, and thrive.
All donations go directly to Save the Children, supporting their work in more than 100 countries around the world.
Connected through student councils
A Framework for Inspiration and Collaboration
Montessori International Student Council is a community for Montessori students worldwide, with student councils serving as its connection points and organizational framework. At the national level, student councils bring together students and schools within the same country. At the international level, these councils connect with one another, forming a global Montessori student community. As one of the most established structures for student participation worldwide, student councils provide a strong foundation for collaboration while connecting our community to a broader international movement of children and youth.
Interview with a student council representative
“I hope the network continues to inspire.”
What is a student council, and how does it work? In this interview, a representative from the National Montessori Student Council of Norway shares how student councils operate, how to get started, and how councils serve as connection points between schools at the national level and the wider global network. Discover how student councils serve as a bridge between schools, national communities, and the global Montessori network.
Social Party of the Child
Maria Montessori introduced the Social Party of the Child in 1937. She argued that children are not merely future citizens, they are citizens of the world whose needs, rights, and voices must be recognized and represented.
The vision was simple but powerful: the child is the builder of humanity, and the future of society depends on how we support and include children in the present. Her conviction that children are citizens with rights later found its way into international law with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
MONISC builds on Maria Montessori's legacy by creating a global structure where students are not only heard, but actively collaborate, take initiative, and contribute across schools, countries, and cultures.
Connected through student councils
Montessori International Student Council, is a community for all Montessori students. National student councils serve as its connection points and organizational structure.
At the national level, student councils bring together students and schools within the same country. At the international level, these councils connect with one another, forming a global Montessori student community.
As one of the most established structures for student participation worldwide, student councils provide a strong foundation for collaboration while connecting our community to a broader international movement of children and youth.
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Montessori International
Student Conference 2026
We are excited to launch the first annual Montessori Student Conference, bringing together Montessori students to inspire, innovate, and unite.
Supported by UNESCO and recorded at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, the conference offers a glimpse into the extraordinary range of work emerging from Montessori environments.
How We Started a Student Café
Meet students who created their own café as a micro-economy for their adolescent community. How did they get started, what challenges did they face, and what lessons did they learn along the way?
Global Montessori Plastic Reduction Week
Join Montessori schools from around the world in a shared effort to reduce plastic waste and contribute to a healthier planet. What can we learn when we observe our own habits and work together to create change?
Global Montessori Plastic Reduction Week
Join Montessori schools from around the world in a shared effort to reduce plastic waste and contribute to a healthier planet. What can we learn when we observe our own habits and work together to create change?
"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind"
"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind"
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National Montessori organizations can translate and adapt the platform for use in their own language.
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As a non-profit initiative, we depends on voluntary contributions to continue and grow the network.
Every contribution, large or small, helps us develop the platform, support student initiatives, and connect more Montessori students across schools and countries.
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Work, Ideas & Experiences
Work, Ideas & Experiences
"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education"
"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education"
“We do not want children merely to learn things, but to become independent human beings.”
“We do not want children merely to learn things, but to become independent human beings.”
Montessori students learn with and from one another. MONISC connects students through work, events, initiatives, surveys, and collaborative projects.
Discover inspiring work, share your own ideas and experiences, and connect with fellow Montessori students across schools, countries, and cultures.
Montessori students learn with and from one another. MONISC connects students through work, events, initiatives, surveys, and collaborative projects.
Discover inspiring work, share your own ideas and experiences, and connect with fellow Montessori students across schools, countries, and cultures.
Let’s inspire
Innovate
Unite
Montessori exists all over the world. Millions of children and youth exploring, building, and creating across schools, countries, and cultures.
Just imagine how many ideas, challenges, and solutions are unfolding in Montessori environments right now.
What if we share our experiences?
What if we collaborate?
Guided by Maria Montessori's vision of empowering children and youth, we connect Montessori students worldwide.
Social Party of the Child
Maria Montessori introduced the Social Party of the Child in 1937. She argued that children are not merely future citizens, they are citizens of the world whose needs, rights, and voices must be recognized and represented.
The vision was simple but powerful: the child is the builder of humanity, and the future of society depends on how we support and include children in the present. Her conviction that children are citizens with rights later found its way into international law with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
MONISC builds on Maria Montessori's legacy by creating a global structure where students are not only heard, but actively collaborate, take initiative, and contribute across schools, countries, and cultures.
Connected through student councils
MONISC, Montessori International Student Council, is a community for all Montessori students. National student councils serve as its connection points and organizational structure.
At the national level, student councils bring together students and schools within the same country. At the international level, these councils connect with one another, forming a global Montessori student community.
As one of the most established structures for student participation worldwide, student councils provide a strong foundation for collaboration while connecting our community to a broader international movement of children and youth.
Listen to an interview with a student council representative
0:00/1:34
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Contributors
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Reach out for more information, to share your thoughts, or to become part of our global community.
Montessori International Student Council is a global community of Montessori students bringing together ideas, experiences, and initiatives from Montessori schools worldwide.
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