Our Mission

Wonder School Marfa is a Montessori based microschool in Far West Texas that offers a full-day, co-learning environment for children in grades K-5, where education is reimagined and curiosity is fostered through the cultivation of mind, body, and spirit.

What is a Microschool?

Microschools expand outside the traditional classroom by gathering small groups of mixed-age students in a nurturing community space to learn and engage in lessons together. Free to explore the world around them, children can develop into their full potential as caring, responsible, and creative human beings. Peers and microschool guides, along with an intentional daily rhythm all provide a supportive foundation for children to step into their greatness.

“Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living.” ~Zenobia Barlow