The Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam is a school in Amsterdam-Zuid. It was the first Montessori secondary school in the Netherlands.
The school is part of the Montessori Scholengemeenschap Amsterdam, or MSA, which encompasses five schools: Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, Montessori College Oost, IVKO School, the Cosmicus Montessori Lyceum and Amstellyceum.
The schools main entrance is located on "Pieter de Hoochstraat".
The school comprises 4 main buildings and 1 building across the road.
Facts:
The school has 1526 students and 137 teachers.
The school is the largest of the "MSA" schools.
The system:
Students at the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam work with a special system for doing their school work:
There are periods of 6 weeks called a: "blok" in this period they need to complete a set amount of homework.
Each year has six "blokken".
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