Weetumuw School: Wampanoag Language and Culture Montessori School

With support from federal grants, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and other partners and donors, WLRP hosts a Wampanoag language and culture based school using a “Wôpessori” (Our Wampanoag version of Montessori) teaching method.  The school year runs September-June and the school day is 8:15-3:15. All faculty are Wampanoag; three of our six teachers are trained Montessori primary guides, and two of our teachers are state licensed early childhood teachers. 

In order to enroll children ages 3-9, children must be Mashpee, Aquinnah, Herring Pond or Assonet Wampanoag, or be part of a household with a member of one of the tribes. Families must commit to attending language classes and community nights, as well as volunteering in and for the classroom, and providing lunches and snacks for their children and the classroom.