The Post Oak School

The Post Oak School
Post Oak School Museum District Campus
Address
Bissonnet Campus (PreK-Primary): 4600 Bissonnet Street, Bellaire, TX 77401-3099
Museum District Campus (Secondary): 1010 Autrey Street, Houston, TX 77006
Information
Type Private school
Website postoakschool.org
The Post Oak School Bissonnet Campus
Gordon Elementary School (now Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School), the former site of The Post Oak School

The Post Oak School is a Montessori school with two campuses in Greater Houston. The preschool through elementary location is the Bissonnet Campus in Bellaire, Texas while the middle-high school is in the Museum District of Houston.[1]

Founded in 1963, the school is a non-profit corporation. It is accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS). The school serves approximately 600 students, from 14 months through high school. The classroom levels are Infant Community, Primary, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School. Each level consists of children in three-year age ranges (apart from middle school which has a two-year age range, and high school consisting of a four-year range).[2]

After the 1983 closure of Gordon Elementary School, a Houston Independent School District public school facility, as a neighborhood school, Gordon temporarily housed The Post Oak School.[3]

In 2013 the school received a permit to expand from the Bellaire City Government.[4]

One well-known graduate of The Post Oak School is U.S. figure skater Becky Bereswill.[5]

High school

The Post Oak High School is a private Montessori high school in the Museum District, Houston. As of 2011 the director is James Moudry. The high school opened in the northern hemisphere fall of 2012.[6]

It is the first high school to open in the Museum District and it is the third Montessori high school in Houston.[7]

In 2011 the school plans called for partnering with area medical institutions and museums. The school is in proximity to the Texas Medical Center. As of that year the tuition is $21,000 per year.[7] The school plans to have a student population of 120. As of November 10, 2015 the high school has 51 students.[6]

It also has a Middle School at the same campus in the Museum District, and it serves about 50 students as of Fall 2017.

Campuses in the 610 Loop Area

References

  1. ↑ "Location and Maps for The Post Oak School." The Post Oak School. Retrieved on January 29, 2018. "BISSONNET CAMPUS Young Children's Community through Elementary 4600 Bissonnet Street Bellaire, TX 77401-3099 [...] MUSEUM DISTRICT CAMPUS Middle School & High School 1010 Autrey Street Houston, TX 77006"
  2. ↑ http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/School_Profile.asp
  3. ↑ School Histories. Houston Independent School District. Retrieved October 4, 2008.
  4. ↑ Foster, Robin. "Bellaire still has work to do after granting Post Oak School permit." (Archive) West University Examiner. Tuesday March 5, 2013. Retrieved on March 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.postoakschool.org/postoak/Free_the_Child%27s_Potential.asp
  6. 1 2 Quick, Mark. "Museum District a study playground for new high school." Houston Chronicle. March 28, 2013. Ultimate Bellaire. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Patel, Purva. "School turns Museum District into a classroom." Houston Chronicle. September 25, 2011. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.

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