About Oneness-Family School – OFS
Oneness-Family
School
- 37 YearsSince Oneness-Family School was founded in 1988.
- 75 CountriesRepresented by our students, families, faculty, and staff.
- 1 FamilyUnited by a belief in courage, compassion and love of learning.
In The Words of Our School Founder
Greetings,
Oneness-Family School is proof that one person who follows his heart can make a significant difference. Living this ideal is possible for all students who enter our doors where they benefit from the holistic support provided by our Montessori curriculum and mindfulness-based approach to education. Together with my faculty and staff, we foster each child’s unique development during the key formational period of life—from Preschool to High School.
An international community of shared values, we support individual academic success; teach how to create peace from differences; and foster emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. We prepare students to meet life’s challenges with self-knowledge, mindful resilience, and the ability to choose the path that brings happiness to themselves and others. Our students learn about the world from their own place in it, engaging their thinking skills early on to understand how academic subjects connect and inform each other and their own journey to wholeness.
Oneness-Family students grow confident in their own voices and passionate about new perspectives and knowledge. They step into the global society of the 21st century equipped to make a unique contribution to the world.
Welcome to this community of learners.
Sincerely,
Andrew Kutt, School Founder
Andrew Kutt
Founder & Board Chair
Beyond the Classroom
OFS Students go on to study at a wide array of top-tier colleges.
From Our Faculty
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The Sunday Night Scaries: How a Different Kind of School Can End Weekly Stress
Read more: The Sunday Night Scaries: How a Different Kind of School Can End Weekly StressEvery Sunday evening, the same scene unfolds in countless homes across DC, Maryland, and beyond. A child who was laughing and carefree just hours ago grows quiet. Their shoulders tense. The complaints begin: stomachaches, headaches, sudden tiredness. When you ask what’s wrong, the answer comes reluctantly: “I don’t want to go to school tomorrow.”
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Raising Calm, Grounded Children in an Anxious World
Read more: Raising Calm, Grounded Children in an Anxious WorldWhile the world may insist on division, we will insist on coming together to understand each other’s ideas, thoughts, differences, and likenesses, all of which make us both special and the same.
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The Everyday Magic of Teachers Who Truly Understand Children
Read more: The Everyday Magic of Teachers Who Truly Understand ChildrenOur teachers have an exceptional gift for transforming even the most challenging concepts into engaging, meaningful experiences—think of them as “learning magicians” who make education both fun and inspiring.
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United Nations Day: A Celebration of Peace and Shared Humanity
Read more: United Nations Day: A Celebration of Peace and Shared HumanityPeace begins with small, everyday choices — how we treat one another, how we care for ourselves, and how we extend kindness into the wider world.
Quote: Ryan Rosenfeld
My favorite aspect of Oneness-Family School was the emphasis on mindfulness. It helped me develop important skills as a young person.
My favorite aspect of Oneness-Family School was the emphasis on mindfulness. It helped me develop important skills as a young person. Oneness focused on world peace, which helped me orient and form a world view as a global citizen who embraces the ideals of kindness and love. I try to pass on my ideals to my students and incorporate mindfulness in the classroom.
Ryan enjoys activities like fly fishing and backpacking as ways to practice mindfulness as an adult. Together, with his soon to be wife, he tries to lead an intention-filled life.
Explore Our Programs
Toddler Program
Our Montessori Little Stars preschool and daycare program provides a warm, welcoming, and inclusive atmosphere for children and families in the Chevy Chase area. Our youngest students participate in the wider community life of the school in ways that nurture a sense of belonging and are appropriate to age and activity levels.
Primary Programs
The Oneness-Family School primary program for students in preschool through kindergarten is grounded in the child-centered, Montessori approach. The multi-sensory learning environments of our classrooms encourage children’s discoveries about themselves and their world, building practical skills, joy in creativity, and a strong foundation in math, languages, and science.
Lower Elementary
In our lower and upper elementary programs there is a strong emphasis on cultivating community, finding one’s own voice, and contributing to a peaceful and sustainable world. Individualized learning, allowing students to immerse themselves in their area of interest, facilitates mastery of essential academic skills in language, math, social studies, and science, and world languages.
Upper Elementary
In our lower and upper elementary programs there is a strong emphasis on cultivating community, finding one’s own voice, and contributing to a peaceful and sustainable world. Individualized learning, allowing students to immerse themselves in their area of interest, facilitates mastery of essential academic skills in language, math, social studies, and science, and world languages.
Middle School
The only Montessori middle school in the region, our students thrive in this academically challenging, interdisciplinary program, developing the time-management, work habits, and social skills important in high school and beyond. Students are encouraged to think critically on how they can make a difference on local, national, and global levels.
High School
The Oneness-Family High School cultivates global citizens in a progressive, close-knit learning community. Our accredited Montessori program emphasizes experiential learning, small classes, community-focused internships, and a groundbreaking Leadership program that empowers students to address complex 21st-century problems that require creativity and collaboration.