Lakeland Academy & Childrens House

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Lakeland Academy seeks to honor the needs of the individual, instill ethical core values, and guide each child to reach their potential in mind,body, and spirit.

We at Lakeland Academy see our school as a Montessori community where the results produce conscientious human beings that are:

Have a passion for excellence
Learning because they are interested in the world around them.

Lakeland Academy is the pinnacle of actions initiated by a group of parents, teachers, and Norma Morris, Head of School. In 1978 Mrs. Morris founded Country Day Montessori School in Rockwall with a desire to create a unique and suitable learning environment for her own gifted child.

In 1987, as a natural extension to the Country Day experience, Mrs. Morris founded Country Day Academy, in order to continue the education of her second child. In 1994 the name was changed to Fulton Academy in honor of a well known educator, Dr. Bernard Fulton, founding Head of the Greenhill School of Dallas.

Mrs. Morris led the school for thirteen years, stepping down as Head of School in 2000 following the successful opening in 1999 of the current Fulton Academy campus. The change in leadership brought a move away from the Montessori philosophy and methodology and in April 2001 Mrs. Morris resigned from the Board of Directors. Parents immediately approached her with the idea of starting a new school consistent with their commitment to the Montessori educational model. Once again Mrs. Morris ventured into start-up mode and founded Lakeland Academy. In December 2006 Mrs. Morris closed her beloved Country Day Montessori School in Rockwall and began Lakeland Montessori Children's House on the same campus as Lakeland Academy.

Lakeland Academy currently enrolls students from 3 years through 12th grade. Lakeland is located on a 70 acre ranch 4 1/2 miles south of I-30 in the small community of Union Valley. Lakeland conveniently serves the surrounding communities of Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, Greenville, Caddo Mills, Quinlan, Terrell, and Forney.