The Abba's Orchard School

The Abba's Orchard School is a Montessori school in Cagayan de Oro City that follows the full Montessori sequence: Infant Community for toddlers, Casa (preschool), Elementary, and Erdkinder, its farm-based adolescent program spanning Grades 7 to 12 (Level 3 for Grades 7-9, Level 4 for Grades 10-12). In Erdkinder, students combine academics with hands-on agricultural work, including raising livestock and farming a plot of land, following Maria Montessori's model of preparing adolescents for economic and social independence through a working farm micro-economy. The school markets itself as offering "true Montessori" education. Its website does not publish a founding year, tuition, enrollment figures, or DepEd/CHED accreditation details.