Lee's Kingdom Kids Montessori school was established out of the need to provide an educational facility that meets the needs of the people of Tarkwa and its environs. The Owners of the school saw a big gap between the quality of education that is provided in the big cities of Ghana and that which the people of Tarkwa were receiving. Even though Tarkwa is a Gold Mining Town with huge financial outlay for education, one could not lay a hand on what could be described as a competitive educational standard across the length and breadth of the Golden Municipality. A snap survey of early childhood education portrayed a standard that could not prepare the children for any better challenge in future. The standard could also be seen as a challenge that needed to be tackled with all seriousness through the introduction of a hands on teaching with practical demonstration to unearth the talent that was deposited in the children at birth. It was out of this that the school was born on 1st September 2011, first as an International school, and later changed to a Montessori School to adopt the teaching method and practices of Montessori education which focuses primarily on the discovery and development of children talent through demonstration and activities. Starting with three children on the day of commencement, the school attracted many parents who brought their children to experience the type of education that was churning out children who were provided with the right level of teaching, discovering their talents, and allowing them to exhibit what they learnt through art, culture, exposures and demonstration. Initially, the target of the school was the elite class. However, the Board members saw the need to open up to children of all class simply because children of lower and middle class also had the interest to be trained at the school. The Board also decided that the school would extend scholarship to such children by subsidizing their school fees to give them the opportunity to be trained by the school. After two years of its establishment, the school has now grown from a humble 3 children to 350 children. This achievement could have been bigger if the school had enough class rooms to admit more children, bearing in mind that the Board decided not to admit more than 20 pupil per class to enable teacher to pupil ratio more effective to handle. Vision To be the best school in the Tarkwa Municipality, providing quality teaching that is affordable to all income group Mission Statement To provide a standard education that equip children with the basics of learning needed for higher education. Objective 1. To provide an educational complex that is conducive for learning 2. To provide children with practical knowledge and understanding in learning 3. To churn out children well prepared for higher education Facilities The school has two sites; the pre-school site which is still under developmentand the new site which construction is expected to commence in 2017. The entire school is designed with the needs of children in mind. Hence, the classroom setting deviates from the norm and focuses on teacher pupil interaction thereby ensuring that the teacher is closer to the children and understands their needs. A careful selection of teaching materials and books is done to meet teaching, social, practical, sensorial and psychological needs of the children. The school has a transport system, catering department that cooks delicious, quality but affordable meals for the children, a fabricated swimming pool to provide recreation for the children and many other playing facilities which combined with teaching, makes academic work lively for the children. Extra Curricular activities and events Since its inception, the school has embarked on a number of educational and other activities to expose the children to practical life, unearth the talents in the children, exhibit the activities of the school to the general public as well as to have interaction with the general public. These activities include but not limited to: 1. 9 Lessons of carols and school activities organised at the end of every academic year 2. Excursions to Airport and Harbour 3. Carrer day to expose the children to their future carrer choices 4. Exposure to shopping at Melcom, market and stores 5. Swimming at recreation 6. Brass Band dance and procession through principal streets 7. Public speaking to build the confidence of children 8. Creative Arts to discover and develop the talents of children 9. Colour day to learn and entertain the children 10. Recitals to develop public speaking 11. Acting to communicate to the public and discover talents Teaching Staff The teachers are very dedicated and experienced with care for children as a special skill developed over the years. Combining academic work with care for the children, our teachers spend good time with their children, teaching them one on one to understand the need of each child to enable them adopt different approach to addressing the challenges.