The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an open house on Sunday, March 13, from 3:30 until 5 p.m. All members of the Midcoast community are cordially invited to tour the school, meet the faculty, and ask questions about the program

The CTL faculty particularly welcomes parents of toddlers and infants to the open house, so they might get an early sense of what makes the school so special.

CTL opened its doors on Cross Point Road in 1990, under the direction of Global Teacher Prize winner Nancie Atwell. The school is accredited through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and has state and federal tax-exempt status as a non-profit organization. Tuition is approximately one-third that of comparable independent schools, and generous tuition assistance is available. CTL serves up to 80 children in five groupings: K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8.

CTL is an award-winning school, with a faculty famous for great teaching. The program is challenging and interesting, the building is beautiful and inviting, and the students are motivated and high achieving.

CTL’s graduates are successful at all kinds of high schools, from Lincoln Academy, Wiscasset, Boothbay, and Morse; to Waynflete, North Yarmouth Academy, Cheverus, and Catherine McCauley; to Phillips Exeter, Phillips Andover, St. George’s and Putney.

CTL is also a demonstration school, training teachers from across the United States through a combination of internships, workshops, published writing by the faculty, and professional DVDs. CTL’s philosophy and methods are an invitation to other educators to look with new eyes at what is possible for their schools and students.

For parents who wish to visit CTL at another time, please call Scott MacDonald, head of school, at 882-9706 to schedule a day to attend an all-school morning meeting, 8:30-8:50 a.m. For more information, visit the school’s website at http://www.c-t-l.org or Facebook page (facebook.com/CTLKto8).

Directions from the Boothbay Region: North on Route 27; a left turn onto Eddy Road after Chase & Associates, then a left onto Cross Point Road: CTL is located about a half mile down on the right.

From Damariscotta or Wiscasset, take Route 1 to the Route 27 South junction, then drive south (toward Boothbay) and make a right turn onto Mason Road (one mile from Route 1); turn right onto Eddy Road; then take an almost immediate left onto Cross Point Road.