Ned Dibner’s Conception Builds Brighter, Higher-Tech Futures By Al Daniel Sometimes the Montessori Community School’s greatest effects come to fruition on other campuses. Ned Dibner was merely 13, and one year removed from graduating the Upper Elementary program, when he witnessed what is commonly called “the digital divide” as it relates to American education. During...
Impulse to Improve Drives Educator Ben Harris ’03 By Al Daniel At Camp Riverlea, Ben Harris ’03 epitomizes the give-and-take dynamic. For roughly three quarters of his existence, he has been there in one capacity or another. Based in the Durham County community of Bahama, the camp caters to children between the ages of five...
Elizabeth Burch-Hudson: MCS ‘The Kind of School You Bring Home to Your Parents’ By Al Daniel Through its tagline, Elizabeth Burch-Hudson’s award-winning short film, A Service to My Gender, poses a basic but deep question. “Can you trust someone you’ve only just met?” Though implicitly rhetorical and cautionary in the context of the story, the...
At MCS, Cultured Katy Blake Burch-Hudson Honed a Penchant for Perspectives and Problem-Solving By Al Daniel Once again, Katy Blake Burch-Hudson is back where she started in Southern California. That was where her formal education began (however briefly). It is where her schooling ended for now (she is not ruling out graduate studies). And as...
For Lucia Craige ‘12, ’Excitement’ Conquers ‘Apprehension’ in New Experiences By Al Daniel Lucia Craige ’12 was at the Montessori Community School for two years, enrolling in and graduating from the Adolescent Community. Yet so much has stuck with her since that relatively short chapter in her education. To match that deceptive narrowness, one can...
Jackson Asaro ’14 Going Strong As an Oxford Undergrad By Al Daniel Being stateside last month for a spring “holiday” and taking the opportunity to kick back and watch his beloved Duke Blue Devils reach the NCAA Men’s Elite Eight was a rare moment of downtime for Jackson Asaro ’14. It also marked one of...
Trevor Howarth ’09 Looks to Keep Learning While Developing His Inner Mentor By Al Daniel The too-late-for-his-time arrival of an Ultimate Frisbee team may be Trevor Howarth’s greatest regret regarding the Montessori Community School. During this calendar decade, he and his pre-K-through-adolescence alma mater took up the game separately. While he devoted his extracurricular minutes...
Helping others has Pirated Amaresh’s heart by Al Daniel Sneha Amaresh ’13 might hesitate to dance in front of acquaintances. With that said, when you want to coax her, it helps to let her know when a meaningful stake is in it for others. And so here she is, a sophomore at East Carolina University...
Alumni Update – Joe Puccio Recently, Joe Puccio, 2008 graduate of our adolescent program wrote to us recently to reflect on his accomplishments and years at MCS. Quite impressive and so great to hear from him! I’m Joe Puccio, I’m 23, and I attended MCS from kindergarten through 8th grade. At MCS, I often found myself interested...
