Familiar Themes Follow Grace Detwiler ’14 to the Rockies By Al Daniel To say that the Montessori Community School shed light on Grace Detwiler’s ’14 favorite fiction motifs would be off base in one hairsplitting sense. A sophomore at Colorado State University, Detwiler fills her free time — and potential film critic’s portfolio — with...
Kathleen Allden Hits the Ground Running at MIT By Al Daniel For all of her athletic achievements, Kathleen Allden is not known to wield a softball or baseball bat. But when she started swinging at STEM, her intended long-term field, the Montessori Community School provided a metaphorical donut-shaped weight for her to hone her prowess...
For Serena Shah ’13, Faithfulness, Fun, and Philanthropy Consume College Life By Al Daniel Serena Shah ’13 and her Sigma Kappa sisters at Elon University walked in appearance only on Saturday, September 14. Compared to their other marquee dates, this occasion compels everyone to hit the ground running on their almanac. In Shah’s words, the...
MCS Families – Sinem Degerli By Al Daniel So far, snakes are the Degerlis’ definitive symbol of living out the Montessori Method at home. Sinem Degerli, a second-year before-school care guide at the Montessori Community School and a fourth-year MCS parent, has watched with intrigue as her son, Sinan, builds his wisdom in herpetology. Inspired...
International Faculty: Talking India With Kalpu Shah By Al Daniel Through Kalpu Shah, the historic ties between India and the Montessori method keep going strong. The Montessori Community School’s current Upper Elementary Program Director admits that “teaching was never a plan for my future” when she grew up in Mumbai. She has long since come...
Relationship Building Looms Large With Musical Actor Ryan Widd ’11 By Al Daniel Correlation or not, separation from Montessori Community School nearly derailed Ryan Widd’s ’11 theatre career. That was until an MCS connection put his spirits back on track. Now fresh out of the University of Tampa, and uprooted to Broadway’s neighborhood, Widd has...
Amy Hicks ’11 Getting Handier With Cameras, Travel Docs By Al Daniel For several close-ups in her latest and, to date, longest film, Amy Hicks ’11 makes Sean Ruttkay and Ian Balding her hand models. Riding Wrightsville, Hicks’s senior capstone project at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, captures a day around the surfing scene at...
Drew Gilleskie Keeps His Friends and Himself Close As WPU Hoops Recruit By Al Daniel You might say Drew Gilleskie’s years at the Montessori Community School were the starting five on his basketball career. Entering as a second-year Lower Elementary student in 2008 and staying through the end of Upper Elementary in 2013, the soon-to-be...
International Faculty: Talking Colombia With Ingrid Caudle By Al Daniel This Saturday, July 20, marks Independence Day for Ingrid Caudle’s homeland. Much like the United States from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, Colombia declared itself a separate nation from Spain in 1810. Besides their July birthdays, the U.S. and Colombia have a penchant for...
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...
