When Things Look Simple… Look Deeper By Holly Dykes, Art Specialist When your child brings home a piece of art, you might look and think what you see on paper is all there is. However, as with most things in art, the process behind those seemingly simple things is not so simple. Take, for example,...
By Al Daniel
Nearly a decade after Amelia Mack started attending public schools, her Montessori habits stick in both subtle and stark manners.
By Al Daniel
Whether they need it to stay intact or return to its original form, people have a way of getting what they want when they place an object in Emerson Mack’s hands.
By Al Daniel
After winning the 2018 Chili Cook-off (his Reggae chili recipe won by one point), Dave DeHarde was too under the weather to defend his crown the next year. (As it happened, the 2019 competition culminated in a three-way tie.)
By Camille Perkins, Lead Toddler Teacher
Setting limits is paramount for a balanced classroom and also helpful when raising toddlers. Daily predictable rhythms and transitions help blanket the children in trust.
By Shelly Lyons, Resource Teacher
What is more “Montessori” than being outside, observing nature mindfully? I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to share many experiences doing just this over the past semester with my after school class, Mindful Nature Explorers.
By Jessica Daqamsseh, Toddler After School Care
When the leaves began changing and covering our campus in a rustic rainbow of reds, oranges, purples, and browns, the children excitedly explored each treasure left on our playground. Their faces lit up as they uncovered new colors and shapes which they eagerly shared with our Toddler Late Day community.
By Jeff Kispaugh, Upper Elementary Teacher
Did you write a year-long research paper in elementary school? I don’t know about you, but I didn’t even write a year-long paper in high school.
By Al Daniel
Audrey Howarth ’07 — the eldest of eight Montessori Community School alumni who make a downstate North Carolina farm their common Thanksgiving destination — cannot pinpoint the dawn of the ritual.
By Insaf Abdulla, Primary Teacher
Stepping off the plane from Kuwait to the United State during the first Gulf war, my then-husband and I viewed America with all the feeling one might expect as immigrants to a new land. What did our future hold? What would we do for work?
