CINCINNATI -- A big part of weight training is keeping the body symmetrical. Ryan Brewster hasn't been able to do that his entire life. The Clark Montessori sophomore linebacker and running back was born without fingers on his left hand. Brewster has to work out his upper body differently because of gripping issues. "I was [...]
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2015 North Carolina Supreme Court Declares Opportunity Scholarship Program Constitutional Raleigh, NC – Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an opinion declaring the Opportunity Scholarship Program to be constitutional. Today’s ruling is the final decision in this case. It cannot be appealed to the federal courts. No [...]
An overflow crowd of more than two dozen excited diminutive students and their proud family members filled the Mill Room located in The Factory in Wake Forest NC Thursday June 25, for graduation/moving up festivities. Our Children's House teacher Mrs. Amanda, one of four instructors currently at the school, said 18 preschool students were graduating to kindergarten level [...]
Welcome to our new Children's House classroom at Wake Forest Montessori!! Our Children's House classroom provides a warm, inviting atmosphere that is both peaceful and spacious. Shelves have been carefully arranged and decorated with objects to attract the child for further exploration and to gain respect for the environment. Everything is child-sized [...]
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator who opened her first school in 1907. Today, her teaching philosophy lives on in the approximately 22,000 Montessori schools around the world. The count may grow by one if a group of parents succeed in opening a new Montessori school in Longview. The Montessori philosophy recognizes that [...]
At the American Montessori Society's convention Saturday in Philadelphia, Lisa Porter Kuh said she has a vivid memory of the day she arrived at Greene Towne Montessori School in Center City in 1966. The private school had just opened, and Kuh said she felt at home when she spotted maps, puzzles, and handheld learning tools [...]
Today, March 4 2015 is World Read Aloud Day. This day was created to motivate children, teens, and adults to celebrate the power of words. This global literacy movement is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day [...]
Since President Obama proposed making high-quality preschool education available to every American four-year-old in his 2013 State of the Unionaddress, the debate over the benefits of preschool has been thrown into the national spotlight. As every parent knows, preschool must all too often be purchased for a hefty price. In fact, for many parents, preschool [...]
What would you do to increase the chances that your child receives the best education in your city? These parents obviously understand the importance of a Montessori Education, do you? CINCINNATI —Even as the winter storm moved into the Tri-State Sunday night, parents remained steadfast and tried to stay warm as they continued to [...]
Margaret Honey, president and CEO of the New York Hall of Science, concurred with Bonamici's concerns about testing. "It's not often in this town that you hear policymakers stand up and say we're doing too much testing," Honey said. "Putting too much emphasis on accountability is eliminating creativity and passion in learning." Honey spoke about [...]
