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Living the Mission: A Montessori Student Takes His Lessons out into the Community
We received this lovely correspondence this weekend, and share with permission here: Wendy, I just thought you might like to see how the lesson Ethan received at school last year on developing a quiz using electrical circuitry has been shared with the community. Last summer he made 4 “boxes” based on the lessons he…
Read MoreA Wonderful Note from a Montessori Primary School Parent…
It absolutely warms our hearts to receive notes like this: “I just wanted to let you know that last night as I was getting my son ready for bed, we were playing a game where he was saying, “Mommy guess what words I know?” – I played along and guess what he did? He told…
Read MoreLiving the Mission: Jack Gumbiner
Wow! It’s been a great week in alumni news! We were just notified that Jack Gumbiner, now a sophmore at The Met Sacramento high school, has been honored by the Caring for Our Watersheds program for the second time in as many years! Last year, he and two classmates were finalists in a statewide contest…
Read MoreLiving the Mission: Chloe Bourne
We love hearing from our graduates! We recently received this note from the parent of alumna Chloe Bourne, who is currenly at a neighborhood middle school with several other alumni- read the note, check out the poster, and be sure to vote for Chloe’s great cause!: “Chloe entered a contest at school, sponsored by Kaiser…
Read MoreUpper Elementary Talent Show, 2015
Enjoy this sampling of talent presented by the Upper Elementary class! Click the images below to see the video lookbooks in Steller.
Read MoreWoodland Montessori School thespians in the paper again!
A Year with Frog and Toad opens this weekend at the Woodland Opera House! See the feature in the Daily Democrat.
Read MoreMultiple Woodland Montessori thespian families featured in the local paper!
Check out their feature in the Daily Democrat! You can see them in My Son Pinocchio, Jr., through January 25th at the Woodland Opera House. “A Family Affair”- The Daily Democrat
Read MoreMontessori Students Organize Toy Drive
Kudos to these three young people for kicking off the very successful “Toys for Tots” drive! Their initiative and thoughtfulness will bring happiness to a number of children who are less fortunate than children of our Bergamo families. Cole, Levente and Sam, who range in age from 7- 9, demonstrated that they are well on…
Read MoreBergamo Elementary Receives Top Honors for Another 3 Years
It is estimated that there are 4,500 Montessori schools in the United States and 20,000 worldwide. Unfortunately, there is no trademark on the name “Montessori”, which means that anyone can use that name for their school regardless of whether they have trained Montessori teachers on staff or not. To complicate matters more, because there is…
Read MoreResearch Shows Montessori Students Excel Socially
Research studies have shown that there IS a demonstrable difference between Montessori graduates and traditional education graduates. Some would think that our children are academically ahead of their counter-parts in traditional schools – but that’s only partially true. At the end of Kindergarten, Montessori children score much higher academically than other children. Testing at the…
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