FOR ALL 6TH GRADE PARENTS

JOIN US FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:00 -7:00 P.M.

Come learn about the Montessori Middle School Curriculum including outdoor education. The public is welcome to attend.  For more information, please call us at 727-786-1854.

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Golfer’s Dream ~ Early Bird Special

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW thru MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013 To SAVE $$$$$$!!!!!

GOLF / B.A.S.H.Dinner Package $100 per person – After April 1^st $125 per person
B.A.S.H. DINNER ONLY: $40 per ticket

B.A.S.H. Dinner & Silent Auction: April 20th, 2013

GOLF: April 21st, 2013 7:30 a.m. registration, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start

**There will be a $10,000 Hole-In-One Contest plus other prizes including a set of Cleveland Irons, a Kindle Fire, or a $500 Visa Gift Card
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE – Contact Sheryl Chelena at schelena@floridamontessori.com for more information or call 727.786.1854

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It is quite interesting collection of people throughout history who have gone to Montessori schools, sent their children to Montessori schools, or supported this method of education in one way or another. The sort list includes: Alice Waters, Friedrich Hundertwasser, Julia Child, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Mahatma Gandhi, Sigmund Freud, Buckminster Fuller, Leo Tolstoy, Bertrand Russell, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, John Holt, Anne Frank, the Dalai Lama, Jacqueline Kennedy, Prince William and Prince Harry of the English Royal Family, Cher Bono, Yul Brynner, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Yo Yo Ma.

On the Barbara Walters ABC-TV Special “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2004,” Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of the popular Internet search engine Google.com, credited their years as Montessori students as a major in their success. When Barbara Walters asked if the fact that their parents were college professors was a factor behind their success, they said no, that it was their going to Montessori school where they learned to be self-directed and self-starters. They said that Montessori allowed them to learn to think for themselves and gave them freedom to pursue their own interests.

This endorsement comes in the same week as actress Susan St. James thanked the Montessori school that her son attended for its generosity and support to their family over the years.

“Larry Page and Sergey Brin are not your typical billionaires. In fact, if you type billionaire into Google, the picture that emerges – fancy cars, private jets, mansions, jewels, supermodel girlfriends – isn’t anything you’d find in the lifestyle of the Google guys.  Page drives a Prius, which costs around $21,000.  Brin gets around for the most part on in-line skates, and he still lives in a rented apartment.  Since taking Google public, each is worth an estimated $6 billion.  Even the way they took their company public was innovative.  They let ordinary people bid on shares in their initial public offering, not just the big banks, because they thought it was fairer.  In fact, they see their work as more of a vocation than as a means of getting rich.  ’We feel like we’re making a difference in the world – giving people information that they want really quickly and effectively,’ Page said.”

Alumnus Quote: “Because of my education at Palm Harbor Montessori Academy, I knew how to study and how to go about a project and do research.  But most of all, I knew how to think.  The other kids just didn’t know how.”  Ann Marie graduated second in her high school class and turned down Harvard Graduate School to accept a full scholarship to Tufts.

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- In Montessori, your child can continue to progress at his/her own pace.  In traditional kindergarten, he/she will have to wait while the other children begin to catch up.

œ -  “Does your child love school and can’t wait to go every day?  If so, consider yourself lucky. Why tinker with a winning school situation when so many families are frustrated and disappointed?

œ  -  Montessori schools are warm and supportive communities of students, teachers and parents.  Children can’t easily slip through the cracks.

-  The third year is the time when many of the earlier lessons come together and become a permanent part of the young child’s understanding.  An excellent example is the early introduction to addition with large numbers through the Bank Game.  When children leave Montessori at age five, many of their still-forming concepts evaporate, just as a child living overseas will learn to speak two languages, but may quickly lose the second language if his/her family moves back home.

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Check out this free download, Discovering Drought.  Containing a lesson plan for 3rd through 6th grade, it links to a more extensive activity booklet about drought available inexpensively in their store.

From the lesson plan:

Although drought is a serious topic, it can be presented in a way that empowers your  students with knowledge and the opportunity to take action.

Also, I recommend visiting Discover Water, Project Wet’s interactive website through which students can explore the role water plays in our lives.  There are activities that explain the water cycle, watersheds, oceans, fresh water, using water, and more.

A foundation of water knowledge will empower your students, adding context and meaning  to their philanthropic actions for the Azawak.  Discover Project Wet!

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Montessori is not a trademark. Montessori is not a franchise where you can expect each school to be pretty similar to every other Montessori School.

Parents deciding on a school essentially need to ask two crucial questions -

1. Is Montessori right for our family?
2. Is this particular Montessori school right for our family?

For more information please call us today at (727) 786-1854

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