Photos: Montessori Hands-On Parent Night (Elementary)

An enormous thank you to all Montessori families who attended our ‘Hands On’ Parent Nights over the past two weeks. This special event allowed children to demonstrate what they’ve been learning and working on to a parent. On both nights, the children were overjoyed to share.

Photos from Lower Elementary demonstrations are below. In this week’s gallery, we have also added new Primary photos from Ms. Bollinger’s classroom during last week’s presentations. Enjoy!

Photos from Primary Night are here.

Student Submission: School Finger-Knitting Record Broken

On December 9, 2019 Jack Brooks and Kadmiel Warrell broke the school record of the longest finger knitting chain measuring 155 ft. and 73in. If you do not know what “finger-knitting” is, it is a form of knitting that you do with your hands and yarn. You take your yarn and you put it in between your thumb, then you wrap it 3 times around your pointer and index finger like a figure eight. Then you pull the bottom one up and over again. Next you pull the one that you put it in between your pointer and your thumb finger. Then keep doing that over and over again. Blake Pickett and Harper Strickland helped us measure it. It took about 3 months to complete.

Written by: Jack Brooks                    

Left to Right: Jack, Kadmiel, Harper, and Blake.

Lower Elementary Educates about Pineapples

Scarlett Jones, Aaliyah Howard, and Amelia Commissiong are educating our school community about pineapples! These students in Ms. Di Francesco's class have been learning about research techniques and sharing their findings with both Montessori and PGIA students. They used encyclopedias, dictionaries, support from our library and personal knowledge to put together a visual aid and written report about the tropical fruit. When asked why they chose pineapples, they said they were inspired by their teacher's necklace!

Ms. DiFrancesco's Third Year Students Visit St. John!

Ms. DiFrancesco’s third years went to St. John for their end of year trip! They hiked the Cinnamon Bay Trail and swam at Trunk Bay. They saw some Taino artifacts and learned about some of their tools and techniques as well as some plants they used for food and medicine. The Taino were an indigenous people of the Caribbean.

Students enjoy a tour from the St. John National Park Service.

End of Year ParTAY!

Lower Elementary students celebrated the end of another fun-filled and successful school year with a class potluck! Thanks to all the parents who contributed!