Teacher Spotlight 2024-2025

Acorn Classroom Highlight

Enjoy reading Ashley’s take on how the body is part of the way that the Toddlers grow and learn. “Fundamental to her pedagogy, Maria Montessori observed that very young children, birth to age three, had rapidly developing brains, absorbing the world with all their senses at once. This is one reason why the Montessori Method […]

Sunflower Classroom Highlight

“Nourishing the mind is supported through 1) creating a space that is thoughtfully prepared, calm, and beautiful, and 2) invites the child to explore and choose activities that incite curiosity.When a child can choose their work based on interest and engage in materials for an uninterrupted amount of time the mind is deeply focus and […]

Bluebonnet Classroom Highlight

Read Coty Madrazo’s insight on how work with the mind is so important in the classroom environment. “In a Montessori classroom, the work with the mind is both intentional and natural, unfolding as children explore their environment with curiosity and purpose.The classroom itself is designed to nurture this mental development.Unlike traditional teaching, where knowledge is […]

Cypress Tree Classroom Highlight

Cypress Tree Upper Elementary Guide, Blanca Bird shares how the mind plays an important part in her classroom. Enjoy her classroom highlight below! “Upper Elementary, Cypress Tree students, are rapidly moving from the childlike concrete mind to the adolescent abstract mind. There is personal joy in using Montessori materials to understand a new concept and […]

Peach Tree Classroom Highlight

At St. Paul’s Episcopal Montessori School, our focus is to nourish mind, body, and spirit. In our classroom highlights this school year, guides will describe how mind, body, and spirit are mindfully put into their classroom teachings. “In the Lower Elementary Montessori classroom, we use special materials that help children explore, discover, and think in […]

St. Paul’s Celebrated 20 Years!

We had our 20th Anniversary Reunion Party yesterday! St. Paul’s Episcopal Church & School, founders, alumni, staff, parents, students, and donors all gathered for this wonderful celebration! Morning service was so inspiring, and brought our community even closer for this school year! Here at St. Paul’s, we are rooted in Montessori, Growing in Grace! A […]

Why I give to The Promise Fund

Promise in Action When our longtime toddler teacher first joined St. Paul’s, she was a parent who loved seeing her children flourish in the Montessori environment. Later, as a teacher, she fell in love with guiding toddlers through their first steps toward independence — watching them move through the classroom without help from the teacher. […]