Decomp Romp!
Last week, our friends at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center came to visit and talk to our Primary classes about the wonders of decomposition. We learn a lot about the food chain but sometimes we forget about one of the most important links-the decomposers! We often think of decomposers as icky, but they play a vital […]
Celebrating Epiphany
On Sunday, we celebrated Epiphany. This special time commemorates the visit of the three Magi (or Kings) to the Christ child. The three kings followed a star set by the angel Gabriel to guide them to the Baby Jesus. The kings traveled a long way to worship the new King of Kings and bring him […]
Christmas Pageant is Here
We’re so excited for our Christmas Pageant tomorrow. Take a look at these sneak peek photos into the dress rehearsal and don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 10:30 in the Chapel to see it for yourself!
Always Learning
One of the best parts of Montessori is that we are encouraged to keep learning and growing, even when we’re the guides. This past Friday, many of our guides traveled to Houston to attend a training session on Positive Discipline. It is the method that we, and many other Montessori schools, use to help our […]
A Global Village
This Fall, the Upper Elementary class has been participating in an international learning program called Level Up Village. The class was paired with a class at INAM (Instituto Anglo-Mexicano), a bilingual and multicultural school, in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Each student was given a partner to work with. Over the period of a couple of […]
Welcome Back!
We hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving and were able to spend quality time with your family and friends. We’re excited to be back (and that there are only 3 weeks until Christmas vacation!) and we have so many wonderful things coming up between now and the end of the year that we hope you’ll […]
Mindfulness & Gratitude
Greetings from Primary 3! In Primary Three, we are excited about the enthusiasm our students have shown towards our weekly “mindfulness” practices. Our students have been taught that the word mindfulness means: “Paying full attention to what is happening around you with your whole body, your whole heart, and your whole mind. This is done […]
Wild West Book Fair
Yeehaw, pardner! It’s time for our annual Book Fair and this year’s theme is the wild Wild West. From November 12-17, all cowboys and cowgirls are encouraged to visit the Book Fair before and after school to pick out the perfect books. Classes will visit the Book Fair throughout the week to make a list […]
All Saints’ Day
In the Episcopal Church, along with many other churches, November 1st is All Saints’ Day. The origins of the feast go back to when Christians would share the relics of the local saints with their neighbors in surrounding towns for local celebrations. Over time, this evolved into a singular festival of all the saints commemorated […]
A Day at Mitchell Lake
Last Friday, our Elementary students visited Mitchell Lake Audubon Center! We learned about the importance of soil and wetlands for our environment and how pollution can destroy natural habitats. We also got to learn how to sample insects to discover how healthy a water body is and we discovered ways to determine what kind of […]