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OMA NEWS
 November 2015 


Dear OMA Community,

Thank you to: 
  • Stacey Edwards Russo and the staff at Child's View Montessori School, and to Rebecca Clements and Cara Farr, for helping with the on-site logistics of hosting the Mind in the Making cohort.
     
  • Doug Hicks for spending time on OMA's database and CRM systems and making recommendations.
     
  • OMA's Workshop/Event Committee, the Communications Committee, the Outreach Committee and the Advocacy/Public Policy Committee for their engaged work in moving their strategic plans forward.
     
  • Saint David of Wales for creating a slat with OMA's name on it to be included with the names of other business partners on signage outside of the church.
     
  • All the helpful people who are interested in serving children and families and are creating networks in which people can interact and work together for social change and justice.
     
  • Those of you who are new members, or renewing members - OMA could not do its work without your support.

Happy Thanksgiving,

 

Laura Pilkington

OMA Executive Director  

Registration Open for OMA's Winter Workshop Weekend!
Friday, January 15th and Saturday, January 16th, 2016


Click HERE to register for Jonathan Wolff's Public Lecture on Friday, 6 - 8pm 
 
Click HERE to register for Saturday's Keynote and Workshops featuring Jonathan Wolff and Meredith Scott, 9am - 3pm

Location:  TaborSpace, SE 55th and SE Belmont
, Portland, OR 97215 
Research Participation Opportunity
  • Are you a registered or certified family child care home that has been in business for 3-5 years?
  • Do you have something to say about Oregon's professional development system?
  • Do you work with children 3-5 years of age?
  • Is your program in the Portland Metro Area?

Please click HERE to learn more about how you can participate in this important research study!

 

Article about alumus of first Native Montessori Program

Click HERE to read. 


 Submitted to OMA by Karen Kitchen
Call for Neighborhood Liaisons in Portland

The Outreach Committee is seeking volunteers to help get the word out about Montessori at neighborhood events.

Click HERE for more information.
 
OMA February Workshop in Bend - Registration information coming soon!

Special Thanks to OMA Central Oregon Regional Liaison, Meredith Tufts, for working to get this organized!  OMA will be working in partnership with Neighbor Impact of Bend to host Cathy Swan of the Montessori School of Beaverton.
 
Would you like to tour the Montessori Classroom at Alder Elementary School?

Contact:  "I Have a Dream" Oregon at 503-287-7203 
or 
Jennifer Davidson at Montessori Northwest at 503-963-8992