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New Site Up, Commence Comments
April 2013
Greetings!
 
We have had another very successful re-enrollment at DVMS with almost all of our
families returning for another year. Our Elementary programs are completely full,
but as with every year we still need new children for our Casa environments.

The last few years, the final spot in our Casa classes have been taken by early
summer, so if you are interested in securing a place in one of our Casa environments we strongly recommend that you submit your application presently.

We are confident that there is no better way to raise a great child than through a
Montessori education, and at DVMS we are committed to the highest standards of
CCMA Montessori education.

Research supports our confidence in Montessori, but we know that our most
convincing argument is the classrooms themselves. Please come for an observation and meet the children in our environments.

 
Tony Evans
Director of Schools
Dundas Valley Montessori School
Montessori Adolescent School of Hamilton
April2013 PATH Newsite
New DVMS Website
New DVMS Website is Up. Comments Enabled.
by Jason Phillips
 
Earlier this month, DVMS launched a new website. I'll get to the what, where, and why in a minute. First the who: a big thank you to two of DVMS's Montessori Dads, Jared Bennett and Justin Hogeterp, who were both a huge help in getting everything up and running. Click here to read more about the new site and to let us know what you think.

 

April2013 PATH Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
Will Your Child Be Prepared for the Future?
by Tony Evans 

Economists and educators are at odds over this question. Traditional educational models remain focused on teaching skills and facts that would have been necessary to survive in a pre-technology age. In his compelling article in the New York Times, "Need a Job? Invent It", Thomas Friedman tells us that the "high-wage, middle-skilled job - the thing that sustained the middle class in the last generation," will no longer be available to our children. The skills that children will need to thrive are motivation, collaboration, executive function, and innovation - skills that traditional education is actually suppressing.
 
April2013 PATH LRT
Marissa helping an elementary student in the library.
DVMS Profile: Marissa Achong, Learning Resource Specialist
by Jason Phillips

Marissa Achong is the Learning Resource Specialist at Dundas Valley Montessori School. I sat down with Marissa this week to discuss her role, both specific to DVMS and in the larger Montessori community.

 

What is the role of a Learning Resource Specialist?

 

click here to find out and read the rest of Marissa's profile

 

April2013 PATHAdvocacy
Montessori Outcomes
Post-Secondary Montessori Advocacy
by Jason Phillips and Soraya Elbard

Here is a great example of Montessori advocacy: a group of students from a local college's Early Childhood Education program presented on Montessori, and the response stunned them:

Our "Montessori Workshop" produced the somewhat unanticipated response of 1/3 of the class exclaiming in subsequent conversations, "I want my children to go to Montessori" and "I think I want to become a Montessori teacher"!

Click here to read more and to view the presentation