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Artist Interviews – Excerpts from the Art Room!
Hello from the Art Room! I like to have a culminating show at the end of the year in which students share their favorite works from the year. In year’s past this has dovetailed nicely with the Harwood Artist’s open studio events. As there was no such event this Spring—and...read more
A Community Message: Today’s Tragedy in Texas
Dear Escuela families, Tomorrow we plan to come together as a community on our campus to celebrate our children and the end of this school year, but before we can do that, we must first come together as a community to mourn the tragic loss of 14 students and their...read more
Elementary Egg Drop
What’s an “Egg Drop”? Elementary and Jr. High students are invited to conceive of and build a contraption designed to keep a raw chicken egg from breaking when their contraption is dropped off the Harwood building. The Egg Drop has been an end–of–year Escuela tradition for years and will take place on the last day of school,...read more
Inside Escuela: Expectations & Accountability
Dr. Maria Montessori spoke extensively about the importance of choice for young people. This is often misconstrued as students “doing whatever they want.” This is not the case. Rather, we expect students to find a balance between freedom and responsibility. All students are responsible for respecting themselves, each other, and...read more
Inside Escuela – Assessment
Through the Montessori Method, Classroom Guides continuously assess the strengths, challenges, and progress of each student in both academic work and life-skills development. Every interaction is an opportunity to gain insight into needs and skills. Every lesson involves conversation and demonstration of knowledge, and often begins with a student-led review...read more
Inside Escuela: Developing Language
The child in primary loves words and is busy absorbing language. Enriched vocabulary, poetry and prose reading, and word play are all part of the environment. The young child delights in learning to make letters and sounds that represent speech and to interpret those made by others. The keys to...read more