As we start meeting with interested families for the 2020-21 school year, we often get asked about our “field trips”. It may not be the expected response, but we don’t do field trips. We do however learn through experiences. Experiential […]
This past Friday people from across the world came together to support Greta Thunberg’s Climate March movement. Our students were lucky enough to have the choice to participate as this was just another opportunity to experience another powerful, real life […]
Today we rumbled. (As Brene Brown likes to call it.) Or as us common folk may describe it, we had honest and hard conversations. Believe it or not, our kids are not perfect. Nor are we. Unfortunately, our kids had […]
Because of an anniversary, a birthday, Grandparents Day, and my dinner with Bob – I have a favor to ask. For clarity, John is my grandfather pictured above. This past week was actually the anniversary of the last time I […]
As we begin our 2nd week of school, plenty of things stand out. The maturity, closeness, and genuine joyful attitude of our kids. Our kids’ ability to respect themselves, one another, and the opportunity they are being given. Just how […]
It’s back to school week for a lot of kids in Florida. Which means you may have seen a lot of posts like these rolling around the internet about how to seriously and others not so seriously, (but perhaps still […]
It is tough to find appropriate words in the wake of the most recent shootings. As humans, I hope we are all still feeling some emotion towards them. Fear, anger, sadness, frustration, confusion are some that may have come up. […]
As we prepare to move into our new space, it’s interesting to have conversations with contractors, realtors, etc. about who we are and what we do. “So you’re a private school?” “So it’s like Montessori?” “You can do what?! How […]
Packing up our current space in order to move into our next in a few weeks is not only bittersweet, but also provides a powerful moment of reflection. As we were taking down the photos from our first three years, […]
As we are planning our curriculum for the upcoming year, we’re looking for some input. We plan our curriculum from scratch every year. It’s intentional, not regurgitated. We consider our students: their interests, their levels, what’s relevant in the world, […]