2016-2017 New School Year!
Welcome to the 2016-2017 year at Northwest Montessori School! This summer mailing includes a schedule detailing the beginning of the school year, a calendar, a digital link and how to for submitting school forms online, and details regarding our fundraising and social...
NWM 50th Anniversary Video
A Northwest Montessori Play – “Tails” of Africa
A Northwest Montessori School Play "TAILS" OF AFRICA Friday, April 1 @ 6:30 pm, and Saturday, April 2 @ 3:00 pm at Emmanuel Bible Church 503 N 50th St, Seattle, WA 98103 TICKETS - $7.50 suggested donation DVD or BluRay - $15 / $20
NWM Spring Fundraiser
Our Spring Fundraising Campaign is in full spring! As we strive to meet our spring funding goal, make a donation and then join us for some fun events and help us raise more money for the school at the same time. Spring Fundraiser Donation To help us achieve our goal...
Drama Llamas present “Alice in Wonderland”
Drama Llamas of Northwest Montessori School present: “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” Adapted by Karen Klobucher with musical arrangements by Elizabeth Truman Thursday, April 2nd at 6:30 pm Shorecrest Performing Arts Center 15343 25th Ave NE Shoreline, WA 98155 $7.50 Advance Get...
Winter Open House
Open House For Prospective Parents Saturday, January 10th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.) - Celebrating our 49th year we invite you to come meet the staff and tour the classrooms - Learn about the Montessori approach to the education of children - Recognized by the...
Open House!
Open House For Prospective Parents Saturday, January 10th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.) - We invite you to come meet the staff and tour the classrooms - Learn about the Montessori approach to the education of children - Recognized by the Association Montessori...
Of Pink Towers, Cosmic Education, and Harvard
One of our parents Maia Driver, attended a parent evening at Pacific Crest on September 25th. She has shared her thoughts about the talk. We appreciate her taking the time to recap the evening so eloquently . Thank you Maia! Of Pink Towers, Cosmic Education, and...
You’re Invite: 3rd Annual BARN DANCE!
Come one, Come All! Grab your partner and dosey doh for Northwest Montessori School’s 3rd Annual Ol’ Fashioned Barn Dance on Friday, October 17, 2014 from 6:30-8:30pm at Hale’s Ales Palladium 4301 Leary Way NW. Seattle, WA 98107. Don't miss this opportunity to put on...
Spring Events!
SPRING HAS SPRUNG! (click above for more info) And So Has Our Spring Fundraising Thank you for your support of Northwest Montessori School throughout the year! As you may have heard, it is time for spring fundraising. In lieu of a full auction this year, we are asking...
Annual Giving Campaign Raised $56,000!
What an amazing result for our Annual Giving Campaign. Your gracious donations have helped us raise $56,000 for Northwest Montessori School! Thank you so much!
Fundraiser 2014 Almost There!
FUNDRAISER UPDATE: Our gracious donors have helped us raise almost all the way to our Goal for a current total of $53,000 for Northwest Montessori School! Our 2013-2014 Fundraiser has a $60,000 Goal. So far we are on pace, and right now is the perfect opportunity to...
Northwest Montessori’s Drama Llamas to Present “A Proper Au Pair,” a tribute to Mary Poppins
Northwest Montessori School's play this year is entitled A Proper Au Pair, and is the Drama Llamas' tribute to Mary Poppins, adapted by Karen Klobucher, and with musical arrangements by Elizabeth Truman. A Proper Au Pair will be presented on Wednesday, March 19th,...
Forbes: “The Future Of Education Was Invented In 1906”
Forbes posted an article mentioning the significance of an age-old technique of teaching and pointed toward Maria Montessori as the source. Read more at the original article. In fact, the future of education was invented in 1906. That’s the year Maria Montessori, who...
Only $20,000 Left to Meet Our Goal
FUNDRAISER UPDATE: Our gracious donors have helped us raise 2/3 of our Goal for a current total of $40,000 for Northwest Montessori School! Our 2013-2014 Fundraiser has a $60,000 Goal. So far we are on pace, and right now is the perfect opportunity to push us...
We’re at 60% of Goal!
Our 2013-2014 Fundraiser is well under way and we have made a significant distance toward the $60,000 Goal. To date we have raised $36,000 for Northwest Montessori School! We have a good start, so lets fill the tree and make a difference in the lives of children. The...
Winter Open House
Winter Open House Flyer Celebrating our 49th year we invite you to come meet the staff and tour the classrooms Learn about the Montessori approach to the education of children Recognized by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Programs Available: Primary -...
Donate While Holiday Shopping With Amazon Smile
What could be better than donating to Northwest Montessori School by making one click? Introducing AmazonSmile. A service where your eligible purchases on Amazon.com automatically donate 0.5% of the price to Northwest Montessori School. It's like getting two lattes...
Building the Pink Tower: Indie GoGo Campaign
Join us in supporting an important Montessori film. Please do not consider this a solicitation, but rather information about this project. Two Montessori parents set out to film a documentary about the school that changed their children’s lives, how they...
Open House – Nov 2nd and Jan 11th
Upcoming at Northwest Montessori School: Celebrating our 49th year we invite you to come meet the staff and tour the classrooms. Learn about the Montessori approach to the education of children. Recognized by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Programs...
This Week at Northwest Montessori
Here are a few things that are happening next week! Thursday, October 17th The Great Washington Shake Out Annual statewide earthquake drill 10:17am on October 17, 2013. More information at: http://www.shakeout.org/washington/ Friday, October 18, 2013 Northwest...
Work Party Thanks!
Dear Northwest Montessori School Families and Staff, Wow! We want to thank you all of you that so enthusiastically participated in the Work Parties March 16th. Wedgwood has newly refinished picnic tables, newly painted doors, trimmed, pruned, cleaned, planted,...
Northwest Montessori Work Party March 16th 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.
Parents, please join us for a beautification work party at Wedgwood and Woodland Park Branches on Saturday, March 16, 2013 from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. This community building event will offer time to mingle and get to know other families and share your ideas for other...
Family Emergency Preparedness
Please check out the following link for emergency preparedness for your family. It is a great site to visit with plenty of ideas and products for creating your own home emergency preparedness plan. http://www.essentialpacks.com/emergency-preparedness-survival-blog/...
When a zoo is more than just a zoo: Extending children’s learning activities
(Originally published in Early Childhood News, by Marie W. Sloane, M.S.T.) “Why do the children just play all day?” asks a parent. “How do you know if they are learning?” Teachers in child-centered classrooms are often asked these questions because parents (and...
Maria Montessori, a bold life breaking gender boundaries
(Originally posted in The Christian Science Monitor, Laura Edwins) Doctor Maria Montessori may have given her name to one of the world’s most well known education methods, but the woman behind the philosophy is not a well known feminist figure. In the early twentieth...
Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
(Originally posted by The Christian Science Monitor, Chris Gaylord) <i>Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with...
Raising Successful Children
PHRASES like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does overparenting hurt, or help? While parents who are clearly and embarrassingly inappropriate come in for ridicule, many of us find ourselves drawn to the idea that...
Maria Montessori: guru for a new generation of business innovators
(JAMES MARTIN, Special to Globe and Mail Update, Published Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 6:01AM EDT, Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 9:20AM EDT) Earlier this month, Google announced a new “multitask mode” for its Chrome browser, allowing people to increase...
The Right Way to Train Attention
(From a post by Laura Flores Shaw, Head of School, Oak Knoll Kinderhaus Montessori. Originally appeared on The Huffington Post) The controversy over what we should do for children with ADHD just keeps going, and going. In one corner we have researchers like L. Alan...
Maria Montessori: Follow the Child
Here's a very interesting video uncovered by one of our Montessori teachers that chronicles the history of Dr. Maria Montessori and her development of the Montessori Method of education. Check it out. http://youtu.be/MWlGO3XDetI
Ahoy! Time to Search for Treasure for Our 2012 Annual Auction, “A Pirates Life for Me”
Procurement February is officially upon us. Auction procurement packets, including procurement forms, were sent home with your children a few weeks ago. The school will be soliciting auction donations throughout the month of February. Please fill out a...
Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate
Original post by Laura Flores Shaw (Head of School, Oak Knoll Kinderhaus Montessori) in The Huffington Post Over a century ago, Dr. Maria Montessori discovered through scientific observations of children that they are not empty vessels to be filled -- they are...