Parents
Dear Montessori Parents and Friends,
The privilege of marking time in academic years is nearly as compelling as the annual arrival of January first. A fresh new start, invocative not only of resolutions but of pure potential and incredible possibility.
We begin the year with vision re-inspired and welcome your family to The Montessori School. To describe the particulars of our school’s culture and mission goes only so far with words. The vitality of our story, and yours, unfolds as we make contact and connect. There are many opportunities for the adult members of our community to participate in the life of our school and as your children learn and grow, your own world and sensibilities will do the same.
Last spring a number of us began to study the work of Wade Davis whose most recent book is called Light at the Edge of the World. Inspired by travels from the high Arctic to the Amazon, to Africa, Tibet, Haiti and Peru, intricate patterns of thought, belief, myth and tradition appear within a body of knowing Dr Davis names the Ethnosphere.
The Ethnosphere is about those peoples of the earth whose essential humanity has been defined by the landscapes in which they are nurtured. Within the diversity of knowledge and practice, although the meaning of life may be interpreted by ten thousand voices, the long-accumulated wisdom shares a potent, common root.
At The Montessori School that root is our daily practice which extends directly from our mission’s highest voice. We are proud of our diverse and our international community where family cultures, habits and practice greatly vary and we inspired by the pedagogical specifics of “our Ethnosphere” that compel and affirm a viable and affirming common culture.
Please make special note of our Parent Education offerings this year and of the many opportunities and invitations to participate in the landscape and life of our school. You will see for yourself that meaningful dialogue, heart-felt support, nourishment and true friendship await you here.
On behalf of our staff and the leadership of our school,
Mary Zeman
