Each October, the elementary students from the Switzer Mesa Campus undertake a top secret task: they must learn all they can about an individual of their choosing, only to be revealed on October 31st! This is the annual Mystery History celebration, where students research a historical figure and become that person for a day.
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By: Ms. Kristen, A1, Switzer Mesa There is a lot to say about traditions, but in my opinion there are little other places like a Montessori classroom in which traditions build community. Take for instance the first writer’s workshop lesson I do each year with first grade students. Each year we begin with “small moment”
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Light a candle for peace Light a candle for love Light a candle that shines All the way around the world Light a candle for me Light a candle for you That our wish for world peace Will one day come true On International Peace Day 2018, Montessori School of Flagstaff joined hundreds
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Many thanks to Julie Lancaster and Jennifer Morris for a great Masterpiece Art Lesson. Students were treated to the art of Claude Monet and the rewards of painting in plein air.
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In celebration of International Peace Day, Switzer campus held their annual Peace ceremony. Students designed and hung flags adorned with symbols and pictures of peace, and sang “Light a Candle for Peace”.
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At Switzer Mesa, classrooms from Upper Pod are paired with a Lower Pod classroom as buddy classes. The intent is to have a mentoring relationship to foster a sense of camaraderie and move the Montessori philosophy beyond our individual classrooms and into our small campus community. On a recent Friday morning, A1 students and their
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Welcome back to school! A1 got right back into the swing of things during the first week of school! See the photo evidence below! We’re looking forward to a great year!
The Lower Pod classrooms at Switzer Mesa campus dedicated their continent study this semester to Asia. While activities and studies were done in the classroom, students also chose a country on which to do an in-depth study at home. This week those students revealed their weeks of research to a packed house of friends and
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A group of very excited kindergartners from the Westside and Sunnyside Campuses visited the Switzer Mesa Campus last week, in order to learn more about their future classrooms. The teachers and current elementary students who welcomed the kindergartners were just as eager to meet the new members of their classroom communities. The students played a
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Triops are very unusual creatures with two dark compound eyes and a third pale eye between them. That is why they are called triops for the three eyes (from the Greek, tri for three and ops for eyes). With these eyes they can detect food or predators very near to them. Triops eat algae, mosquito
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