A New Year! Our Second Year!

We are six weeks into our new school year and what a journey to be here a year later looking back. A year ago, we were getting to know one another, learning carline, learning new schedules, making new friends, and trying to adjust to this new adventure of Holy Trinity Montessori. Now, a year later, we are still doing some of the same things but with such ease. However, what a year makes!!

As we begin this new year, we are in the final planning stages of our first annual Art of Whine, our fundraiser headed up by an unbelievable committee of HTM parents, we are planning for school expansion and most importantly we are watching our 18 plus returning children SOAR!

It is so great to see what a year means in a Montessori environment. We have Toddlers who are so independent in their process they have mastered toilet training, mastered independent care and are now the role models to their new Toddler friends. We have seen our oldest Toddlers move to the Primary classroom which such joy, excitement and ease. We have seen our returning Primary children learn their sounds and now begin to read! We also have children working on letter/sound recognition, early reading, addition, skip counting, Spanish, art and music. We have seen the children return with such a calm and grace that even Maria Montessori would be proud. Our returning children have become our role models to our new friends showing them lessons and greeting them with such respect and kindness.

Our faculty and staff, all returning faculty, have been one of our biggest gifts. To work each day with such talented and amazing women, I am truly blessed. Our school has grown and succeeded in such an amazing way and I attribute this all to the faculty. Going to "work" is a joy and a blessing each and every day!

So, after many months of being very busy and not reflecting, I am pleased to say that all I can do is be continuously grateful for the blessings that HTM continues to receive. The children, faculty, parents and supporters of HTM are an amazing group of people and I look forward to the day when our HTM family can grow even larger!

Updated Website ...

Things are quite busy as many can imagine. In mid March, we completed our Admissions process for the Fall of 2010. We are excited to announce that we have full enrollment for next year. At this time, we will not be expanding for the 2010-2011 school year. With the church being in transition it is a difficult time for the congregation to make a decision about our school growth, so our HTM board and the HTL church members came to the difficult decision to not expand in the Fall. As we move forward we are in the planning stage to expand for the Fall of 2011. We hope to serve more of the families in the area that are looking for a Montessori Education for their child. We have been amazed at the interest in the area, and we are very excited about what this could mean for the future of HTM.

To continue our story and to expand our information, I have updated the website with more photos and information.

Please visit our updated website to see more about Holy Trinity Montessori! Feel free to come for a visit or a tour, we would love to show you our classroom communities and our newly planted Spring garden. We are looking forward to enjoying the Spring and celebrating the end of our 1st year!!!!

www.holytrinitymontessori.org

Winter Updates

We have returned to school starting our second semester! After two snow days that surprised us all the first week back, we are off and running for our second semester at HTM. We have started our Admissions Process for the 2010-2011 school year and we are excited about the interest we have for the school. We currently have a waitlist and we anticipate more interest as the school year continues. The growth and interest is such a testament to the unbelievable staff we have at HTM. I feel so fortunate to have such wonderful and talented women that surround me. I could not have been where I am this year without the support of April, KaToya, Cara and Sarah. We have created a great team and "family." We look forward to a great Spring and a wonderful summer!

We are excited to announce a Summer Program as well!! I have included more pictures of the children working and the Toddler exploring the outdoors!

Updates!

So, for everyone who has been following our progress... here is an update. We are loving each and every moment of our time at HTM. We have completed our first 8 weeks and we feel wonderful with the progress and developments of the school. The children have transitioned in beautifully to the new school year and we are off to an amazing start. The fence around the playground will be complete tomorrow and the fall weather has provided us amazing walks, garden visits and beautiful wildlife each day! Thank you to all the families who have attended our parent nights, parent conferences and work days. The children are working and we would invite all to visit the classrooms and see our Montessori communities in action.

A few pictures of the children working!

More to come..

Building the Path

Believe it or not, we built the path! Today, despite the rain and mud, we completed the path to the playground. After a cut tree and mulch were donated, the tree discs were placed along the path by a wonderful group of high school students, from CPA on Friday. Having planned our Outdoor Work Day months ago, who would have known that we would be at records levels for rain at this time of the year. So, despite the forecast we thought we would go ahead and work outdoors today. Two dedicated teachers, April and KaToya arrived with rainboots, gloves and shovels in hand, while a wonderful family the Fornes braved the weather with us! Their two daughters, one from Toddler and one from Primary joined in on the fun digging in the mud and spreading mulch. The day was a great success with the end result being a small group of VERY muddy people and a beautiful path of mulch and tree stepping stones to guide the children of HTM to the playground!

Thank you to everyone who helped today... the path is your hard work complete!

Language and Math Shelves..

Language and Math Shelves to view.....