Montessori School of Westminster

We are wrapping up Hike-a-Thon 2022! All hikes between Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 24, count toward your student’s individual and class totals. Update your student's mileage on the website and get last minute donations - all online activities need to be submitted by Tuesday at midnight. The class competition is close - only 7 miles separate the top 3 classes, so be sure to record your student's hikes! Every mile counts! (Class rankings in photo as of 10:30 Monday, April 25.)

Please submit any offline checks/cash by Tuesday as well.

Here's a retrospective on March 17th activities at MSW. Lots of good-spirited fun throughout the school. Enjoy taking a look at our St. Patty's Day 2022!

Happy Easter...in whatever way your family spends this time. We honor all! At MSW, students in Upper Elementary (grades 4, 5 & 6) and Middle School (grades 7, 8, & 9) worked diligently to create two important entries. During school year 2021-2022, MSW marked the passing of Mrs. Welsh-Baer's beloved Lower Elementary classroom mascot, Monti the rabbit. Monti was recreated by the PEEP show team, as you'll see. Another PEEP show entry celebrates Bonnie & Clyde, the two axolotls who live in aquariums in Ms. Neiko's Upper Elementary classroom. (Axolotls are amphibians, unusual in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis.) The students adopted a "Minecraft" approach as they designed their axolotl entry for the show. Take a look! But before you do, our HUGE thanks to the BURLEY family for guiding this project from its start to its conclusion.

The making of the 2022 PEEP Show entries (2!). Enjoy our photos!

Here's a PEEP Show 2022 visit photo, posted to say HAPPY EASTER and SPRING BREAK to all! We hope your time set aside at this time of year to celebrate in your unique and varied ways, or simply to relax, is fulfilling and refreshing.

Mrs. Welsh-Baer's Lower Elementary class visited the Carroll County Arts Council's PEEP Show. They enjoyed their visit where they saw the entry submitted by older MSW students memorializing the passing of their classroom pet, Monti the rabbit.

We are halfway through Hike-a-Thon 2022 and Mrs. Strine's class is in the mileage lead! Did you know ... registering your student online for Hike-a-Thon and updating their individual miles automatically adds to their class totals? It also is an easy way to show your fundraising supporters how far students have gone toward reaching their hiking goals. Miles hiked at school with Guides, EE, or on outdoor field trips count towards Hike-a-Thon goals, but we can't count them if they aren't entered!

The weather is finally cooperating and getting warmer. Need inspiration or ideas for nearby hikes? See the link in the comments!

Shout out to the HOLT company for much-anticipated deliveries to MSW! The two-year-olds in the Beginnings classroom love watching the deliveryman bring in supplies with his dolly, but they really love his TRUCK! The driver intentionally parks where the children can see his big truck through the classroom windows. And as he leaves....TOOT, TOOT goes the horn. Thanks, Holt company, for this endearing interaction.

Senora Sheasby is in the building...and our Beginnings classroom! You can see that our youngest students are happy to begin their Spanish work with their favorite foreign language instructor!

It's a great weekend to get out in the woods and get some miles underfoot for the Hike-a-Thon. Miles are cumulative through Sunday, April 24. Visit www.theMSW.org/hike-a-thon for information about registering your student to record their miles and make the challenge into a fundraiser for the school!

Many skills are developed when young children learn to cook (and clean up!), but the real benefit is the sense of personal achievement and empowerment. Here's a student from our Primary program (ages three through the kindergarten level) proudly presenting this surprised MSW staff member with some very tasty scrambled eggs!! Have a happy weekend, MSW families and friends, and have fun cooking with your children!

What's great about rainy days on Mount Montessori? MUSIC! Upper Elementary students rocking out with our music instructor and performing artist Jacob Fine.

Upper Elementary art. Grades four, five, and six. 🐠🐟🐠