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  • Fostering a Repair Culture

    Fostering a Repair Culture

    November 6th, 2024


    Our culture is dominated by planned obsolescence. When things break, we tend to throw them away. Less and less of us know how to fix things. The Repair Club aims to fix that! This Fall, thirteen Woodland Hill 4th - 8th graders had the opportunity to take the Repair Club elective, one of several init...
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  • Service Learning at WHMS

    Service Learning at WHMS

    October 23rd, 2024


    A service component has long been an integral part of a Montessori Secondary curriculum, rooted in both the writings of Maria Montessori and the observable characteristics of the young adolescent. Montessori envisioned a world where people engage harmoniously with one another and the environment, an...
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  • Pink Tower of Jewels

    Pink Tower of Jewels

    October 9th, 2024


    This post provides a glimpse into how incredibly connected, and multifaceted the Montessori math materials are, and might be a preview of what will be demonstrated during the upcoming Voyage of Discovery - Mathematics on Saturday, October 26, 2024.  ...
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  • Nurturing the Brain and Shaping Future Minds

    Nurturing the Brain and Shaping Future Minds

    September 25th, 2024


    I became a Montessori educator in 2007 after many years of teaching in traditional educational settings.  I was drawn to learn more about Montessori philosophy and practice not because of exposure while obtaining a teaching degree but because of my experience with children who had attended Montesso...
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  • A Gentle Return: Embracing the Montessori Phase-In Process

    A Gentle Return: Embracing the Montessori Phase-In Process

    September 11th, 2024


    Our students have returned to campus, and exuberance is in the air. The best part of our school is the children, and as they return to their classrooms, a familiar hum fills the air. Like bees in a hive or birds in formation, they move with purpose; exploring their cubbies, shelves, and the expansiv...
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  • After enrollment jump, Woodland Hill Montessori considers what comes next, Business Review

    After enrollment jump, Woodland Hill Montessori considers what comes next, Business Review

    October 22nd, 2021


    Enrollment made a big jump at Woodland Hill Montessori School in North Greenbush in 2020. Its head of school says it's now thinking about whether an expansion comes next.

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  • Woodland Hill Montessori School students create rainbow cards for local nurses, WTEN

    Woodland Hill Montessori School students create rainbow cards for local nurses, WTEN

    May 6th, 2020


    NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – In honor of National Nurses Week, one local school is using a classroom project as a way to say thank you to the nurses in their community.

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  • Holocaust survivor meets students at Woodland Hill Montessori School - WTEN

    Holocaust survivor meets students at Woodland Hill Montessori School - WTEN

    June 12th, 2019


    Holocaust survivor Ruth Mendel stopped by Woodland Hill Montessori School to share her story with students.

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  • WHMS Hosts longtime educator and bully-prevention expert Jim Dillon - WTEN

    WHMS Hosts longtime educator and bully-prevention expert Jim Dillon - WTEN

    January 4th, 2019


    At Woodland Hill Montessori School, parents got the opportunity to become the students thanks to a visit from Bullying Prevention Expert Jim Dillon.

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