January!
Time to catch you up on 2023! It's been a super busy month for the adults... Curriculum Night, conference preparation and parent-teacher...
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Heidi Kelly
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Goodbye, 2022
The last week of school for 2022 was packed with learning, two sun celebrations (Happy Birthday to Philipp and Wall), and lots of holiday...
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Heidi Kelly
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
St. Nicholas Day, The Second Great Lesson, and more practical life... among other things!
It was another chock-full week in DGS Lower Elementary! We started Monday off with a lesson about the holiday of St. Nicholas day, which...
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Heidi Kelly
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
Is it December Already?
We all agree that the year is flying by. The children have been working hard, and this week we refocused on work habits: slowing down,...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
About Last Week...
Time is flying by! Last week feels a bit like last month at this point. We have been so busy! Here are some highlights from our week. ...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 6, 2022
- 2 min
What a week!
Was Halloween really just Monday? Last week was a bit of a tornado of activity. It was wonderful, and also, we are looking for a little...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
Diwali!
Our week started off with a wonderful treat! Syon and Sanaya's mom, Sejal, joined us to teach about the holiday of Diwali. The children...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Autumn has arrived!
We are really enjoying the lovely, crisp fall weather. Our days this week flew by, each day seeming to go faster than the one before it. ...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 16, 2022
- 1 min
With a "Bang"...
Our week started off with a "bang", both literally and figuratively! This was our first week all together for a regular schedule, all...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 5, 2022
- 1 min
Stolen Moments in the Classroom
We've had only a patchwork of days in the classroom over the last two weeks between Field Trips, Tropical Storms, illness absences and...
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kathleen McIntyre
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min
Camp Rockmont Mountain Adventure - lower elementary’s first overnight trip
This past week, Lower Elementary headed up to the mountains of western North Carolina to Camp Rockmont for their overnight adventure. Not...
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Heidi Kelly
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
Busy Bees (and Kids, and Teachers)
This week was such a whirlwind, as I look back at the pictures from earlier in the week, they seem like much further in the past than...
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Heidi Kelly
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Beyond Labor Day
Dr. Maria Montessori was quoted as saying "the greatest sign of success for the teacher is to be able to say 'the children are now...
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kathleen McIntyre
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
DGS Community at the Lake!
Perfect weather, children laughing and splashing, great conversations and connecting… it could not have been a more perfect afternoon! A...
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Heidi Kelly
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
Building Community
The 3-6-year-old Primary child is developmentally focused inward. They have built concentration while learning to dust, to fold, to...
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Heidi Kelly
- Aug 29, 2022
- 1 min
Starting the Year Off Right!
Lower Elementary always starts the year with orientation to the classroom. There is so much to learn (and re-learn) about the way things...
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Heidi Kelly
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Winding Down 2021
The weeks since Thanksgiving have been full and busy. My dog, Bambina, was with us for a full week while we were having some work done...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Work, Work, Work
Work, Work, Work One of the things I love about Montessori (and non-traditional schools like DGS) is the fact that it turns our...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Helllooooo November!
With the new month came mother nature’s reminder that it is, indeed, Autumn, and cooler weather is upon us! It was a definite transition...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Witch's Brew
Last week was quite the whirlwind. Noah’s family donated small pumpkins for the children to use, so we did pumpkin painting! A big...
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