In the Swing
Even though it was a shortened week due to the holiday, and for some, due to illness, the children are already settling into the rhythm...
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Heidi Kelly
- Aug 30
- 1 min
First Full Week ✅
We've made it through our first full week! The children seem to be having a marvelous time, and learning so much. Writing a Thank You...
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Heidi Kelly
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Welcome Back
Even though we had a lot of orientation-type things happening, the children also managed to get in some work. It's always amazing to me...
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kathleen McIntyre
- May 6
- 1 min
Lower Elementary Mountain Adventure
Eagle sightings, frolicking at the base of a waterfall, hiking to the top of the mountain, singing around a campfire…. These are just...
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Heidi Kelly
- May 2
- 4 min
In honor of "Bambina"
aka "Little Boo", "Fluffnugget", and "the Littlest Boo of them All" 8/31/11 - 2/23/24 She was a part of so many children's lives over the...
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Heidi Kelly
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Honoring our losses
As you can imagine, we've talked a lot about grief this year. After we came back from the February break, the children honored me with...
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Heidi Kelly
- Mar 30
- 2 min
March classroom work and research, research, research!
One thing about Montessori classrooms is the consistency and dependability that we (adults and children) can all rely on, when all else...
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Heidi Kelly
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Cooking with Ms. Paula
Our trip to the UNC Botanical Gardens was canceled due to the possibility of high winds, but our disappointment was eased when Ms. Paula...
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Heidi Kelly
- Mar 1
- 1 min
LE Science Fair
March started with a great deal of excitement surrounding the Science Fair. At this level in our school, projects are completed at home...
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Heidi Kelly
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Winter School Days
We were so happy to get back to work after the winter break and intercession. In fact, we were so busy we forgot to take any pictures...
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Heidi Kelly
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Curriculum Day!
The children did a FANTASTIC job of presenting their Montessori works to parents. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 10, 2023
- 1 min
Diwali with Upper El
For the second year, we were thrilled to have the Shah family share with us the holiday of Diwali with food and dance. This year, we...
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Heidi Kelly
- Nov 9, 2023
- 1 min
Discovery Place
We enjoyed our field trip to Discovery Place. We viewed an IMAX movie about outer space, and took in the Amazon Rain Forest exhibit. ...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 27, 2023
- 1 min
October School Days
Matching lower case and capital cursive letters Racks and tubes for long division Checkerboard for multiplication of large numbers...
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Heidi Kelly
- Oct 27, 2023
- 1 min
Greenway Walk with Ms. Paula
We enjoyed a lovely nature walk with Ms. Paula to the greenway. We did some natural observation, discussed some of the things we...
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Heidi Kelly
- Sep 28, 2023
- 1 min
The First Great Lesson
We shared the First Great Lesson, the Creation of the Universe!
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kathleen McIntyre
- Sep 17, 2023
- 2 min
Lower Elementary Adventure to Rockmont
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 4, 2023
- 3 min
...and we're off!
The 2023/24 school year is off and running! After the first few days of learning the ropes in LE, (apparently, we have a LOT of rules),...
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kathleen McIntyre
- May 9, 2023
- 1 min
The clouds part… Lower elementary’s Mountain adventure
There are days on the top of Mount Mitchell, where you can see for 70 miles away. The clouds part and everything becomes clear. That was...
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Heidi Kelly
- Apr 24, 2023
- 1 min
Winghaven
We had a wonderful trip to this lovely historical garden and home in Charlotte. Thank you to all our Chaperones!
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