Hello CMS Families, Planning and preparation for the 2018 CMS Annual Auction is well underway. If you are interested in getting involved please let me know so that I can reach out to you as service hour opportunities arise. Current opportunities for family service hours include: submitting online donation requests picking up donated items If[…]
News from the School
Hearing Screening
Dear CMS Families, K.I.D.S. Therapy Associates will be offering speech/language screenings at CMS on February 1, 2018 from 8 am – 11 am. Attached is a flyer describing typical speech and language milestones to expect from your preschooler. If after reviewing this handout you have concerns about your child’s speech and language skills, please feel free[…]
Recent Studies on Montessori Education
Facilitating children’s optimal development is an important social undertaking. The patterns set in place during early childhood’s brain development have the capacity to predict a child’s life trajectories. It has been demonstrated that Montessori preschool programs that focus on developing the whole child through age-appropriate socio-emotional and cognitive skill-building activities result in better outcomes. Montessori[…]
Happy Holidays
Dear Country Montessori School Families, What a fun morning everyone had!!! The students and staff enjoyed wearing their pajama’s, class celebrations and our first CMS Caroling Gathering of the student and staff community! Our 5th level students were paired up with the Kindergarten students and lead by Ms. Salas and Mr. Short to carol in[…]
Safety protocol
Dear CMS Families, I know we all share in the concern of the Lilac Fire and those affected by it and wish safety to everyone. It also raises questions about what protocol we follow here at Country Montessori School. In our history we have had school closures during the 2003 Cedar Fire, 2007 Witch Creek fire, which[…]