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Archives for April, 2010

Our First Soccer Game—Worth the Wait

By Zachary S., UE1, 6th Grade
On April 15, we had our first Inly School soccer game against Oak Meadow Montessori School. Since they were from Littleton, they had to take a one-and-a-half hour trip all the way to our school. Unfortunately, they had to start driving during rush hour, and they got a bit lost. [...]

Earth Day Challenge 2010

During the next week leading up to Earth Day on April 22, we encourage all members of the Inly community to become environmental heroes and participate in the “It’s our environment” challenge.
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This video was filmed by the Community Service Club and edited (under extremely tight deadline) by Abby A. ‘10.
Here are just [...]

Inly Welcomes New Athletics Director: Coach Cathy

By E.S.S., Inly Parent
Although she didn’t know it at the time, Cathy Harder-Bernier figured out she was a Montessori parent the day she and her first-born son Dan, then age two, spent five minutes at the base of a steep flight of stairs.
“We were outside a store,” Cathy said, “and I knew most [...]

The “Aha” Series: ‘Of course you can do grammar’ in LE2

This week, we asked our teachers in the Lower Elementary Two class, Margie Morgan and Alexa Hickman, to share some of her favorite stories that illustrate those moments of joyful discovery when an idea really clicks for a student and the “aha!” epiphany brings new life to learning.

Margie’s Grammar Story
Recently on a rainy afternoon we had indoor [...]

“Bully-proofing”—How Inly Cultivates a Community of Respect

By Wendy Nelson, Ed.D., Inly Consulting Psychologist
I first heard of the term “bystander apathy” as an undergraduate student in an Introduction to Sociology class more years ago than I care to reveal to you.  It is one of the more compelling pieces of research on human group behavior. When I heard about Phoebe Prince, the young teen [...]