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Archives for February, 2012

Kicking off International Montessori Week

Video: Google Founders Talk Montessori
Here’s an oldie but goodie to kick off Montessori Week at Inly School. In this interview with Barbara Walters, the young founders of Google credit their success not to brains and business experience, but to their early years in Montessori school.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin met as students at Stanford University [...]

Student Perspective on Being Head of School

Experiential learning (or “learning by doing” “) permeates every part of the Inly curriculum, at all levels. It is part of our educational approach, in which students actively engage in relevant, authentic experiences that reinforce academic lessons or teach skills. It is also part of the environment outside the classroom. One Inly tradition that blends a fun twist to [...]

Inly Players Theater: Local TV Celebrity, Students Learn About Working Well With Others

Family theater events with a professional twist
The Inly Players are pleased to bring Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the story of the legendary candy maker, to the stage for their sixth annual musical theater production. There are six shows over two weekends: Saturday, February 25 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, Sunday, February 26 [...]

Tests & Success at Inly School

This week’s Parent Insight event, “Tests and Success,” provided a forum for an engaging parent discussion with Julie Kelly-Detwiler, Assistant Head of School. The conversation focused on the methods and philosophy around measuring and communicating student progress in the Montessori environment. There was great parent turnout for this event and attendees learned more about what [...]