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ear Parents,
Thank you for your interest in Wyoming Valley
Montessori School. I hope you enjoy your
tour of our website. At WVMS, we
have many fine offerings and an exceptional staff.
Teachers here recognize
and respect the students as unique individuals. The children, in turn,
see
their work as meaningful and interesting and know their teachers want them
to succeed.
Children's success here is not limited to academic
mastery. Because children "create themselves" through purposeful activity
and interactions, they learn both through the exploration of carefully
chosen materials and from experiences that help stimulate self-confidence
and self-discipline.
Their classrooms are beautiful, inviting spaces in
which children learn to care for themselves
and care about others and the
world in which they live.
Montessori schools take as inspiration one of Dr.
Maria Montessori’s better known quotations,
"Follow the child." What does
this mean? Do we let the child lead us? No. To "follow the child"
means that
we carefully watch, listen, and learn from each child as each new
developmental
milestone is reached. In this way we may know when the child
is ready to build upon existing knowledge, ready for new challenges and new
goals. The Montessori teacher is prepared to
"follow" the student by
offering pathways to these new intellectual & emotional territories ready
to be discovered so that the child maintains inner curiosity and motivation
to continue learning.
Here at Wyoming Valley Montessori School, we look
forward to working together with you
and sharing in your child’s growth and
education.
Mark Di Pippa
Head of School |