Manotick Montessori Congradulates Graduating Students!

This past Friday marked a very special, and bittersweet day for the students, their parents and teachers at Manotick Montessori.

Several students from both our Casa and Elementary programs graduated on Friday with their fellow students, proud parents and teachers joining them in celebration.

Adorned in their velvet capes, children receiving their diplomas were those returning to elementary classrooms at Manotick Montessori, while others were saying goodbye for good, moving onto new schools to further their education.

Among the students graduating, younger students from the classroom as well as friends graduating, each prepared small speeches about the graduates.

With each having something unique to say, the children all went around the room telling one another how they’ve touched each other’s lives and what they’ll miss. The graduates then gave their speeches about what they loved and will miss about the school and their friends.

Lastly, the teachers and principal, each shared their stories and memories and what they’ll miss about the graduating students.

Although many tears were shed, (mainly by the teachers) it was all smiles as students, parents and teachers congradulated the graduates with clapping and cheers as they were handed their diplomas.


At the end of both ceremonies, there was a piano recital with Miss Bonnie in the library. A few students played for others to watch and enjoy the music.

After the festivities finished indoors, the students were greeted by the

Gingerbread man outside, handing out cookies to all the students...

Another wonderful and memorable day in Manotick for all the students and teachers alike!

This past Friday, Father’s Day came early at Manotick Montessori!

With the sun on our side, we played, we laughed, we even sweat; all for a day of fun and memories with our dads.

To start the morning off, our casa class shared their excitement with directresses: Miss Anne, Miss Jeanette, Miss Robyn, Miss Randa, Miss Natasha, Miss Kathy, Miss Jennifer, Madmoiselle Dupuis, and Madmoiselle Manon, our friends and of course our dads.

After a brief explanation of how the games would play out, dad’s set out on a canoe race, with a total of three groups, all from different classes. The competitive nature was out in full force!

From there, dads and their children set out on the most challenging obstacle race of their lives…with hill terrain races, noodle relays and hoop jumps, they were in for a tough ride…

But they pushed on successfully, and moved to the next station… TUG OF WAR!

 

In teams of three, each group of men (divided again by classrooms) pulled and tugged their way to either victory or peril… it was a close call, but it was Miss Natasha’s classroom who prevailed the victors!

 

Next up was the most challenging match of all… a tri-nomial cube learning game that the children use in the classrooms… let’s just say the dad’s couldn’t figure it out without our kids there to help!

Lastly, the children surprised their dads with gifts, hugs and kisses, and a song they had been working on just for this special event.

Afterwards, our elementary students and their dads enjoyed an afternoon together… canoe racing, sumo wrestling matches, pizza and rootbeer!

All in all, a day to remember for all of us here at Manotick Montessori!

 

Stay Tuned for more events!

Manotick Montessori: Where Creativity Meets Learning!

Manotick Montessori is a cutting-edge, early childhood education private school in the heart of Ottawa-South.

 

This year, we’ve decided to start a blog to inform and perhaps entertain all those interested in learning more about our school and all it has to offer to the children attending, parents as well as the community.

 

Our mission is to facilitate social interaction at the early ages with our students, but we also want to encourage more interaction with our surrounding community.

 

We believe that it’s essential to acquire the love of learning and self-motivating skills in the childhood stages. So why not motivate ourselves, parents and soon-to-be parents to become more involved socially as well!

 

We accept children from the ages of:

• 18 months to 3 years

• 3 years to 6 years

• 6 years to 9 years

This gives our directresses an opportunity to work one-on-one with students while maintaining a social environment.

Among our amazing staff, we also have Baer, our therapy specialist...

Baer is our newest addition and we are PROUD to have him aboard!

Our calendar (located on our website http://www.manotickmontessori.com/whatsnew.html) is full of exciting new ways to challenge and entertain our children.

That’s why Manotick Montessori is ever-changing, and continues to revive classroom material to meet the highest standards in education.

With our blog, we’ll capture those special moments in time and share them with you!

Here are a few from past events we've had...

 few of our students preforming at their Spring 2010 concert.

Students enjoy their private skating sanctuary in Manotick Montessori's very own backyard!

Directresses Julie Dupuis and Jennifer Sorensen enjoy the scenery of Manotick Montessori's backyard

We also encourage our students to take part in their community, their city, their nation and their world...

The students of Manotick Montessori raised money for Haiti, with an Art Auction filled with collective works by the kids!

 

Next up is our Father’s Day Celebration held on June 4th so stay tuned!