![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X6S9UF-wceg/default.jpg "The following lesson is titled the "Great Cup Stack Challenge." Each week our school partners with a local Montessori school for part of the school day. Three or four students from Heritage Montessori School visit each of the elementary school classes and actively participate in assignments and classroom activities. Mrs. Kathleen Vaughn, social worker, teaches a weekly social skills group during the time the students from the Montessori school are visiting. Each week the goal is to provide an interactive, hands-on game or challenge which enhances the students' social skills with their typical peers. Teamwork and communication challenges have been the focus of this school year. Providing our students with visual impairments the opportunity to interact with their typical peers has been a remarkable experience for everyone. Students from The Maryland School for the Blind have learned assertive communication strategies, self-advocacy skills, and friendships skills in its truest form. Students from the Heritage Montessori School have seen firsthand what it can be like living with a disability, and how to look past the obvious differences to develop personal relationships. Our group truly does put the cool in social skills! (Produced/written by Kathleen Vaughn) In May 2011, The Texas Advisory Committee for the Education of Students with Visual Impairments offered teachers, parents, and students with visual impairments across the United States and Canada an opportunity to submit ...")
![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QuJu3PiZbFE/default.jpg "David and his classmates from the Walnut Room at Heritage Montessori Academy singing "America"")
October 06,2012 - Both Michael and I work full-time, as most parents, do, and it was important for us to find a place our daughter would be cared for and learn while not near us. We had no idea how important Heritage Montessori School would become in her life.
We watched as each teacher shows concern for each child. Each child feels special because the teachers make them feel that way. Our daughter has thrived and we are amazed at how far she has come since first brought to class #1. She thinks of her teachers when she is reviewing her lessons with us and thinks of each one in her prayers at night.
You all do a wonderful job because it isn''t just a job to any of you, it is a moment in time that will somehow mark that child forever. And, because of your caring and your selflessness, you all deserve a hug for making her life, and all the lives of the children, better for today and as ultimate adults in the community.
This is a virtual Hug to each of you....
Know how much we love you!
Shelley & Michael*-Posted by Parent *
Published
April 15, 2013
Here are a dozen or so girls' schools' public thoughts about themselves and their missions.
Make Summer a Special Time!
If you have children in private school, then you are most likely looking at three months, perhaps even longer, which you must fill with activities of one kind or another during the long summer break.
Are You Liable?
Is your DEL key about to get gaveled? It doesn't matter whether you teach in a public or private school setting. You expose yourself to legal risks every single day on the job.
