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Montessori Compass has released a free new Mobile App for iOS (Iphone and IPad) and Android devices. The Android app is available on Google Play and the iOS version is in the Apple App Store. This initial version of the mobile app is designed to serve as a companion to Montessori Compass’ full-featured Web-based application. […]

This is a short video message to the NGS community about the NewGate Fund. Many of us prefer not to think about fundraising, but it is an important aspect of life in every nonprofit. The school depends on the generous support of our families, staff, and friends. The way I think about it personally is […]

You may find this essay interesting. by Andrew McAfee Harvard Business Review INNOVATION JULY 25, 2011 There are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy, except for one. Everyone thinks it would be great if we could better teach students how to innovate. So shouldn’t we be paying a great deal […]

There is no one school that is right for all children, and certainly there are children who may do better in a smaller classroom setting with a more teacher-directed program that offers fewer choices and more consistent external structure. Children who are easily overstimulated, or those who tend to be overly aggressive, may be examples […]

Five-day programs create the consistency that is so important to young children and which is essential in our Montessori program. Our primary goal is to create a culture of consistency, order, and empowerment, we ask all children to attend five days a week. By age four, essentially all children attend for the full day.

Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically “teenage” behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain. Remember being a teenager? Rocked internally with hormones, outwardly with social pressures, […]

Immersion weeks are fabulous learning and practicing opportunities for our students. I consider us very lucky to be able to take these weeks, change our usual schedule, and end with something beautiful to share. Last week the elementary enjoyed opera immersion week. Of course a children’s opera performed by all the elementary students takes more […]

Our class has been on many field trips recently. These opportunities to go out and learn are wonderful and engaging. More importantly for me, as the guide, is that every opportunity to go out gives me to observe the students in a different environment. We get to observe the students following directions given by others, […]