Are We Meeting Our Mission?

Are we meeting our mission?

As a parent you make up the Montessori Society of Huntsville.  By choosing MSH, you asserted that you value education and want the very best, most authentic learning experience for your child.  Whether your initial tour was with Tinsley, Jennifer, Adriane or me we hope that we expressed our MSH mission clearly.  You can find this mission in the parent handbook, on our website or hanging in every classroom.  We are grateful that you have chosen to join us on this mission.

The Montessori School of Huntsville educates children to prepare them for a life of purpose, integrity, and academic accomplishment.  We develop independent learners, critical thinkers and tomorrow’s leaders.

While this is a challenging mission, it is the imperative by which we make our decisions everyday.  We want the curriculum your child learns to be Montessori in nature, but not antiquated.  By incorporating brain gym, providing extracurricular activities like Soccer Shots and Engineering Club, and by utilizing web based (STAR) assessment, we are informing our practice with cutting edge educational research that addresses the needs of students of the current generation.

We encourage each child by maintaining our commitment to providing individualized lessons and meeting each child where he or she is developmentally, recognizing when they are sensitive not only to academic lessons, but also to social and emotional learning opportunities.  Our teachers are teaching your child , not subjects or age levels.

We want to reach out to you and need you involved from the most basic level of washing cot sheets all the way to taking on the mantle of board leadership.  You will often hear me say, “if you see something that needs doing, most likely you are the best person for the job!”  In every day, we hope you will experience us reaching out to you to know your child better and provide him/her the best possible education.  Our relationship with one another is vital to your child’s growth.  Your participation is vital to the school’s success.

Every day we want your child to experience art, music, movement, their own language and other languages.  While we may offer a structured lesson only once or twice a week, we are constantly working to learn new ways to inject those opportunities into the prepared environment, through independent follow-up work and by making your aware of community offerings.

To accomplish our mission we observe not only the students, but each other so that we can reflect and improve our practice.  We take our responsibility of preparing future leaders very seriously.  This week we will reach out to you with a satisfaction survey and we look forward to receiving your input on our success in this mission.

And always we want to embody the teaching of Dr. Montessori and faithfully execute our duties to our students while educating families and the communities about the benefits of a Montessori education.  You support our mission by participating fully in society meetings, parent education opportunities and by sharing your experience with friends, families and colleagues so that other children can benefit from our MSH mission.  As always, we are immensely grateful for your support in our mission.