NIGHTINGALE MONTESSORI
Reimagining Education Since 1978
Welcome to the "FALCONS"
Curriculum: Work in the Falcon class combines the student’s natural love of learning with the values of hard work and self-discipline. Individual research projects are carefully monitored, evaluated, and recorded to ensure progress. The curriculum is designed to allow flexibility and accommodate a student’s unique abilities and interests. Students delve deeply into the subjects of mathematics, English literature, language arts, writing, prehistory to 20th-century history, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, ecology, art, and foreign languages. Applying new knowledge to new contexts, students explore their personal passions inspired by their academic work and participate in online electives covering a wide range of subjects.
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Maria Taylor – Program Advisor Jayne Woodward – Lead, Science Tasha Williams – Guide Barb Boyer – Math Guide Olivia Westfall – Ecology, Poetry Saona Jean – Guide Jewell Hall – Interventionist |
Falcons continue their practice of "Cosmic Education" – the study of the ongoing creation of the universe. They are encouraged to think about who they are as individuals, as part of the human species, as citizens of a nation, and as as members of a planetary ecology. Field trips (often planned by the students) connect students to the larger world as they learn to apply knowledge in new ways. They plan to visit the Glen Helen Nature School on a regular basis.
Falcons are introduced to the Montessori “Erdkinder” program – the next step in "Cosmic Education". Students learn more about Earth care, permaculture, and microbusiness opportunities with seasonal plant sales. The curriculum helps young adults understand themselves within a wider frame of reference as they make the transition into responsible global citizens. A true metamorphosis occurs during these transformative years.
"My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams and proceeding on that verification from the secondary school to the university, but of individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher one by means of their own activitiy, through their own effort or will, which constitutes the inner evolution of the individual." – Maria Montessori.