Declaration of Unity

Mountain Laurel Montessori Jr. High students are studying US Government this term.  In this Spring's Humanities Project they are forming a new nation.  They are in the process of developing their system of government.  Today they delivered their opening speeches and formally declared their intention to form a union.  Here are some photos of the official signing.

The Declaration



a little pomp and circumstance for the signing

A delegate signs

Fiber Fun!

Mountain Laurel Montessori Students 

visit Central Virginia Fiber Mill

Our 9th year Sheep Manager organized a visit to the Central Virginia Fiber Mill to deliver the fleeces from our sheep.  The fleece will become lovely roving and yarn.  We will have new yarn for sale soon!

THANK YOU to Mary Kearny for teaching us about the process from raw fleece to yarn, roving, and batting.

As a bonus, we got to meet some very curious alpaca.

Escaping the Endless Adolescence - discussion group spring 2013

Thank you to the parents who came to the library for a lively discussion today!
 

All are invited to join us next week
for a discussion based on the book "Escaping the Endless Adolescence: how we can help our teenagers grow up before they grow old" by Joseph Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen.
 

 

 



Getting Dirty in the Pursuit of HIstory

Mountain Laurel Montessori Farm School Students excavated clay from the farm pond for a recent humanities project on Mayan pottery.  Can't wait to see the finished project!

Alumni off to Colleges Near and Far!

How time flies...

Mountain Laurel Montessori Farm School graduates from 2009

are off to colleges and universities near and far.

Congratulations to you all!

Schools include:

University of Virginia

Virginia Tech

Mary Washington University

New Mexico State University

Students Backpack the Appalachian Trail

Mount Marshall and Shenandoah National park are right outside our back door. They are what we see each day as we go about our school lives.  They helps define who we are and where we are in the world.

Students and faculty of Mountain Laurel Montessori Farm School got up close and personal with the park and Mount Marshall on a 3 day backpacking trip in April.

Before...

After...

From Farm to Folger Theater!

The Mountain Laurel Montessori Farm School students put on an excellent performance at the Folger Shakespeare Secondary Festival yesterday. We are all very proud of them all!

Their play was entitled "Shakespeare Mashup" and included scenes woven together from Hamlet, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The whole cast received a recognition award called "The Well-Oiled Machine Award" for working together as an ensemble, listening and responding to one another, and clearly presenting the meaning of Shakespeare's texts. 

Three individual Mountain Laurel Montessori students received awards as well.

Many thanks to our guest drama teacher and director, Katie Long.

Congratulations!!

Rosalind and Sylvius with trees in As You Like It

Romeo and Juliet

The cast with the narrator setting the scene