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| Whiz Kids: Young Triathletes Swim, Run and Bike for a Good Cause |  | | | | | Posted on Sandy Springs Patch.com Whiz Kids
Three First Montessori School of Atlanta students competed in the recent Tri for Tourette Kids Triathlon at the Concourse Athletic Club.
Accomplishment:First Montessori School of Atlanta third-graders Paul Huebner and Donovan Burns, along with sixth grader Anna Burns, participated in the Tri for Tourette Kids Triathlon, a USAT sanction  ed mini-sprint triathlon that benefits Camp Twitch and Shout, a one-week camp for children with Tourette Syndrome, and the Tourette Information Center and Support of Georgia.
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After the race. Front: Callum Campbell, classmate who cheered on his friends; Back, left to right: Paul Huebner, Anna Burns, Donovan Burns | |
| Montessori Mafia reprinted from Wall Street Journal  | | | | By Peter Sims | | It may seem like a laughable “only in New York” story that Manhattan mother, Nicole Imprescia, is suing her 4-year-old daughter’s untraditional private preschool for failing to prepare her for a private school admissions exam.
But her daughter’s future and ours might be much brighter with a little less conditioning to perform well on tests and more encouragement to discover as they teach in Montessori schools. Ironically, the Montessori educational approach might be the surest route to joining the creative elite, which are so overrepresented by the school’s alumni that one might suspect a Montessori Mafia: Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, videogame pioneer Will Wright, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, not to mention Julia Child and rapper Sean “P.Diddy” Combs. | |
| excerpt from Going Green is Kid Stuff from AJC | | | | | |
Included in the Atlanta Journal Constitution in regards to Green Education, our Elementary class was interviewed to discuss their efforts to reduce trash.
Here is an excerpt from that article:
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Learning together
In many schools and pre-schools, all things green are getting more attention as adults help mold children into environmental caretakers.
On-site gardening is becoming a standard part of the educational experience. At Sprouts day care in Norcross, children as young as 3 did an experiment with their garden by covering half of it with plexiglas to see if covering it would help the peas and lettuce germinate faster. An elementary class at First Montessori School of Atlanta in Sandy Springs has been weighing its trash for the past three years in an effort to try and cut down on waste. Through composting and efforts to eliminate all disposable containers in lunches and snacks, the daily weight of trash in the one classroom has gone from a high of 6 pounds to under 1 pound.
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| Joe Seidel in the News | | | | | |  by Barbara P. Jacoby bjacoby@cherokeetribune.com
Cherokee Tribune
02.04.11 - 11:29 pm
The music at Canton First United Methodist Church on Sunday mornings is so exceptional it often moves the congregation to applause. And two of the men helping to make it - pianist John Barker of southeast Cherokee County and organist Joe Seidel of Canton - will share their gifts with the whole community next weekend.
The duo will perform a concert of hymns and classical music at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 as a fundraiser to aid the church in buying a new 15-passenger van. Admission ... Click here to read the entire article | |
| ...Students Celebrate Pinwheels for Peace | | | | | | Although the international peace symbol is older than their parents, students at First Montessori School of Atlanta incorporated it into their artwork for Pinwheels for Peace. On Sept. 21, students, ages 6-14, placed approximately 200 pinwheels in front of their campus to mark the International Day of Peace. Click here to read more | |
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