Montessori Academy Chicago

Continued Parent Enrichment: Art, Music, Gym, and Technology at the Academy
2018-10-09 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
We are thrilled to launch the Academy Enrichment Department this
fall! Join the new Academy Enrichment Department to discover how
music, art, gym and technology at the Academy will enhance your
child’s learning and stimulate their creativity and self expression.
At this event you will have the opportunity to learn more about
how enrichment programming at the Academy will incorporate
co-curricular integration, tying into themes and subjects being
covered in our classrooms and customized for each class to suit the
needs of Academy students at all of our levels. We can’t wait to share
with you the plans that have been developed specifically with your
children in mind!

Columbus Day-In-Service Day for Staff
2018-10-08
No student attendance

Continued Parent Enrichment: Emotions Matter- Emotional Intelligence, Coping, and Cooperation at Home and School!
2018-10-03 17:30 - 18:30
Children have a wide array of feelings and experiences at home and
school each day that impact how they interact and cooperate. Come
explore the science of emotional intelligence and discuss ways we can
help children cope AND cooperate, and manage their feelings safely.
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn about how our school
is working to create a positive emotional climate for learning and
developing RULER skills at school. Learn how emotional intelligence
and RULER skills can guide cooperation, caring, and regulation at
home. Presented by: Meghan Greeley, LCSW, School Social Worker.

Admissions Coffee Chat
2018-10-02 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-09-18 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-08-21 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-08-07 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-07-24 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-07-10 09:00 - 10:30, 2018-06-26 09:00 - 10:30
Our Admissions Coffee Chats provide prospective families with the opportunity to learn more about each program and tour our state-of-the-art facilities. These informal information sessions help interested families become acquainted with our community and offer the chance to ask our faculty, administration, and current parents questions about the school. A morning at the Academy includes basic information on our programming, Montessori pedagogy and history, and the admissions process.
RSVP is required. Please send an email to admissions@montessoriacademychicago.localhost.me. Adults only, please.

Continued Parent Enrichment: Welcome to Elementary
2018-09-27 17:30 - 18:30
Come join us for a discussion of Montessori philosophy at the
Elementary level!
In this session we will map out the whole child using Dr. Maria
Montessori’s philosophy of all the planes of development.
Items to be discussed are:
• Focus on the changes of developmental planes of lower and upper
elementary students
• Overview of lower and upper elementary curriculum including our
exciting new Columbia University Reading and Writing Program!
• Implementing Executive Functioning Skills in Elementary
• Short video to highlight a balance of expectations for a successful
and happy child
Mr. Jason from the Polaris community would like to host a parent
book club. The title of the book How to Talk so Kids Will Listen. And
Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber will be discussed.
This will be a great opportunity to engage with our community and
show you how to best navigate your Elementary child! This CPE is
geared towards Polaris and Antares parents, but we welcome anyone
from the Academy community who is interested in learning more
about our elementary program.

Continued Parent Enrichment: Toileting in the First Three Years of Life
2018-09-25 17:30 - 18:30
Toilet learning is a natural process and should be done at a pace
to promote comfort and independence in the child. Encouraging
children to become aware of their bodily functions during the
sensitive period of development for toileting allows for less distress
when the child is older and more physically able to control their
toileting abilities. The Montessori approach to toilet learning is
to begin at birth and continue throughout the first three years of
life. Come and learn more about the Academy’s approach to this
important developmental stage. This event will be hosted by our
Lower School teachers and will include take away material that will
assist you in becoming a toilet learning expert.

International Day of Peace
2018-09-21

Continued Parent Enrichment: Reading and Writing in the Primary Classroom
2018-09-12 17:30 - 18:30
Successful early literacy consists of development in listening
comprehension, print knowledge, environmental print, alphabet
knowledge, phonemic awareness, phonological short-term memory,
rapid naming, visual memory, and visual perceptual skills. These
skills do not need to be taught separately from each other, but,
rather, integrated in oral language, knowledge of print, and alphabet
knowledge. The Montessori approach encompasses it all. In the
stages of early literacy, children who are exposed to pre-reading and
writing are building a solid foundation for reading and writing during
their Primary years. The Montessori Method prepares the child, from
learning to read to reading to learn, through indirect and direct
preparations, starting in the practical life and sensorial training.
Primary students learn to understand that sounds make words
through exposure to phonics. Other materials follow, which present
the intricacies of non-phonetic spelling and grammar. The Montessori
approach provides a carefully thought-out program to facilitate this
process.
Please join us as we reveal the unique steps of the process of
reading the Montessori Way! RSVP to misssally@montessoriacademychicago.localhost.me.

Summer Break- No School
2018-07-02 - 2018-07-06
