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A kind, gentle North Austin community school

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  • About Montessori
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Passover Celebration

- April 17, 2014 - rickweller comment on Passover Celebration

Earlier this morning, we paused to celebrate Passover at school. We are grateful to Matt Berg for coming to tell the story of Passover, share some matzo with the students and hide the afikomen. Yes, we even had gluten-free matzo! Breaking and tasting the matzo… The afikomen has been spotted!

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Mud Box

- April 9, 2014 - rickweller comment on Mud Box

Last week we unveiled the playground’s newest feature, the Mud Box. Children’s love of digging is part of their connection to Nature. The Mud Box does have an open bottom, so they can dig into the Earth itself–without getting their clothes too dirty.

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Let there be light

- January 13, 2014 - rickweller

On Friday, we debuted our electrical circuit to the older children. Happily, they found the light…

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A Good Week

- December 7, 2013 - rickweller

Despite the cold turn at the end, we think we had a pretty good week. You cab be the judge…  

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“I did it!”

- June 27, 2012 - rickweller comment on “I did it!”

“I did it!” said our youngest, and then she did again ♥

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