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Head of School Message
Ms. Martha Carver
Thank you for another amazing year at Rock Prairie Montessori School! It is with great gratitude that I recognize our children, families, board members, staff and faculty, extended community of grandparents, aunts, and uncles.
It has been a great year! With all the challenges the world has presented, we continue to thrive as a community and school. We have been the constant you can count on with our students, faculty and educational programs. Our staff is stable, the school is in great shape financially, and enrollment / demand is the highest it has ever been. We are poised to continue this good work with a robust summer school as well.
We have invested in the maintenance of the school, replacing essential facility needs and in our outdoor environments. We love our outdoor extensions of the environments with the fencing for our Children’s House. We are blessed with beautiful woods and playgrounds. When parents volunteer their time to help us with our grounds and needs, it is really appreciated and makes this all possible.
Our Middle School program is a joy to behold, and the students have continued success in their micro businesses with Growing Roots. Through the experiences of bee keeping, farming with chickens, and the production, selling, accounting, and marketing of goat milk soap and balms, our middle schoolers are learning authentic life skills every day.
The Upper Elementary is thriving with enrollment and we enjoyed our favorite overnight stay at the MacKenzie Environmental Center. The two Lower Elementary classes had a wonderful year full of discovery and awesome field trips as well. Our annual Elementary Presentation Night really highlighted the accomplishments of the children in all the elementary levels and recognizes the many talented educators that make it possible. Everyone is welcome to come see for yourself next year!
All the Children’s House classes are full for next year and they have enjoyed a great year providing a developmentally appropriate experience of hands-on learning. Toddlers’ House is successful and thriving as well with the largest wait list we have ever experienced. The reputation of our Toddlers’ House classes, which support children and families with knowledge, order, and a safe environment to grow and become, is well known and sought after in our community.
Our facility is beautiful, and we work hard to keep it that way, so all of the children have a school that is a pleasure to be at and also is evolving with new initiatives.
Thank you for trusting us with your children; they make us proud of their accomplishments as independent, curious, motivated learners.
We celebrate our 8th grade graduates: Sophia Dahl and Tristan Macur. We are proud of you both and it has been a delight to watch you both thrive! We will have around 15 middle schoolers next year!
Our kindergarten graduates are being celebrated this week as well. We thank our forward-thinking families for giving their children the most important gift of the third year of Children’s House. This essential year ties the whole Children's House experience together, instills experiences of leadership and solidifies an all-important work ethic. Congratulations to the 15 Kindergarten graduates!
Enjoy the summer and we look forward with anticipation to another great school year in September.
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