Charles Ellis Montessori Academy is celebrating its 25th
year as a public Montessori school.
As part of the year-long Silver Jubilee celebration, all alumni and
those who worked at Charles Ellis over the past 25 years are invited to attend
an Alumni Breakfast to be held on October 26th, 2012 at 7:30 am in
the Ellis Media Center. Those who
attend are encouraged to bring along any mementos or pictures they may have
from their time at Charles Ellis to share. Please RSVP by October 19, 2012 with your name and years you
attended Charles Ellis Montessori Academy to Trent Kissinger at
trent.kissinger@sccpss.com. More
information about the Silver Jubilee can be found at
ellissilverjubilee.blogspot.com.
Charles
Ellis Montessori Academy is the oldest functioning school in Chatham County. It
is part of the Savannah/Chatham County Public School System. The landmark 70-year-old, two-story red
brick schoolhouse is located at 220 East 49th Street in Savannah,
Georgia.
The
school uses the Montessori method of education, an alternative to traditional classroom
teaching styles. The philosophy behind the Montessori method is that the
educator is merely a facilitator, and that children, given the correct
environment, will seek to challenge themselves academically.
Differences
between Montessori and traditional public schools include multi-age classes,
parent-teacher conferences instead of report cards, hands-on learning and
teachers specially trained in the Montessori method, which stresses individual
learning. Maria Montessori, the first female doctor in Italy, founded the
Montessori method in the early 1900s.
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