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==Events==
==Events==
Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009<REF>"Students invited to weekly MMS camps," ''The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times'', May 12, 2009</REF> and a Farm Festival in May 2008<REF>"Montessori Middle sets first Farm Fest," ''The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times'', May 6, 2008</REF>.
Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009<REF>"Students invited to weekly MMS camps," ''The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times'', May 12, 2009 http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090512/LIFE/305129992/-1/FRONTPAGE</REF> and a Farm Festival in May 2008<REF>"Montessori Middle sets first Farm Fest," ''The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times'', May 6, 2008</REF>.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:14, 12 July 2009

Montessori Middle School is a Montessori school, grades 5 through 8, located in Louisville, Tennessee[1]. The facility was built in 2008 on a rural property that was formerly part of a cattle farm.[2]. It is the first Montessori school for adolescents in East Tennessee and one of the first in the Southeast [3].

Teaching philosophy

The land-based school follows the "erdkinder" or "earth children" philosophy of Maria Montessori[4]. In keeping with this land-based model, Montessori Middle is a producing member of the Maryville Farmers' Market[5]

Events

Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009[6] and a Farm Festival in May 2008[7].

References

  1. ^ Butler, I. "Site Plan OK'd for Montessori Middle School," The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times, Sept. 20, 2007 http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/NEWS/70920006
  2. ^ Sherrod, M. "Montessori Middle to Open in Unique Farm Setting," The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times, March 7, 2009
  3. ^ Tucker, M. "Visions of Montessori School Taking Shape," The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times, January 15, 2008
  4. ^ Stephenson, S. "Montessori for Ages Twelve to Eighteen: Montessori Philosophy and Practice for the Middle School and High School Years," Michael Olaf Company http://www.michaelolaf.net/montessori12-18.html
  5. ^ "Growers' Links," Maryville Farmers' Market http://www.maryvillefarmersmarket.com/
  6. ^ "Students invited to weekly MMS camps," The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times, May 12, 2009 http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090512/LIFE/305129992/-1/FRONTPAGE
  7. ^ "Montessori Middle sets first Farm Fest," The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times, May 6, 2008