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GREAT BEGINNINGS…

is our magazine that shares with current, past, and future families some of the many stories, best practices, and events that collectively begin to capture the rich experience of the WSMS community.

2021

WHAT’S INSIDE

  • DEIB is at the Core of Our Mission
  • WSMS-TEP Rose to the Challenges
  • Strategic Plan 2021-2023
  • Joan Shisler: 42 Years at WSMS!
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2020

WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Closing … and Reopening
  • How we did—and will do—Montessori Learning Online
  • How Parents and Teachers can be Optimistic Leaders for Children
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Fall 2019

WHAT’S INSIDE

  • The Question that Underlies What We Do in our Classrooms
  • Growing SEED at WSMS
  • Where 3 Former WSMS Teachers are Now
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Fall 2018

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Keeping West Side Montessori School Safe and Effective
  • Not A Typical West Side Montessori Summer
  • Talking to Children about Race and Difference
  • Twos Twos Twos….Wonderful Twos!
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Fall 2017

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Children’s Literature and Anti-Bias Education
  • Big Steps at WSMS-TEP
  • Alumni News: The Ackerman-Weston Family
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Fall 2016

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • 2016-2021 Strategic Plan
  • The Accreditation Process
  • The Importance of Family
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Spring 2016

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Outside the Classroom: Gym, Roof, Park, Street
  • Social Justice Education and WSMS
  • 1st Annual Alumni Cocktail Party
  • Introducing the Annual Fund Committee
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Fall 2015

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Planning For the Future, Revisited
  • The Story of Hippo Playground
  • The WSMS Board of Trustees
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Spring 2015

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Executive Function Skills in Young Children
  • Celebrating Differences
  • Teacher Talk: Music, Kindness, and Repetition
  • Enhancing our Gym
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Fall 2014

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Classroom Strategies to Try at Home
  • Alumni News: The Witt-Hatfield Family and Eric Schwarz
  • The Present and Future of WSMS-TEP
  • Interviews with Teachers: Karen Deinzer and Robyn Mernick
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Spring 2014

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • The Responsive Classroom
  • Montessori: Where to Begin
  • Alumni News: Nuri Richards
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Fall 2013

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Meet Our New Board Members
  • WSMS Pilots a Twos Program
  • Transition in the Admissions Office
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Spring 2013

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Celebrating 50 Years
  • The Founders
  • The 21st-Century Gym
  • The WSMS Trolley
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Fall 2012

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • WSMS at 50: A Timeline
  • Alumni News: The Hall Family
  • The WSMS Board of Trustees
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Spring 2012

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Visiting Scholar Program
  • Play is A Child’s Work
  • Instilling a Lifelong Love of Math
  • Art with Margot Mack
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Fall 2011

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • The Strategic Plan 2011-2016
  • Parent to Parent Admissions Interviews
  • Alumni News: The Sachs Family
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Spring 2011

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Every Day Matters: Nurturing the Whole Child
  • Class Auction Projects
  • WSMS Mom Becomes WSMS-TEP Student
  • Alumni News: The Pollock/Berney Family
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Fall 2010

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • WSMS Teachers’ Trip to Ghana
  • WSMS-TEP Recognized
  • Three Alumni Return to WSMS
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Spring 2010

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Quest for Gender Equity in the Classroom
  • Why Positive Discipline Matters
  • Alumni News: Four Friends from the Class of ’88
  • Educating Global Citizens
  • The Power of Music
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Fall 2009

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WHAT’S INSIDE

  • WSMS Teachers’ Day of Service in New Orleans
  • The History of the Hat, Coat, and Mitten Drive
  • The “Green” Renovation of WSMS Classrooms
  • Alumni News: The Southwell Family
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At A Glance
Facilities
Community
Calendar
Our Magazine
Contact Us

WSMS – TEP

PROGRAM
Curriculum
Goals For Children
Late Afternoon Program
After Lunch Bunch
Visiting Scholar Program
Summer Camp
Vacation Schools

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Admissions Timeline
Program Options
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