09-25-2014, 03:29 AM
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...cause-lava
As my eyes struggle to contain their moisture, my digital hat goes off to all the teachers and staff that have made MCS such a blessing for this community over the decades. My daughter spent formative years there as a pre-schooler and kindergartener. The quality of her care and education was stunning. They were the best years of her life.
I have heard area elementary, and even middle school, teachers say that they can tell who the "Montessori kids" are years later by their fine attitude toward learning and their skill set. I have been lucky to have many Montessori alumni in my classes over the years.
Marie and Carolyn have been the core foundation of the place since it started. The fact that they continued for decades in a field that is known for very high turnover, and that they ran the place with exemplary grace, intelligence, and a bottomless well of human decency and loving care, put them at the top of my all time great list.
Pahoa will have many new pukas over time as the lava does its thing, but to me the end of Montessori will be the biggest and emptiest, and I guess, the first.
I wish all the staff the best in finding new employment and deeply thank all the staff, former and recent, for quickening and deepening the universe of Puna in a nearly magical way.
Love,
Kirt
As my eyes struggle to contain their moisture, my digital hat goes off to all the teachers and staff that have made MCS such a blessing for this community over the decades. My daughter spent formative years there as a pre-schooler and kindergartener. The quality of her care and education was stunning. They were the best years of her life.
I have heard area elementary, and even middle school, teachers say that they can tell who the "Montessori kids" are years later by their fine attitude toward learning and their skill set. I have been lucky to have many Montessori alumni in my classes over the years.
Marie and Carolyn have been the core foundation of the place since it started. The fact that they continued for decades in a field that is known for very high turnover, and that they ran the place with exemplary grace, intelligence, and a bottomless well of human decency and loving care, put them at the top of my all time great list.
Pahoa will have many new pukas over time as the lava does its thing, but to me the end of Montessori will be the biggest and emptiest, and I guess, the first.
I wish all the staff the best in finding new employment and deeply thank all the staff, former and recent, for quickening and deepening the universe of Puna in a nearly magical way.
Love,
Kirt