Welcome to the Diamond studio garden at Community Montessori School. Our studio set out on a journey to reconstruct our classroom garden. Each member of our studio worked together closely to ensure the success. As a studio, we collaborated to design a plan that would be carried out by each learner. The process encouraged teamwork, research, and effort that would in return give us a key experience to remember. #ProjectBasedLearning

Check out this short slideshow of photos from the wonderful Big History Exhibition last week. More than 200 people attended this exhibition of teens' projects and studies over an entire year of work in Humanities, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry was held on Thursday, May 16th, 2019. #CommunityMontessori #ProjectBasedLearning

On March 13th at 14th, Gemstones learners will share their interests and talents through their annual exhibition. Come at 6:00 pm to see a wide variety of interest-based research projects and art displays. Then, stick around for a musical theater production of "James and the Giant Peach" beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check out the trailer for the play here (or click this link): #Art #ProjectBasedLearning #Montessori

So much has been happening in April and May, we thought we would share some of the highlights: In late April, the Pergola in the Back 4 Acres behind the school was completed by the "Building Group" of the Islands 12-14 year old learners. This was another of the projects completed as a part of the Great Exhibitions. Our whole school will use this for many years to come. Thank you Islands! A new tree was planted in the Early Education playground. The tree is a Deborah Norwa

In late March, the Islands Teens hosted a "Great Exhibition" of projects created during a six month period. ​Learners presented results from five group projects. The first group presented their process and data from the launch of a weather balloon on March 14th which visited a height of approximately 31,863 meters on its flight. The second group “cut the ribbon” on a teen designed and constructed outdoor learning pergola on the school’s property. The third group showcased co

In this post, watch an edited version of the flight recording from the "CMS Obscura" a weather balloon launched on March 14th, 2018 by teen learners ages 12-14 in the Islands at Community Montessori School in New Albany, IN. Visit this link to read a related blog post on the "Great Exhibition" of this and other projects. #ProjectBasedLearning #Montessori

Here is an update from Diamond Studio (learners ages 9-12) on their reef tank project! #ProjectBasedLearning #ReefTank