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Dear BCMCS Families and Students,

 

We are already into both the second week and the second month of this 2025-26 school year. What an absolutely fantastic first week of school thanks to our wonderful teachers. From the classroom setups to getting to know the new students to circumnavigating toward Montessori’s ‘normalization, our teachers continue to amaze us in their abilities. 

 

Montessori pedagogy, being the core foundation of BCMCS’s educational belief, will once again be thematic focal point of our monthly school messages. For this year, within each month’s school message, I will both relay and expand upon a quote from Maria Montessori. Fitting the start of the school year is the quote, "The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" This quote is textbook at this juncture of the school year, as it emphasizes two distinct educational goals. First, it embodies the ideal of fostering independence, for Montessori's philosophy is centered on such as she believed it is the key to a child's holistic development. She saw children as naturally driven to become capable, self-sufficient human beings, and that the role of education is to support this innate drive rather than hinder it. As well, the quote exemplifies the ideal that students develop a love for learning. Promoting a love of learning is at the very heart of Montessori philosophy. For Montessori, education is not about filling a child with facts or forcing them to conform to a rigid curriculum. Instead, it was about nurturing the child's natural curiosity and "inner fire" to learn. 

 

We hope you will be able to attend our ‘Back 2 School Nights’ [B2SN] this week. These truly are informative meetings that focus on information related to class schedules and concepts that will hopefully leave you with an even better overall understanding of Montessori pedagogy as well as class structures and arrangements. As always, please be sure to follow the school’s Web-Calendar for upcoming events, dates, and after school clubs.

 

Two important side notes to relay. First, please be sure to visit our school counselor's webpage HERE [also in our Parent Drop down menu on our home page] as there is an important message as it relates to servicing options. Also, do note that one of our staff members has developed a severe Pineapple allergy … as such, we will do our best to prevent Pineapple and Pineapple Products from coming into the school and do ask for your help in this endeavor. 

 

Looking forward to continued successes and accomplishments throughout the year. Take Care and until next month...                                                        ~Mr. Brian Long