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8/30/2010
Break of Day School Lunch Online Ordering Instructions
Lunch Delivery Begins September 2nd
Dear Greensboro Montessori School Parents:
Welcome to Break of Day Healthy Foods!
Our website is now ready for you to sign up and order your lunches. We ...read more
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8/23/2010
Free Money for GMS!
Relink your Harris Teeter VIC Card to GMS and Shop at Target!
Help us raise money for GMS by simply shopping at Harris Teeter and Target! Relink your Harris Teeter VIC card to GMS - simply ask the cashier or customer service person to link to 1849! GMS earns money on all your Harris Teeter ...read more
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8/17/2010
It's Back to School Time!
Welcome Back to GMS! We're ready for another great year!
Here is the schedule for the first week of school for the 2010-2011 school year.
Infants
August 18-20 Infant home visits
August 23 Infants start their ...read more
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8/6/2010
Upper Elementary and Middle School Supply Lists
Upper El Supply List
Pencil box or pouch
Pencils (start with two boxes)
Hand-held pencil sharpener
Good eraser, e.g. Magic Rub (if the student desires)
Colored ...read more
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8/4/2010
Montessori Market Raises over $1100 for Imman Amman Project
Arts, Crafts, Home-made goodies and more!
GMS Montessori Market Summer Campers, led by GMS Lower Elementary teachers Mary Jacobson and Kaki Sowinski, raised over $1,100 for Amman Imman (Water is Life) project in the Asawak Valley of West Africa. Campers sold home-made jams, breads, ...read more
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7/2/2010
More Great Photos from Week 2 GMS Summer Camps!
EcoExplorers, Can You Dig It?, No Child Left Behind and More!
Sunshine, cooler temperatures and tons of fun equal a great Week 2 at GMS Summer Camp. We still have 2 more weeks of camps, so don't miss out on the fun! Be sure to check out all the new photos from this week!
The Eco Explorers, ...read more
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6/24/2010
Summer Fun at GMS Summer Camps!
Great First Week of Camp - Spots Still Available for Weeks 2-4
50 children are enjoying art, music and the great outdoors this week at GMS! Be sure to check out all the great photos from some of our Week 1 camps: Movement, Music and More with Denise Waller, Trailblazers with John and Morgan, Can ...read more
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6/4/2010
GMS Bids Farewell to its Eighth Grade Graduates
Smiles, hugs, and tears as 8th graders say good-bye to GMS
On Thursday evening, family, friends, faculty and staff said farewell to the Class of 2010. Each of the eight graduates enjoyed a slide show accompanied by a song selected especially for them by Performance and Production teacher ...read more
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5/28/2010
Middle School Students Welcome Rising 6th Graders to the Land
On Wednesday, May 26th, the Middle Schoolers said farewell to the Class of 2010 and welcome to the Class of 2013 in a wonderful ceremony at the Land.
The eighth graders presented the rising 6th graders with beads and a gift to place ...read more
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5/26/2010
Key Dates to Remember
June 3rd: Moving Ceremony 9:30 am and 8th Grade Graduation 7 pm
June 4th: Last Day of School - Early Dismissal Have a Safe and ...read more
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5/17/2010
Congratulations to the Kroll-Smith Family, Winners of the GMS 2010-2011 Tuition Raffle!
Susan and Steve Kroll-Smith, parents of Emma in Middle School are the lucky winners of the GMS 2010-2011 Tuition Raffle! Shirley drew the winning ticket on ...read more
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5/5/2010
GMS Alumni In the News!
Did you know that the only two Guilford County recipients of the Morehead-Cain scholarships, Francis Anthony Wong and Brandon Mayfield are GMS alumni?! Francis Wong (GMS class of '05) is a senior ...read more
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4/23/2010
GMS Alum Only Guilford County Seniors Named Morehead-Cain Scholars
A GMS Education Does Make A Difference!
Last month, we were informed that two GMS Alumni, Brandon Mayfield and Francis Anthony Wong were named as Morehead-Cain Scholars at UNC-CH. Brandon and Francis will receive full tuition, room and board, and summer enrichment programs for ...read more
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4/14/2010
Frank's Corner: Engaging Boys in School
Many years ago much was said about how girls did not do as well as boys in school, especially in math and science. There was concern that educators were not being sensitive to the needs of girls and that girls were being treated as ...read more
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3/25/2010
Pete Turner Presents Workshop at Tennessee Library Conference
"Acting Techinques for Story Time"
Pete Turner, GMS Media Specialist, recently attended the Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference in Memphis. This is the fourth year Pete has attended the conference and his first as a presenter. Pete hosted a workshop, ...read more
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3/19/2010
Fifth-level Students Dazzle at Medieval Fare Faire
GMS fifth-level students culminated their studies of Medieval and Renaissance periods on Thursday, March 18th with the annual The Medieval/Renaissance Fare Faire. The Fare Faire event allows the students to bring their studies to life ...read more
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3/17/2010
NY Times Bestselling Author Praises Montessori Education
February 17, 2010
Daniel Pink's new bestseller Drive discusses our changing understanding of motivation and what leads to high performance and success, especially as we advance ...read more
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3/8/2010
GMS Alumi Francis Wong and Brandon Mayfield Receive Morehead-Cain Scholarships to UNC-CH
Congratulations to Francis Anthony and Brandon!
GMS Alumni Francis Anthony Wong, a senior at The Early College at Guilford and Brandon Mayfield, senior at Northern Guilford High School were named Morehead-Cain Scholars this week. Winners of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship receive 4 ...read more
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3/4/2010
GMS Alumni Excelling in High School, College and Beyond!
Our GMS Alumni truly demonstrate what it means to discover their full potential and become responsible, global citizens!
GMS Grads excel at The Early College at Guilford
Haley Hawkins and Hannah Kausche, Class of 2009 joined fellow GMS alum Scott Loftin at The Early College at Guilford last fall ...read more
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2/10/2010
Former GMS BOT Thanks GMS for Haiti Relief Efforts
Dear Frank,
It was very heartwarming for me to read the newspaper on Sunday and find out the students at GMS had raised money to help the Haitians who were affected by the recent catastrophe. On behalf of the Haitian people I ...read more
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1/29/2010
GMS Students Raise Over $2,075 for Haiti Relief!
Many thanks to all our parents, grandparents, students, faculty, staff, and friends who so graciously donated funds to the GMS Haiti Relief Effort. Thanks to you, our students raised $2,075!! What an incredibly generous ...read more
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3/8/2010
Middle School
21st Century Skills and Our Middle Schoolers
by Frank Brainard
A few notes on early adolescence and the GMS Middle School
Consider middle school students sitting in rows listening to teachers lecturing to them, daily, and telling them they have to learn what is presented because it will help them ...read more
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