Montessori Parent Advisory Meeting

Montessori Parent Advisory Council Meeting

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

6pm

Pontiac Media Center

We hope you will be able to join us!

Montessori Information Night

Please join us Wednesday, January 16 at 6:30pm 

in the Pontiac cafeteria to learn more about 

the Montessori Magnet at Pontiac.

 If you are interested in touring our program, 

please visit our website toschedule a tour.

Parents of fifth graders, please remember the window to apply for middle school magnet programs is open until January 31.  Go to www.richland2.org to apply!  Please see the list of middee school magnet programs below. 

Dent Middle School	Fine Arts Media Literacy Program (FAME): All students at Dent Middle School have an opportunity to participate in the FAME program through their co-curricular class time. Sixth grade students will explore many of the FAME areas. At the end of the sixth grade year, these students will choose an arts major that they will follow throughout the rest of their years at Dent. The Learning Collaborative (TLC): TLC serves high-achieving and highly motivated students by immersing them in a rigorous, intellectually stimulating academic environment. The foundation of TLC is the emphasis on higher order thinking skills through the integration of the academic disciplines. TWO Academies: Single Gender Program: Learning in a single-gender environment will reduce the pressures of the middle school years, as well as provide a rich educational opportunity while defining the unique genius of your child. This magnet program boasts a rigorous curriculum, filled with hands-on learning activities.
E.L. Wright Middle School	EL Wright, an International Baccalaureate World School is designed to help students find a sense of belonging in the everchanging and increasingly interrelated world around them and to foster a positive attitude to learning.  The Leadership Academy at Wright (LAW) couples the rigor of the Core Knowledge Curriculum with an emphasis on leadership skills to create an innovative academic program that meets the needs of average and above-average students.
Kelly Mill Middle School	Kelly Mill, Inc.: With its complex and accelerated but also developmentally appropriate and engaging curriculum this magnet is geared toward honors and advanced students. INC. teachers seek to strengthen students’ abilities to think inventively, solve problems, communicate, research, and create finished products. This magnet has an emphasis on business and economics.​ Med Pro Magnet School: In the new Med Pro school-wide magnet at Kelly Mill, students collaborate through inquiry-based learning activities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical collaborative projects. By the end of implementation of the MSAP grant, all students will have access to a campus medical lab to learn about personal health vitals and medical care as well as be exposed to medical and health science careers. The challenging curriculum focus is balanced by “The 7 Mindsets” character education program for building social and emotional skills  to become healthy, lifelong learners
Longleaf Middle School	The School for Zoological and Botanical Studies (ZooBot)magnet program provides opportunities for students to explore the natural world, develop an appreciation and respect for living things and the environment, and make a difference for future generations. Longleaf Engineering Arts Program (LEAP): Longleaf recognizes the need to prepare students for a rapidly changing world. In response, we have engineered our curriculum to focus thinking on problem solving as our students are immersed in the concepts of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.
Muller Road Middle School	Leadership Academy @ Muller is an innovative academic program with a strong integration and emphasis on developing and cultivating leaders. As a district magnet program, it provides a rigorous honor-level curriculum based on E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge with an emphasis on school, community, and global leadership skills called Core Competencies.
Summit Parkway Middle School	The STEM Institute of Design and Innovation (SIDI) is a magnet program focused on science, technology, engineering, and math education for up to 80 students per grade level. The goal of The Academy of Exercise Physiology and Sports Medicine is to prepare our students to pursue careers related to the support of healthy lifestyles and to guide students in becoming role models for exemplary health and wellness.