Montessori Core Values

The "Montessori Core Values" will be the touch-stone for our professional practice and will be the focus of our Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations. Please reflect upon what these mean to you and how you model these for your children.

Montessori Core Values

Ellis Peace Day Celebration - September 21, 2012

PreK, Kindergarten & 1^st graders at Charles Ellis helped celebrate International Peace Day by participating in activities to promote world peace. Throughout the day, students donned white doves as symbols of international peace and lessons of personal peace were demonstrated in each classroom. Children read stories of peace and illustrated the importance of promoting peace throughout the world.  Each student made a Peace Mala, a symbolic bracelet that promotes friendship, respect and peace between all people in the world. Parents packed the front yard of Charles Ellis to watch their young children sing “I Think You’re Wonderful,” “Light a Candle for Peace, “I’m a Peacekeeper” & “Go Now in Peace.” By teaching these young students about respecting and taking care of each other we are helping to create a better world for their future. 

A Poem by Poet Laureate, Luke Howze

I practice Montessori
It's really fun-galorey
I'd have to say, I'd like to stay
Right here with Montessori

We learn at our own pace
It's really not a race
We us our ears
Let's have three cheers
Right here with Montessori

We learn to respect
And to make ourselves reflect
It's really lots of fun
Help for everyone!

We learn to work together
Fun and friends forever!
It's safe to say
I'd like to stay
Right here with Montessori!

By: Luke Howze
Read September 13, 2012 at Charles Ellis PTA meeting

The Official Seal of the Silver Jubilee

Ms. Tiia and a team of students, parents, and teachers collaborated to create a visual depiction that captures the spirit of the Ellis Silver Jubilee.  This official seal will soon adorn printed material, buttons, shirts, and jewelry.  Be on the lookout for Jubilee items to purchase in the near future!

Silver Jubilee Alumni Breakfast

Calling all Charles Ellis Montessori Academy alumni! You're invited to attend our Silver Jubilee Alumni breakfast! Join us for a morning of seeing old friends, sharing cherished memories, and walking the halls of your alma mater on Friday, October 26th at 7:30 am in the Ellis Media Center. A hot breakfast will be provided. Feel free to bring any pictures or mementos from your time at Charles Ellis. Please RSVP to trent.kissinger@sccpss.com by October 19th with name and year of graduation from Ellis. This social is open to all students and teachers who attended Charles Ellis over the past 25 years.


Jubilee Alumni Breakfast Invite