Mission Statement of Montessori Community School of Rhode Island: Montessori Community School of RI is a socio-economically diverse school that inspires children to cultivate confidence, inner discipline, a love of learning, and a spirit of connectedness. We honor the uniqueness and innate goodness of each child, and empower him or her to develop skills at the periods of greatest readiness. Child by child, we nurture individual growth and build community within an environment that is adaptive, stimulating, challenging and supportive.
My Interpretation: MCSRI is for the children. The children come from different social and economic backgrounds and that is what makes us different! We inspire children though self love, inner motivation and feeling connected to the community they are in. We strive to cultivate individual growth and to have a community that is supportive.
Based on the mission vision statement I would love a kid friendly version to explain it in simpler terms to our children. However it can easily be explained to others. Something that was frustrating is that I wish more programs were like mine and its a shame all children can not experience something like this.
Thanks for your post Rachelle. I really like the idea of a kid-friendly version of the mission statement. I think being able to share and talk about the mission statement with a broad cross-section of constituents (including young people!) is what keeps a mission vibrant and relevant.
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Victoria
I think it is so amazing you're interning at a Montessori school. I remember learning about them in my old educational program at FSU, we had a whole unit dedicated to learning about it. It is such a unique philosophy that I also wish more people were aware of/took advantage of it.
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