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Orientation 2021-2022: We Came as Individuals. We Left as a Community.

Like in every Fall, we kicked off the new school year with our traditional orientation days. There was a special excitement this time. We were coming back to our beautiful space after a year and a half of being forced outside due to COVID-19.   In my mind, the orientation days…

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Enrollment for the 2021-2022 School Year is Now Open!

We are thrilled to announce that we are opening enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year, our eighth year of operation dedicating ourselves to Montessori for teens in Norfolk. Next summer will mark another “first time” moment in the history of Roadstead Montessori High School. We will bid farewell to our…

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Roadstead students take yoga class in the outdoor classroom during COVID-19

Winter at the Outdoor Classroom – A Montessori Lesson in Meteorology

On a cold Friday afternoon, right before the Winter Break, Channel 3, a major TV station of Hampton Roads, came to school to make a story about our outdoor classroom. How long would you be able to continue working outside during the winter? This was the biggest meteorological question that…

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high school class in outdoor classroom tents during rain

Our Second Week of the 2020-2021 School Year

Last week was very hot and humid. We switched between staying at home and coming to the outdoor classroom in order not to get dehydrated and sunstroked. This week we had to take measures not to get soaked by occasional downpours of rain.  We came back to school after Labor…

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