Student Life & Stories
Eran Livni, co-head of school This blog series is about how we, the students and teachers at Roadstead Montessori Middle & High School, form one of the most fundamental components of a genuine Montessori school. This is a prepared physical as well as non-physical environment. I am going to discuss…
Eran Livni, co-Head of School As a Montessori middle and high school, our location in Downtown Norfolk, VA is more than an address — it’s the heart of our prepared environment for adolescents. Here, students engage in active, place-based learning. They participate in the making of the history, culture, and…
This is my best friend; I hate this guy so much My teachers are the best; my teachers are the worst I can’t wait to go to college; I don’t want to go to college I’m pretty; I’m ugly I’m so sad; I’m so happy Ambivalence is the Mark of…
Part 1 of many.by Steve Nelson (Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Math teacher at Roadstead Montessori High School, Norfolk VA) Viruses are very small. The Coronavirus is about 100 nanometers wide. It’s hard to comprehend this size. The smallest unit on the standard ruler used in school is 1 millimeter. If we zoomed in and…
What is the point of creating art in the first place? Is it really worth anything? Does it add to your life? Does it add to society as a whole? Why make it part of any curriculum? Whenever grown ups fear that children aren’t learning enough, the arts are the…