A New Children’s House Configuration
A new school year means new beginnings. Due to new materials and new works and a new floor, we needed a new children’s house configuration.
A New Floor for Practical Life
We installed a new floor in the practical life portion of the Montessori children’s house to help with the works, and especially with cleanup!
Advanced Montessori Training Completed
Noelle completed her advanced Montessori training at the Southwest Montessori Institute, an AMI training center, in June.
Our Final Day of Class
Today was our final day of classes in 2021 in our Montessori children’s house. This children worked — and sung! — beautifully, but it’s always bittersweet.
Applications Open for Limited Spots in 2021-22!
Applications are Open for Limited Spots in 2021-22 We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year, which will begin on Monday, September 13, 2021 and will conclude just before Memorial Day Weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2022. See the full calendar for next year on the calendar page.…
Dungeon Hollow Brewing Sponsors King Cakes!
Dungeon Hollow Brewing Sponsors King Cakes! We are excited to announce a sponsor for the five King Cakes! Dungeon Hollow Brewing! Bill and Heidi Ryan, the proprietors of this local brewery, are the parents of one of our students, and they were happy to pitch in to help our raffle fundraiser be a success! Through…
The First King Cake is Won!
The First King Cake is Won! We raffled off our first King Cake tonight, and the winner was… Christiana Warmerdam! Congratulations to Christiana! A King Cake from Gambino’s Bakery in New Orleans will be on its way to you tomorrow! We have four more King Cakes to raffle off on each of the Tuesdays between…
Mardi Gras Raffle Fundraiser 2021!
Mardi Gras Raffle 2021! The bad news: We cannot host our annual Mardi Gras Gala this year due to COVID. BOOOO! (Seriously how much fun it is! We’ll do it again in 2022, we PROMISE!!) The GOOD news: We have a raffle with some really spectacular prizes! weekly King Cakes delivered straight to you directly from…
Christmas Card Photo Shoot
The mother of one of our children, Laura Schaefer, is a photographer (check out her excellent work here) and she came to the Children’s House for a Christmas Card Photo shoot. Unfortunately, due to illness and travel, five of our twelve children weren’t able to be there that day. Here’s a selection of the day’s…
#GivingTuesday 2020 at Hilltop Children’s House
hilltopchildrenshouse View Oct 26 Open A children’s house at work. Some of the children are in the atrium around the corner, but most have a work, or snack, right here. #montessori #montessoritoddler #montessoriactivity #montessorischool #childrenshouse #hilltopchildrenshouse #steubenville #steubenvilleohio … 7 0 hilltopchildrenshouse View Oct 21 Open The knobbed cylinder blocks individually help the children learn…