MAC News

A group of Lower Elementary and Middle School students gathered sunscreen, rakes, and spades and headed to the Gilpin Community Garden to get dirty and give back to their Curtis Park community.

Lower Elementary students recently brought their learning to life through a Eurasia Country Expo. As part of their study, they researched countries across Eurasia, exploring the physical and spiritual needs of the people as well as each country’s geography and cuisine.

Our K–8 Golf Engineering Club students brought incredible creativity, problem-solving, and technical skill to this year’s mini golf builds. From brainstorming original ideas to measuring, assembling, testing, and refining each design, students were deeply engaged in every step of the process.

In Upper Elementary, students engage in purposeful work that connects learning to real responsibility and meaningful contribution. Through student-led businesses like the coffee cart and hot lunch delivery service, learners apply academic, social, and practical life skills while supporting shared community goals.

Our Middle School students traveled to Chilamate, Costa Rica, with World Leadership School for an immersive experience rooted in purpose and global citizenship. Their trip was grounded in learning, relationships, and meaningful contribution.

At MAC, “Fearless, Forward Learners” describes both the students in our classrooms and the educators who lead them. Last weekend, Program Directors Emily Clark and Kay Loer, along with Toddler Lead Teacher Lesley Lefkowitz, joined more than 750 Montessori educators and administrators from around the world at the annual Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) conference in San Diego for three days of reflection, collaboration, and professional growth.

In our Toddler community, caring for the indoor environment is an essential part of learning. Through the Practical Life work of watering plants, children practice carrying a water-filled can, observing the difference between wet and dry, and responding to the needs of a living thing.

This week, our Upper School students engaged in mid-year assessments designed to deepen our understanding of how they are learning and growing. Students in grades 3–8 completed the ERB CTP-4 assessment, which measures progress across reading, vocabulary, writing, quantitative reasoning, math, and science 

Last week, our middle schoolers held their first Model-UN Human Rights Committee. Modeled after the United Nations, MAC-UN is a student-led simulation where learners step into the role of global delegates.

Our movement teacher, Devann, has done an incredible job this year engaging Upper School students in dynamic and skill-building units, including gymnastics, flag football, and soccer. Most recently, she has invited students to take the lead by designing and teaching units rooted in their own areas of expertise.