Montessori Hale o Keiki in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Montessori Hale O Keiki news

1 April 10

EXPANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

Kihei, Maui, HI - Montessori Hale O Keiki (MHOK) is pleased to announce the addition of a 9th grade class to its existing Middle School program which currently serves students in the 7th and 8th grade levels. The 9th Grade class will continue the American Montessori Society’s Curriculum (AMS) set forth for three year Montessori middle school programs.

Enrollment is open to existing MHOK families and the public.
Educating for the 21st Century, MHOK’s Middle School curriculum includes the newly added Schools of the Future Marine Science program. The Marine and Environmental Stewardship program aims to instill the values of cultural and environmental stewardship through hands-on, place-based, student-centered learning experiences. MHOK Middle School students are dive certified and actively engaged in conducting ocean research projects in partnership with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

Montessori Hale O Keiki is South Maui’s only independent school serving over 100 students and their families from preschool through 9th grade. The School’s full inclusion/open admission policy encourages enrollment of children from all socio-economic backgrounds, and children with special physical, emotional and cognitive needs. It is fully accredited by HAIS, WASC and AMS.

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For more information, please call the school on 874-7441.

12 October 09

4th ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR PLANNED FOR KIHEI

Montessori Hale O Keiki is delighted to announce its fourth annual HARVEST FESTIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR, to be held on the grounds of its North Kihei campus at Trinity-by-the-Sea Church, 100 Kulanihakoi Street, on Saturday, October 24th, from 11am to 4pm.

This fun-filled family event features: games, pony rides, bouncy castles, a pie-eating contest, face painting, arts & crafts, a pumpkin patch, food & drinks and lots more. Proceeds from the Harvest Festival will directly benefit the children of Montessori Hale O Keiki by providing funds for financial aid and educational programs.

Montessori Hale O Keiki is South Maui's only independent, fully-accredited nonprofit school, currently serving nearly 100 children in preschool to eighth grade.

For more information, please see www.montessorihaleokeiki.org or call the school on 874-7441.

June 8, 2009

$250,000 to aid in ‘hands-on learning’

KIHEI - Students at Montessori Hale O Keiki will be scoping Maui's beaches and diving into the ocean as they spend a new one-year grant for $50,000 from the Hawaii Community Foundation. The school may reapply for more money each year for the next four years. The award was one of the larger ones given to 18 schools statewide as part of the Hawaii Community Foundation's Schools of the Future Initiative for members of the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools.

Montessori Hale O Keiki had its campus - staff, students and parents - involved in writing the grant application.

The money will be used for all students from toddlers in Montessori's preschool to the oldest students who are "graduating" as its first class of 7th-graders. Montessori added the 7th grade this year to its preschool through 6th-grade program and plans to add 8th grade this fall.

Jeremiah Demster, the head middle school teacher, designed classroom lessons this year to include a week's stay (every six weeks or so) at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary in Kihei. While there, the eight 7th-graders conducted a variety of science studies covering South Maui's reefs, ocean fish, water quality and beach profiling. Through a partnership with Ultra Dive Maui, the students all learned to dive and earned diving certification normally completed by adults.

When it came to applying for the Schools of the Future Initiative, Montessori proposed expanding and extending its science-based lessons to the school's younger students beginning with 3-year-olds up to those ages 10 to 12 in grades 4 to 6.

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