The Observer
At the beginning of this year, some of the oldest students in Upper Elementary had the idea of reviving a school newspaper that had been written by UE students in the past; they remembered getting the editions of the “HMS Press” when they were in Lower Elementary, and they wanted to start it back up. What a big work they were about to embark upon!
One of our newest employees here at Hollis Montessori isn’t actually that new. John Schulte, the new HMS Facilities Manager, has been helping out around the school both as a volunteer and as a contractor for several years now. Now that John is an official employee, we have 3 generations of his family at the school. John’s daughter, Sarah Gilleeny, is the lead guide in the Lower Elementary II classroom, and her three children are students at Hollis Montessori.
Working distantly this summer, our staff and board members started to wrestle with the question: “How do we safely reopen a school during a pandemic?” And so began Campus Manager Karen Bridgeo and Board Member Frank Grossman’s journey towards understanding the relationship between airflow and airborne vectors.
