The Observer
On a beautiful, sunny Sunday this October, 20 Hollis Montessori families gathered (socially distant) on our soccer field for an amazing performance. The Red Trouser Show came to HMS to entertain with acrobatics, comedy, and juggling. In the tradition of street theatre, the show was free, but tips and donations were encouraged…
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.
One of the most exciting and integral parts of the Adolescent Program (AP) at Hollis Montessori School (the mixed age class of students from 7th-9th grades), is Presentation Night. At the end of every trimester, the AP students invite their families to see what they’ve been working on and learning for the previous 3 months. It starts with the students preparing a group meal for around sixty people, often with multiple options for special diets. Then they set up stations to present their individual and group work as friends and families travel around to investigate. In the past, it has often included formal presentations, videos, skits, singing, and slideshows.
This year needed to be different…
This past year, the Upper School’s Earth and Human Studies unit on energy fortuitously coincided with the installation of 175 solar panels on the roof of HMS’s main building. Even though they were not yet turned on, just by sitting visible on the roof, the panels symbolized fiscal and environmental changes to the HMS campus.
