Northglade Montessori Magnet School
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Northglade Montessori Magnet School is a public elementary
magnet school
for students grades K-6, operated by the Kalamazoo Public Schools
, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan
, USA
. It was established in August 2001 by the restructuring of Northglade Elementary School. The school serves around 250 children, of whom 83% are black and 13% white. Children learn through the Montessori Method
of guided exploration rather than through traditional educational methods. The principal is Flora E. Harrell.
Northglade reorganized and each of its teachers began intensified training to receive a Masters Degree in the Montessori method. It is the first public elementary school in Michigan to become accredited by the American Montessori Society
and only the second in the US.
Northglade Elementary School was Kalamazoo Public Schools' top-performing elementary school in 1996-97 before declining standards prompted the reconstruction. Each spring term students from the Kalamazoo College
Chemistry Department worked with Northglade Elementary School on projects that culminated in the school's annual Science Expo.
Elementary school
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magnet school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
for students grades K-6, operated by the Kalamazoo Public Schools
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Kalamazoo Public Schools are located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Graduates of the district are eligible to receive scholarships through the Kalamazoo Promise, a program launched in 2005 and funded by anonymous donors....
, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
, USA
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. It was established in August 2001 by the restructuring of Northglade Elementary School. The school serves around 250 children, of whom 83% are black and 13% white. Children learn through the Montessori Method
Montessori method
Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old.-Overview:...
of guided exploration rather than through traditional educational methods. The principal is Flora E. Harrell.
Northglade reorganized and each of its teachers began intensified training to receive a Masters Degree in the Montessori method. It is the first public elementary school in Michigan to become accredited by the American Montessori Society
American Montessori Society
The American Montessori Society is a non-profit, member supported, organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools.-History:...
and only the second in the US.
Northglade Elementary School was Kalamazoo Public Schools' top-performing elementary school in 1996-97 before declining standards prompted the reconstruction. Each spring term students from the Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College, also known as K College or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the college is among the 100 oldest in the country. Today, it produces more Peace Corps volunteers per capita than any other U.S...
Chemistry Department worked with Northglade Elementary School on projects that culminated in the school's annual Science Expo.