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<![CDATA[Highland Mill Montessori PTA - Highland Mill Happenings]]>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:31:23 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Science Competition Winners]]>Mon, 23 May 2016 13:50:35 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/science-competition-winnersHighland Mill Students Compete at UNCC

Both the JV and Varsity Teams worked very hard this past Saturday at the Science Olympiad competition and it showed! We placed in numerous events and brought home a total of 11 medals! WAY TO GO TEAMS! We are so proud of all the hard work and comradery that was shown!
Winners Include:
        * Varsity Placements:
               Animal Adaptations: 5th place: Elijah & Jacob
               Backyard Biologist: 5th place: Evan & Sam
               Describe it, Build it: 6th Place: Christian & Sohaila
               First In Flight: 4th Place: Brennan & Noah
               Newton's Notions: 9th Place: Tripp & Ryan
               Pump It Up: 9th Place: Christian & Thierry
               Super Sleuths: 8th Place: Emma & Tripp
              Weather Permitting: 3rd Place: Evan & Noah
     * JV Placements:
              All Charged Up: 5th Place: Bryson & Jordan H.
              Data Crunchers: 6th Place: Wyatt & Bryson
              Sky Quest: 3rd Place: Bryson & McKenzie

]]><![CDATA[Marching into Success]]>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:47:24 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/marching-into-success

Students pose with their favorite books

Highland Mill Montessori hosted several March activities that helped students see themselves in a new light while supporting literacy and academic achievement.

Students could dress as their favorite book character for Read Across America day and in college gear for Career and College Readiness month.

It's never to early to make students aware of their college and career options and the school counseling department headed up several activities for students during this month so they could learn about college and career choices and begin goal setting.

]]><![CDATA[Turkey Time]]>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:32:27 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/turkey-time

Students hosted their parents for lunch in the Highland Mill cafeteria during Thanksgiving time to dine on turkey and all the fixings. Here are just a few of the many families that attended this annual Highland Mill family event.

]]><![CDATA[Highland Mill Beary Merry Holiday]]>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:30:07 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/highland-mill-beary-merry-holiday

Highland Mill's music teacher smiles with pride as her students perform.

This year's annual holiday production was a Bear-y merry one with a cast of hundreds performing a great selection of musical and dance numbers to entertain the standing room only crowd.

Faculty dress for the holiday spirit

a teacher helps position students at the start of their number.

The pandas are merely a blur as they speed past the crowd of smiling family members at top speed during the show.

]]><![CDATA[Donuts for Dads]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:16:56 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/donuts-for-dads

Donuts for Dads annual event gives Highland Mill fathers a chance to have some quality time with their child before school and kids love the chance to serve their dads breakfast and have fun with friends.

The event might be called "Donuts for Dad' but that doesn't mean we won't offer healthy breakfast options as well!

Thanks to the PTSA and students for a great event.

]]><![CDATA[Horray for Hour of Code]]>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:05:46 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/horray-for-hour-of-code

Students are amazed at the power of code!

Not too bad being taught how to code from Mr. Zuckerburg himself

Students at Highland Mill took part in the International Hour of Code once again this year. The students practiced logical reasoning as theylearned the basics computer programming. Highland Mill Technology teacher Mr. Whitney Byers shared these photos of the event:

]]><![CDATA[Annual Grandparents Breakfast]]>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:07:03 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/grandparents-breakfast

Grandparents were welcomed to Highland Mill Montessori at the annual Grandparent Breakfast. Students got to show off their school to their Grandmas and Grandpas as well as make them a gift to keep.

You can see the family love in these photos.

A grandparent and grandchild enjoy a healthy breakfast at Highland Mill

]]><![CDATA[Highland Mill Celebrates Peace Day]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:28:38 GMThttps://www.hmmpta.org/highland-mill-happenings/january-27th-2016

"As with most things, Dr. Montessori did not think that meant children needed to be lectured on the subject, but rather that they needed to be given an opportunity to discover peace for themselves. "

Each year, students at Highland Mill join together with children around the world to celebrate International Peace Day. Here are some photos of our whole school celebration.

All quotes from this wonderful Montessori article about Peace Day from Greenspring Montessori in Maryland.

The benefits of peace education are not just altruistic, but eminently practical – no matter your politics.

Peace is an amazing concept, a useful tool, and, through Montessori education, an attainable goal.

From a very early age, our students learn to think globally about the human race and its place in the entire system of our planet. As they get older and their thinking becomes more abstract, they learn more about the ways that different cultures have coexisted with the geography and biology of their parts of the world to meet the basic needs that all humans have in common.

Once students get to our Adolescent program, they explore questions like, “Are all humans created equal?” and “What brings humans together into groups?”

... these questions are taken very seriously and are never assumed to have simple answers.

"May Peace Prevail on Earth"

Peace is also, essentially, a habit that Montessori students learn.

Lessons in Grace and Courtesy and the Peace Tables we have in every classroom teach our students the habit of viewing and treating others with respect, and then to continue to try to forge understandings where they encounter conflict.

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