Highland Mill Montessori PTA
FRIEND US ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
  • Home
  • Join the PTA
    • Volunteer for PTA
    • PTA Contact Options
  • Donate/Impact
    • Impact Drive
    • Buy Spirit Merchandise
    • Fundraise for HMM by Shopping
    • Spirit Rock
  • Events & Activities
    • Annual Events
    • HMM PTA Enrichment Program
    • Beautification & Adopt-A-Street Cleanup
  • School Improvement Team
    • Join A Meeting
    • SIT Improvement Plan
  • Teacher/Staff Favorites

Highland Mill Celebrates Peace Day

9/22/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
"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. ​"
Picture
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.

Picture
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.  ​
Picture
Picture
 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. 
Picture
Picture
"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.
1 Comment
Rose Holland link
3/3/2022 04:07:52 pm

With children around the world to celebrate International Peace Day, Thank you for the beautiful post!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Events

    Check the Events page of this site for information about upcoming events at Highland Mill

    About This Page

    Here are just a few of the many happenings at Highland Mill.
    ​If you would like to submit a post about a schoolwide or classroom event, please email it to the PTSA along with photos you have permission to use for publication consideration.

    Archives

    May 2016
    April 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.