Academy Class Page For Parents: Oneness-Family School (OFS)
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Assessment at the Upper Elementary Level
Montessori was founded on the principle of observations and in addition to tracking academic skills, the teachers record social, emotional, and physical abilities to better serve the student’s needs and support their development.
Tracking is done on each individual student’s progress by grade and subject following the school’s annual subject goals and a scope and sequence developed by Dr. Montessori. Tracking is based on conversation, presentation, observation, self-assessments, and student portfolios, and progress is shared in detailed reports.
Upper Elementary Benchmarks
The Benchmarks below summarize the skills and outcomes students accomplish in our 4th-5th grade program.
Academy Teaching Team
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Andrea Dillon
Upper Elementary Teacher (Grades 4-5)
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Biography
Andrea Dillon is pleased to join Oneness Family School after many years as an Upper Elementary teacher in Boston, where she taught Math and Geometry, Language Arts, Cultural Studies, and a class on farming. Andrea holds a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Science in Childhood Studies from Plymouth State University. In 2017, she began her Montessori Elementary II training through METTC. She utilizes strategies from Collaborative Problem Solving in her practice.
Andrea enjoys too many hobbies to keep track of or participate in at once, such as ice skating, oil painting, kayaking, hiking, woodworking, baseball, reading non-fiction, going to the beach, and especially dancing. But these days, her main creative outlet has been gardening. For five years, she had a Victory Garden in Fenway, where she spent her summers gardening alongside the roar of the Red Sox games. She has been learning about the flora here this year and is looking forward to writing this chapter and supporting students as they make their way in the world.
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Emiko Morgenstern
Upper Elementary Teacher (Grades 4-5)
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After four years in Chicago, where she taught at the Near North Montessori School and the Guidepost Montessori School, Emiko is excited to return to her hometown of Bethesda, Maryland, and join the Oneness-Family School team. She has a degree in Political Science from Tulane University in New Orleans and is currently completing her Master’s in Teaching at American University.
In Emiko’s free time, she can be found on the tennis court, running on the Crescent Trail, or enjoying a hot yoga class. She also loves to read, meditate, and attempt the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. Emiko looks forward to sharing her passion for movement and mindfulness with the Academy class.
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