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Assessment at the Middle School 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.
Middle School Benchmarks
The Benchmarks below summarize the skills and outcomes students accomplish at each level of the Middle School program.
Ambassadors Teaching Team
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Hannah Chick
Middle School Teacher (Grades 6-8)
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Biography
A Howard Hughes fellow who was awarded the Merck Fellowship while at Earlham College while earning her B.A.in biology, Hannah joined the Oneness-Family School team in 2009. She has a Montessori Secondary I-II credential.
Prior to joining the faculty, Hannah worked at the Thornton Friends School in Silver Spring, MD, where she served as Dean of Students in the Middle School, and as a science teacher for middle school and high school students. There she developed a 3-year integrated science curriculum for Middle School with an environmental focus. In addition to courses in the earth, biological, and physical sciences, Hannah taught courses in photography, nature writing, writing, literature, and physical education.
Hannah lives in Mt. Rainier, MD with her husband, Ben, her two children, Wells and Paley, who both attend Oneness, and their cats, Charlie and Bandit. In her free time, Hannah enjoys spending time with family, going to the beach, and cooking.
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Pearl Brown
Middle School Teacher (Grades 6-8)
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Biography
Pearl applies her scientifically trained mind and poetry-writing heart to provide versatile teaching and mentoring to Middle School students.
The mother of five nearly grown boys, she enjoys teaching difficult concepts and seeing “the light come on” when students break through to higher understanding. She welcomes their daily interactions and the challenges young teens pose to her adult perspectives on life.
Known to employ, by turns, power and tenderness, and pressure and patience in the work to inspire and instruct, Pearl is often amazed when witnessing the journey that her students make from immaturity to maturity, in academics and as people.
Pearl holds a BA in Chemistry and has earned a Montessori Secondary I-II credential.
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