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Hello all, I am half way finished with my 1 year accelerated BSN program, and so far I like it for the most part. Our classes have been really interesting and in depth regarding disease processes, etc. and I'm doing quite... Read More
- 0Mar 23, '12 by MN-NurseQuote from IceGuyOne of the perils of an accelerated program.I don't understand what I'm missing here. Is it common for nurses to have little hands on practice before graduation??
The best way to get hands experience with patients is to have a job involving direct patient care while you are in school. You will get plenty enough facility specific IV and med pass experience during your first days on the job.
It is so easy to spot the new grads who never worked in healthcare. I know a few posters on allnurses like to say working in healthcare doesn't matter, but it does. Many of my classmates spent their clinical time just getting acclimated to even being in a hosptial setting. They had nothing to build on so they were starting from scratch. It makes a difference.
I recently took report from a BSN grad who has been working for 6 months. She never worked in healthcare previously. Her dependent patients were a mess, their rooms were a mess, power cords, IV lines, and O2 lines hoplelessly tangled, no ADL supplies in the room, and they are rarely repositioned. I/O and weight data is often missed.
The new RNs with good experience as aides have no problem completing these very basic aspects of care.
I thought my two year ADN program was plenty accelerated. I can't imagine what those one year 2nd degree BSN programs are like,
- 0Mar 23, '12 by RicRockQuote from brilloheadEvery year our School has meetings with the local hospitals and the hospitals tell our instructors the same thing.Early in my program an instructor told our class that the nursing managers in the facilities around here said, "We can teach them to put in an IV -- we need YOU to teach them how to THINK!"
They've went so far as to even claim that they could teach a monkey to start an IV, which is not something I'd volunteer for!
Most of my classmates were concerned about the lack of opportunities to perform procedures but most times those things require practice to become skilled in and there is no way you'd have enough clinical time to feel fully comfortable with them anyway.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by tothepointeLVNQuote from mds1I'm up for that idea. Once your eyes are open they can never be shut again and that's a good thing. Can you believe before I started LVN I had NEVER been inside a nursing home and probably spent 5 mins on a med/surg floor visiting in the prior 10 years. My only frame of reference was the ER.This is one reason I truly believe that everyone should be a CNA PRIOR to learning to become an LPN or any level of RN degree, and that someone going for an RN degree( ANY degree) MUST be a practicing LPN prior to acceptance in ANY RN program. I think it should even be a part of their programs, like any other pre-requisite.....Just my thoughts....
I kinda feel in some ways the same as the OP. Our school paid for our IV certification class as a reward for passing the HESI the first time. So I'm "IV certified" with 3 live sticks total. 2 on the same person. I can't apply anywhere that needs the certification because they assume your competent. I've even though about taking a phlebotomy course.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by SlyFoxRNIt sounds like this is a common problem, but classroom based information is still given in most programs. I guess my big concern is that it seems we're not even being given that. My program seems to be intent on trying to get nurses to go on to be NPs, and I almost feel like this BSN program is nothing more than a pre-NP program. We're being taught very little when it comes to the skills required to be a successful floor/staff nurse. For example, our classes are broken into areas (peds, women's health, psychiatry, etc) like most nursing programs. In each one, however, we mostly just learn the diseases and disease processes that most effect each group. When we get to management, it's mainly which drugs are prescribed, how they work, and what procedures are done, and how they work. This is important, yes, but only if I also know how to GIVE the medication. I could tell you all about why methotrexate is given for cancer (as well as ectopic pregnancy), exactly how it works (right down to a cellcular level) when to prescribe it, etc. If you asked me to give it to someone I'd give a blank stare - where does it go? Is it IM? IV? If IV, how long is pushed? I have no idea. I feel like I am being prepped to prescribe/diagnose (aka: be an NP) more than I'm learning to be a floor nurse. I appreciate knowing exactly WHY physiologically my patient is exhibiting certain symptoms, but I honestly feel a little upset sometimes when I have no idea how to prime an IV tubing to help relieve them...
I just keep telling myself I can pick up skills easy once I go into new grad orientation at my first job...but then I wonder if I'm going to look like an idiot once in orientation. I wonder if I'm going to be given simple tasks and have no idea how to do them...
- 0Mar 23, '12 by mikala3We were told in school that anyone can teach you a "task", but that you need to practice critical thinking in nursing school over all else. I also did not get much experience in IV's, never gave blood, only did skills on the medical maniquins. But I passed the nclex in 75 questions.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by DamaskQuote from IceGuyI can see why you're worried.It sounds like this is a common problem, but classroom based information is still given in most programs. I guess my big concern is that it seems we're not even being given that. My program seems to be intent on trying to get nurses to go on to be NPs, and I almost feel like this BSN program is nothing more than a pre-NP program.
Have you brought your concerns up to the school? Can you write down what skills you want to practice by the end of each clinical? Do they have you write journals with goals? Maybe if you tell your instructor you want to do such and such task, he or she can look for opportunities for you to perform it. Nurses on the floor used to approach our instructors all the time when they had a task to perform.
Priming an IV tube is pretty easy, but we didn't learn to do it until a little over halfway through school. Maybe ask the director of the program when you get to do these things. I think we had to be "released" to perform various tasks after the relevant lectures. Our syllabus actually listed the tasks out week by week.
Do you have a practicum with a preceptor and everything?
Being a CNA before/during nursing school is a great idea. Those who were were miles ahead. I wish I had been. By the time I decided I wanted to, I found out we were considered too close to graduation. My program did require healthcare experience, and I was a volunteer. (Still am!) Being a CNA would have been better, though.
- 19Mar 23, '12 by GrnTea, BSN, MSN, RNthis isn't even a new thing. when i graduated in 19smumblemumble, i had never put an iv into anyone, never put a foley into anyone, and never done a lot of that lab check-off "stuff." the opportunities just didn't present themselves, and we were in clinical 24 hours a week. by the time i had been in my new job six weeks, i'd done all of that and more.
see, it's really common for students to fixate on that "stuff." it's easy to understand why they confuse what nurses do with what nurses are, because they have that big list of lab check-offs and all. somebody romps into the cafeteria and says, "i got to sink an ng tube," and everyone is green with envy. ask a student what s/he knows about nursing and you'll often get a task-oriented list: "i can give shots, put in a catheter, change a wound dressing..." some poster above noted that we could teach iv therapy to a monkey. well, maybe not, but we teach lay people how to do home hemodialysis, suction tracheostomies, administer tube feeds, plug in home antibiotics into a portacath, and all sorts of "stuff," but does that make them nurses? no, of course it doesn't.
with fewer clinical placement opportunities, nursing programs are often not able to guarantee you will have hands-on practice in "stuff" before you graduate. trust me when i say this: it does not matter. within a year after starting your first job you will have had plenty of time to practice "stuff."
(someone suggested being a cna, but that won't assuage your yen to "give shots and start ivs" at all.)
once upon a time i had students on an oncology floor. i had one who was an experienced cna, who i found in the nursing station at 0900 reading (at least it was the ajn). i said, "why aren't you with your patient?" and she replied, "he's all done up." this is cna-speak for bathed, bed changed, and breakfasted. and now worthy of being left alone for more important tasks. i said, "get back in there and sit with him, and don't come out until it's time to find me for meds." she came out around noon almost in tears. seems this poor man had a horrible diagnosis and nobody, but nobody, had had the time to just sit with him and let him talk about his fears, his family, the whole thing, just get it off his chest. she told me that now she understood the difference between what nurses did with their hands and what nurses were.
you can too. once you know that, the "stuff" will suddenly have much less prominence in your thinking.
do not stress over being "incompetent" as a new grad. all new grads are, by definition, incompetent, but it's not because they haven't "done stuff." it's because they are in the baby-step situation of learning how to be nurses. you'll all learn "stuff" in good time, nobody reasonably intelligent expects you to know it all at graduation (and do not believe the ones who roll their eyes at you and say they knew it all-- they lie). eyes on the prize, all, and you will learn that the lab check-off "stuff" is not the prize you think it is now.
- 1Mar 23, '12 by DamaskGrnTea...I'll never forget the story about the your student and the patient who needed to talk. Thank you.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by ParvulusPuellaThat doesn't sound unusual. We never learned how to start IVs or draw blood in school. And we were never able to hang any sort of cardiac drips or blood in clinical, those had to be done by a nurse with a license. We were allowed to watch, and of course we practiced the procedures in lab. A lot of the hospitals in the area have dedicated IV teams who place IVs if they aren't done in the ED, and have phlebotomists for lab draws. If the hospital doesn't have an IV team, and the staff nurses are to start them, it's covered in clinical orientation.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by mindlorThank you for the words of wisdom/encouragement GrnTea. I graduate in a few weeks and the skills issue has been weighing on my mind. I have put in a foley, I have dropped an NG, I have done complex dressing changes, started an IV, and lots of other things. However, I have done these things very few times. What I have worked on a lot is my therapeuric communications skills and I feel really good about that. So all in all I think I am in pretty good shape
One more test, one more, final, end of program test, then Pinning, then NCLEX, hopefully RN before Memorial Day
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Nearly two years ago, that almost was the case. The Ricketts family considered uprooting the team with a near 60-year history in Mesa to Naples, Fla. to join the Grapefruit League. However, the Cubs opted to give the city a chance to work out a deal that included dodging the Gila River Indian community's desire to land the Cubs on the reservation south of the Valley and lose an estimated $138 million in economic impact.
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Self-help books are just one way to help people become inspired to reach their full potential. What books are you offering the kids you work with? Are there other ways to teach them the ideas you hope they learn from those books? I wonder if you might not need to work to develop a book that speaks specifically to Ugandan youth and their experiences.
Here are some great articles on the subject and a self-help book by Dr. Christine Barrett Whelan that they'll want to read!
Dr. Whelan conducted her doctoral research at Oxford on the self-help industry. She is a behavioral-change sociologist, a sociology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of Generation WTF: From "What the #%$&?" to a Wise, Tenacious and Fearless You -- a self-help book The Templeton Report calls a "Road Map for a Lost Generation." The book won the backing of the John Templeton Foundation (a philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting rigorous scientific and scholarly research) because, as Templeton Press Editor-In-Chief Susan Arellano explains, it is consistent with Sir John Templeton's vision "to make science and new spiritual information accessible so individuals and societies can live better lives."
Dr. Whelan gives a detailed explanation of "Why most self-help books suck, and why this one is different" in a series of three blog posts on the Generation WTF website (which, like the book, is geared to 18-25 year-olds) - exposing what she calls, "the 9 Dirty Secrets of the Self-Help Industry." The posts, respectively, are: "Why Most Self-Help Books Suck ," "Why Most Self-Help Books Suck, Part 2," and "Why Most Self-Help Books Suck, Part 3." The information is an eye-opener.


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Michael Pakko: Economic Recovery Still Slow in Arkansas
by Mark Carter
Posted 11/6/2013 01:09 pm
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While Arkansas weathered the recession a little better than the rest of the nation, it has fallen behind the U.S. in terms of post-recession economic recovery, according to Michael Pakko.
Pakko, chief economist and state economic forecaster for the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, delivered his annual state economic outlook Wednesday at UALR's 2013 Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference, sponsored by Arkansas Business and held at the Clinton Presidential Center.
Pakko said the state is "on the high side of a slow growth scenario." He predicted a continued slow and bumpy recovery with the state falling behind the nation mostly in labor market indicators, but with home sale trends in the state suggesting reason for optimism.
Home sales in Arkansas grew by 20 percent in August and 18 percent in September, with home prices in Arkansas rising by 9.5 percent since the second quarter of 2011, he said.
Pakko forecast modest real GDP growth in Arkansas and the nation through 2015. His projections for Arkansas include 2.6 percent growth in 2013, 2.7 percent growth in 2014 and 3 percent growth in 2015. For the nation, he sees growth of 1.9 percent, 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent through 2015.
Personal income growth in the state will rise to 4.5 percent by 2015, dipping from a 2012 rate of 5.3 percent and coming in at 2 percent in 2013 and 4.1 percent in 2014, Pakko said. Factoring in inflation, that 4.5 percent figure in 2015 will amount to 2 to 2.5 percent in real income growth, he noted.
Elsewhere, Pakko forecast:
- The state unemployment rate, static for the past two years, will dip to below 6 percent at 5.9 by the end of 2015. Pakko noted the U.S. unemployment rate (7.2 percent) slipping below the Arkansas rate (7.4) in August for the first time since the first quarter of 2008.
- Retail sales will see modest growth, rising from 1.2 percent in 2012 to 2 percent this year, 5.6 percent in 2014 and 4.6 percent in 2015.
- Home sales in Arkansas will continue to climb this year (13.8 percent) and next (7.2 percent) from a 1.1 percent fall in 2012 before settling in at 0.8 percent in 2015.
See Pakko's full ecomic forecast at ArkansasEconomist.com.
David Altig, executive vice president and director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, delivered a national outlook. He said economic projections the last few years have been "way too optimistic."
"If the projections are wrong, why not change the models," he asked.
Altig believes the recent government shutdown will have little long-term impact on the economy.
"It'll all wash out over a couple of quarters," he said. "But it is another hit to the confidence of private decision makers."
Bert Greenwalt, owner of Greenwalt Company in Hazen and professor of agricultural economics at Arkansas State University, delivered the luncheon address on agribusiness trends and challenges.
He noted technology playing a larger role in agriculture by increasing output, substituting capital for labor and generating economies of scale.
Examples include GPS navigation and positioning; "precision agriculture" such as digital mapping and variable rate application; remote sensing for rainfall, soil moisture and grain storage conditions; and remote control of irrigation and grain drying equipment.
Greenwalt said agricultural technology has resulted in farms are becoming fewer and larger, has produced large volumes of data and has created a growing demand for consultants and advisors who can help turn data into information.
He said intellectual capital is as important as financial capital for farms, and the next generation of farm managers will be required to have a more sophisticated skill set.
Greenwalt said the 2014 ASU Agribusiness Conference is scheduled for Feb. 12 in Jonesboro. Click here for more information.


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MMS Ski Club in Formation
Destination Imagination (DI), a nation-wide program that teaches the creative process from imagination to innovation, will lift off in Charleston on Friday, Dec. 12, 4-5:30 p.m. at Mountaineer Montessori School (MMS), 308 20th Street. The program is open to all area students in third through fifth grade.
Destination Imagination encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the arts and service learning. Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas and the collaborative problem solving process.
Team members work together after school once a week under the guidance of trained parent or community volunteer team managers, to brainstorm, develop and refine solutions to a "Team Challenge" of their choice, and present their solutions at the West Virginia State Competition, to be held in Fairmont on March 21, 2015.
A "Rising Stars" DI team for students in kindergarten through second grade will also be formed based upon interest.
At the organizational meeting students and parents will be introduced to the program, participate in some "Instant Challenge" activities and discussing scheduling and future events. Interested families should contact Ali Shams (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Anne Fishkin (firstname.lastname@example.com) to register.
A "Rising Stars" DI team for students in kindergarten through second grade will also be formed based upon interest.
At the organizational meeting students and parents will be introduced to the program, participate in some "Instant Challenge" activities and discuss scheduling and future events. Interested families should contact Ali Shams (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Anne Fishkin (email@example.com) to register.
For more information about Destination Imagination, go to www.destinationimagination.org, and www.freewebs.com/wvdi/ for details about the West Virginia program.
Opening new worlds of discovery to help children achieve their unique potential and become the thoughtful leaders of tomorrow — that's been the vision of Mountaineer Montessori School since 1976.
This year, we elevated that lofty ideal through several program enhancements that inspired our students, community and state.
They include:
Maria Montessori believed that the goal of education was to unleash a child's potential and transform him into a citizen of the world. Through the investments we are making in our students, faculty and families, we are realizing Maria Montessori's goal every day.
While tuition covers most of our expenses, it is only through fundraising such as this annual appeal that we can offer programs like those described and serve the growing number families turning to MMS for a high-quality alternative to one-size-fits all education.
We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to elevate education in the year ahead with a tax-deductible gift to the MMS Annual Fund. Tax credits through the Neighborhood Investment Program can make your investment go much further. A $1,000 donation, for example, could actually entail a $300 out-of-pocket cost after tax credits and deductions. These tax credits are very limited and available for donations of $500 and up.
You can make a donation today online or call our office for more information: 304/342-7870.
Yours in service to the child,
Your friends at Mountaineer Montessori School
Living fully each day…a wonderful reminder in this latest update from David Pushkin and Amanda Cox's lower elementary class:
Welcome back. We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and were able to spend quality time with your family.
Before we left for the break, our class celebrated Thanksgiving by baking an apple pie and having a feast. We also created two large totem poles under which to celebrate the fall harvest.
As part of our Native American studies, we focused on make our Thanksgiving fun and meaningful. Eating the pie reminded us of the thanks that we would like to giving for the apple harvest and a sweet year. (See more photos in our Facebook album.)
Thank you for your support and involvement in your child's learning. We hope you continue to read to your child and allow your child to read to you. It's also a good idea to ask children about what they are studying in school. Many are working on research projects now. We are encouraging them to present their current projects to the class before they leave for winter break. Project topics include studies of animals, rocks and minerals, geographic locations, architecture, transportation and history.
As you know, the Montessori experience is a holistic way for your child to take part in living fully each day. By decorating our environment and making our own food, we have created a Thanksgiving experience of which each child feels an important part. We learn as human beings, we take responsibility for our environment, our food and our body and mind. Learning in and outside the environment becomes more than a chore, it becomes our reason for living.
During the next few weeks leading up to our longer holiday break, we encourage you to step up your involvement in your child's learning. You are always welcome to come visit our classroom and observe a regular day.
Until Friday, there is a Holiday Gift and Book Fair in our library. The event is open to the community from noon until 6:00 p.m. Come visit the school, take a look at the books and gifts and enjoy some holiday spirit with our staff, students and friends.
David and Amanda
December 2, 2014
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Upper Elementary students are delving into the life and times of the Ancient Romans and taking a deep dive into math. Here's their latest update by Lead Guide Jason Winesburg:
I appreciated the chance to meet with most of you last week for conferences. For many of the students, it was only their second or third time attending a formal conference, and I was pleased to see great self-advocacy in setting and expressing their personal goals. In the spirit of the holiday, thank you to everyone who found a way to attend these conferences and who continues to support what it is that we do.
At the conferences, you may have seen the students' finished biography papers. They did a magnificent job of presenting this work to the class. We practiced our note-taking together, taking down the who, what, when, where, why, and how information about each historical figure.
Our next piece of writing will be a persuasive essay, which will begin this week. It will follow the same format and organizer as the last work, but the students will be challenged to support their claims with textual evidence. Where the last paper emphasized layout and formatting of a paper, this piece of writing will be focused on depth of research and note-taking.
In history, we have been making projects on the Ancient Romans. We discussed as a group the transition from republic to empire, the composition of the infamous Roman army, and the groundbreaking sanitation system of Rome itself. A few interesting projects have been completed on the Romans so far, with many more in the works!
We ventured into some geography with work on the layers of the earth leading to a discussion of plate tectonics. We also focused on biology, with work on parasitism, symbiosis and mutualism.
Older students have continued language work with sentence analysis and parts of speech, identifying infinitives, transitive and intransitive verbs and auxiliary verbs. We also voted as a group on our new read-aloud book, The Name of this Book Is Secret, by Pseudonymous Bosch (ugh, puns!).
Individual math lessons continue, and I have been emphasizing mastery of division for both integers and decimal fractions. Many older students have begun balancing equations and working through order of operations in preparation for algebra.
A final thanks to everyone who answered my call for donations for Manna Meal! I'm sure you've seen the table in the hallway, heaping with our canned goods.
Please stay tuned for further details about Spring field trips and the upcoming book
fair! Hope you have a wonderful evening.
Jason Winesburg
November 30, 2014
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Raising polite children in a rude world. It's a challenge for every family. In the premiere issue of "South Hills Living," Mountaineer Montessori School offers tips for incorporating the principles of grace and courtesy into everyday life. We appreciate the thoughtful insights provided by Head of School Dana Rowe Gilliland, Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center Director Sky Kershner and etiquette expert Pamela Harvit.
We also offer a special thank you to this month's advertising sponsor, Randall J. Hill, M.D. & Aaron R. Parry II, M.D. Watch for opportunities on how you and your businesses can help MMS share positive messages about children and families in upcoming issues.
Minding their Manners: Raising Polite Children in a Rude World
In today's digital, drive-through world, many worry that good manners may be going the way of the dinosaur.
While times may change, courtesy and kindness never go out of fashion, and still play a big role in supporting a child's social interactions, academic learning and eventual career advancement. We talked to three South Hills experts who share tips for parents on making manners a way of life for your child.
In the home
Parents are a child's first teachers. When it comes to manners, what they see and hear at home will have a greater impact than anything they read in a book or learn in a class.
"It is never too early to start learning manners," says Pamela Harvit, a certified protocol consultant. Harvit, who attended the The Protocol School of Washington, is the founder of the Harvit School of Protocol and Professionalism.
Havitt suggests that parents start by always saying "please," "thank you" and "excuse me" to their children, no matter their age.
"Making this a habit that children hear and see continually at home is much more likely to result in children responding in the same way as they grow."
Another simple way to instill positive habits is by setting the table properly.
"Even if it's just as simple as placing the napkin in the right position, or knowing which side of the plate the fork, spoon and knife should go, this helps a child realize there is more to eating than just getting food into their mouths," says Harvit.
Sky Kershner, executive director of the Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center and pastoral leader of Unity of Kanawha Valley, 804 Myrtle, agrees that manners count.
"I am interested in manners developing out of mutual respect and a sense of empathy for the other person," says Kershner.
"I often see manners being coerced or a child threatened with adverse consequence for not using manners. I have even seen parents yell 'Stop being so rude'! The irony of this seems to be missed in their frustration of the moment."
In his book "Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting the Non-Violent Communication Way," Marshall Rosenberg observes that parents would probably never get away with talking to a fellow adult in the way we talk to our children.
"There is a lot of room for more positive modeling. Is there a way to teach manners politely? I think there is!," Kershner says.
At school
Poorly mannered students not only derail their own learning and sabotage friendships but can interfere with education for their classmates. Class rules and behavior guidelines can create a set of expectations for interactions that create a positive learning environment.
In Montessori schools, manners are a way of life. "Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience, not explanation," said Maria Montessori.
"We practice the Montessori philosophy of grace and courtesy, which extends to relationships between students and teachers and the entire school community," says Dana Gilliland, Head of School at Mountaineer Montessori School. "Students learn respect by being respected."
Teachers model grace and courtesy and gently guide primary (ages 3-6) students' positive behavior, while elementary and middle school students often create their own codes of conduct and hold each other accountable for living up to them. "Students are motivated to abide by rules when they are the ones who've created them," Gilliland says.
"Character is not what you learn. Character is what you do," says Gilliland.
At social events
The upcoming holiday season presents many opportunities and challenges for instilling good manners. Harvit cautions that children must be properly prepared for parties, concerts, religious services and special events.
"It is really quite difficult to expect children to use proper manners at formal occasions if they never see it at home and sadly, sometimes it may be the parents who need coaching on their manners more than the child!," she says.
The holidays are also a good time to teach the importance of thank you notes. Even children too young to write can decorate a card to express their gratitude, says Harvit.
The annual Children's Tea presented by the West Virginia Symphony League is a wonderful opportunity for children to develop their "party manners" and support West Virginia's leading performing arts organization. This year's tea, "Polar Express," will be held on Dec. 7 at Berry Hills Country Club. For more information, please see the events listing.
Good manners will always be in fashion, says Peggy Post, the great- granddaughter-in-law of the famed Marjorie Merriweather Post. "It's not about old-fashioned etiquette with your pinkie in the air. It's about making people feel comfortable. It's a relationship-driven activity built on respect, being aware of others and inclusive of them, and on honesty and tact."
And that's a lesson that will stand the test of time.
JoEllen Zacks is a South Hills mother, lawyer and education advocate
One of the most popular traditions at MMS is the "Sixth Year Project." It's a year-long college prep research and writing course for sixth graders, facilitated by Darlene Spangler, who has played many key roles at MMS over the past 20 years, including upper elementary and middle school assistant, administrator and co-director.
Darlene holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Duke University, and this year is working closely with sixth year students as they take a research paper from start to finish over the course of the year. Students pick their own topic, and then learn to research sources (requiring a minimum of 100 note cards), prepare an outline, compose the final paper and deliver a formal presentation to their class and sixth year parents. This year's student topics include autism, animal abuse, dinosaurs, global warming, history of hats, the Eiffel Tower, hieroglyphics, history of Nike and the Beatles.
As a reward for their efforts, students are taken on a surprise overnight adventure at the end of the school year ..the destination known only to faculty and parents.
Year after year, alumni tell us that their "sixth year project" was excellent preparation for high school and college work, and that their MMS academic background gave them a distinct advantage over their peers without this intensive experience. Thank you Darlene!
There's a day for giving thanks. Two for getting deals. Now there is #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back.
On Tuesday, December 2, Mountaineer Montessori School (MMS), will join charities, families, businesses, community groups and students from around the world in coming together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
As part of its #GivingTuesday and year-round community service, students and volunteers will kick off the annual MMS Holiday Fair and Bake Sale. The fair will showcase gift items from Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by disadvantaged artisans from more than 120 artisan groups in more than 35 countries. Unique handmade gifts, jewelry, home décor, art and sculpture, textiles, serveware and personal accessories representing the diverse cultures of artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin American and the Middle East will be featured.
In addition to gifts from Ten Thousand Villages, the MMS Holiday Fair and Bake Sale books and educational items from Scholastic Books and homemade seasonal and ethnic dishes and holiday treats. MMS also invites #GivingTuesday support for its "Lighting the Way for Education" annual appeal, which funds financial assistance and specialty programs at the school.
Following its #GivingTuesday kickoff, the MMS Holiday Fair and Bake Sale will be open from noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Friday, Dec. 5.
About Mountaineer Montessori School: MMS serves 130 students ages 3 to 14 in an authentic Montessori environment, guiding them to fulfill their unique potential and make the world a better place. Its rich academic and arts programs nurture a child's curiosity and creativity and build the foundation for a life of learning, growing, meaning and service. A recognized child development authority and academic innovator, MMS has been lighting the way for education since 1976. For more information, go to: www.MountaineerMontessori.org or call 304/342-7870
About #GivingTuesday: An estimated 10,000 organizations from all 50 states are expected to participate in #GivingTuesday. For more information, go to www.GivingTuesday.org
About Ten Thousand Villages: www.TenThousandVillages.com.
Students in David Pushkin and Amanda Cox's class start every day by planning to learn. Here's their latest update:
Every morning all of the Lower Elementary students begin the day by completing handwriting exercises and filling out Daily Planners. The first year students also take a spelling test each morning. Montessori students enjoy learning cursive handwriting at the same time as manuscript. It flows more easily and allows the student to strengthen hand-eye
coordination. It also builds confidence in the child because it is easier and creates a purposeful reason for writing.
Our students also enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Charleston Broom and Mop Company. Thank you to all the parents who helped make this special experience possible.
David and Amanda
November 14, 2014
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MMS Middle School students are breaking new ground for themselves…and education in West Virginia. Jasmine Phillips provides their latest class update:
As you know, we have been working very hard and doing various off-campus trips and studies.
Recently, we went to the Hershey Montessori School in Huntsburg, Ohio, to visit the middle school in order to get a good idea of what an established Montessori adolescent program looks like. When we arrived on Monday, we joined the residential students, who come from all over the world, for dinner, and later, helped with barn chores. On Tuesday, we were paired with Hershey Montessori students, who we shadowed for the entire school day, and joined each of the classes that they attended. On Wednesday, we shadowed the students once again, but this time it was actually their creative and physical expression day (just like it is here for us)!
Thursday, we were able to go out to Cleveland, which is roughly 50 minutes away from the Huntsburg campus. We went to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, which were absolutely beautiful, and we also went to the Cleveland Museum of Art, where we saw marvelous pieces of art from some of our favorite artists such as Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, and many more.
On Friday, our last day, we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with my father, George Phillips, and he drove us back to Charleston.
At the Hershey Montessori School, I was fortunate enough to witness a program that none of us has heard of called 'NaNoWriMo,' which stands for 'National Novel Writing Month,' where people write novels in the month of November after working through a packet that helps to plan and provide details and tips on writing your novel!
Water studies
Recently, one of the main things we have been focusing on for this part of the year has been water. After coming back from the big, week long field trip, we were able to wrap all of our studies together with a man named Glenn Nelson from the DEP in Montgomery, West Virginia, where we were able to actually get in the water, test it, and see how different industries impact and affect our water today.
In relation to water, we have been working hard on a skit that we will present to the other classes at the main campus, which correlates perfectly with our new creative expression class, Drama with Rachel. In this class, we have been playing acting games that help us build talents and skills that actors and actresses have, such as listening, working as an ensemble, knowing cues, and many other things. We have also been reading scripts and embodying and describing characters.
Novel study
We are currently reading the book 'Ishmael' by Daniel Quinn. During our book groups, we have been having deep and theoretical discussions on very debatable topics that are being brought up in the book. This not only helps expand our mindset, but also introduces us to many interesting topics that I believe everyone needs to know about.
Not too long ago, we were fortunate enough to have a session on essential oils with a friend of Suzanne's named Amy Williams, where we learned about how certain scents and oils help release and make the body and soul feel better. Something that I definitely learned was that these essential oils help physically and emotionally. We have been using them often in classes to lighten moods, and they are definitely working!
Humanities projects
Due to our water studies being completed, we have already jumped into our next humanities project, the Indus Valley, with open arms! Like we did for water, we have small assignments and vocabulary words that are due on dates that we, as a group, decide. Not only do we learn more about the Indus Valley, but we also learn time management skills, which is an important skill to learn as we roll into the adolescent years.
Thanks to all of those who have been helping us do our studies and allow us to learn more and more facts in very fun and interesting ways. We have been able to apply skills that we have been learning from our classes into the real world, which is important for any school to teach their students. I, so far, have really enjoyed this school year and we have been able to do a lot more than I ever imagined due to having such a small and portable class!
Written by Jasmine Phillips
Edited by Julia Carriger
November 13, 2014
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