2018-12-03T19:17:51-05:00 2018-06-30 911424565 Waller and Waller CPAs 1526 South Lake Stickney Drive LYNNWOOD WA 98087 990 2017-07-01 020668449 BURIEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC BURI 220 SW 160TH ST BURIEN WA 981663026 THOMAS RZEGOCKI EXECUTIVE DIREC 2062425100 2018-07-20 true R MICHAEL WALLER P00060056 4253612683 2018-12-03 73.254.108.11 2018-12-03 19:18:57 9147382018337ljetgdp 2018-12-03 P 13CCA8C9D143F289BF4099FEFF4B9211835118B8 13CCA8C9D143F289BF4099FEFF4B9211835118B8 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z THREE TREE MONTESSORI SCHOOL 2233478 false X WWW.THREETREE.ORG X 2003 WA NON PROFIT EDUCATION 9 8 48 0 0 9607 39418 2046435 2047078 487 567 83386 109625 2139915 2196688 0 0 1448410 1610936 0 0 421253 458025 1869663 2068961 270252 127727 3424541 3500129 1485820 1433681 1938721 2066448 NON PROFIT EDUCATION false false 1667459 2047078 PART III STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2017/2018 THREE TREE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OFFERS MONTESSORI LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH CHILDREN AGES 18 MONTHS THROUGH 12 YEARS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE, LEARN AND INTERACT IN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT FOSTERS INDEPENDENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE. THE SCHOOL OFFERS FIVE MAIN PROGRAM SERVICES: ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, ACADEMIC YEAR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE, MMUMLANGUAGE PROGRAM, SUMMER PROGRAM, AND PARENT EDUCATION. a. THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM SERVED A TOTAL OF 210 STUDENTS IN TEN CLASSROOMS.THE TODDLER PROGRAM CONSISTED OF TWO CLASSROOMS SERVING CHILDREN AGES ONE AND A HALF YEAR AND WALKING TO THREE YEARS.BOTH CLASSROOMS OFFERED FULL DAY PROGRAMS AND HALF DAY PROGRAM. THE HALF DAY PROGRAM SERVED A TOTAL OF 11 CHILDREN. THE ALL DAY PROGRAMS SERVED 14 CHILDREN. CHILDREN TRANSITIONED FROM TODDLER TO PRIMARY CLASSROOMS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THE PRIMARY PROGRAM CONSISTED OF FIVE CLASSROOMS SERVING CHILDREN AGES TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS TO SIX YEARS.EACH CLASSROOM OFFERED A MORNING PROGRAM FOR ALL STUDENTS AND AN AFTERNOON, OR EXTENDED DAY, PROGRAM FOR THE OLDER STUDENTS. A TOTAL OF 110 STUDENTS WERE SERVED BY THE PRIMARY PROGRAM, WITH 48 OF THEM PARTICIPATING IN EXTENDED DAY. CHILDREN TRANSITIONED FROM PRIMARY TO THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM CONSISTED OF THREE CLASSROOMS; TWO LOWER ELEMENTARY AND AN UPPER ELEMENTARY. THE LOWER ELEMENTARY SERVED CHILDREN AGES SIX THROUGH NINE YEARS AND THE UPPER ELEMENTARY SERVED AGES NINE THROUGH TWELVE. A TOTAL OF 50 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE LOWER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND A TOTAL OF 22 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE UPPER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM. ALL THREE PROGRAMS OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN A MULTI-DAY AND NIGHT FIELD TRIP. THE TWO LOWER ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS SPENT SEVERAL DAYS ON A LOCAL ISLAND LEARNING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH FOREST AND WETLANDS STUDIES. THE UPPER ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM STARTED THE JULY 2017 TRU JUNE 2018 YEAR WITH A TRIP TO SEAQUEST STATE PARK TO LEARN ABOUT THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS AND THE AFFECT BOTH GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ON THE ECOSYSTEM. THEY ALSO LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS HAVE ON GEOLOGY AND WILDLIFE IN THE AREA WITH VISITS TO THE JOHNSON RIDGE OBSERVATORY, APE CAVES AND THE TRAIL OF TWO FORESTS.IN THE SPRING OF 2018, THE STUDENTS CONTINUED THEIR LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH A VISIT TO CROW CANYON, COLORADO. AT CROW CANYON THE CLASS TOOK PART IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ARCHAEOLOGY AND LEARNED ABOUT THE ANCIENT PUEBLO PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE.STUDENTS TOOK PART IN A SIMULATED EXCAVATION, VISITED THE SITE OF AN ANCIENT PUEBLOAN VILLAGE, LEARNED HOW TO IDENTIFY ARTIFACTS AND EXPLORED THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT. THEY TOOKPART IN EVENING CLASSES ABOUY ROCK ART AND WILDLIFE OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE CLASS ALSO VISITED THE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK WHERE THEY EXPLORED ONE OF THE CLIFF DWELLINGS OF THE PUEBLO PEOPLE.AS PART OF THEIR EXPANDING AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY,THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ORGANIZED PARTICIPATIONIN SEVERAL LOCAL PROJECTS. THE CHILDREN WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN SPONSORING HOLIDAY GIVING EVENTS, ORGANIZING FUNDRAISINGEVENTS AND ORGANIZING A VOLUNTEER PROJECT TO CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHILDREN ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT A LOCAL FOOD BANKHELPING TO SERVE ITS CLIENTELE.B. THE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS SERVED FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL WHO NEEDED EXTRA HOURS OF CARE BEYOND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM HOURS. THIS PROGRAM OFFERED CARE FOR APPROXIMATELY 107 TODDLERS, PRIMARY AND ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN. STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY OVERSEE THESE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS RESULTING IN A CONTINUITY OF LEARNING AND A FAMILIARITY WITH STAFF. C. THE MONTESSORI MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MMUN) WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 2017/2018 SCHOOL YEAR. THE TEACHER AND A VOLUNTEER PARENT CHAPERONE ACCOMPANIED FIVE STUDENTS TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE MMUN CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY. THIS TRIP PROVIDED A DIRECT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ELDEST ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO PUT INTO PRACTICE OUR SCHOOLS VISION TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLANT EDUCATION THAT EMPOWERS CHILDREN TO BECOME INDEPENDENT, CREATIVE EMPATHETIC LIFE-LONG LEARNERS WHO WILL BUILD A BETTER WORLD. THIS TRIP, AND THE MMUN EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL ARE A CULMINATION EXPERIENCE, ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO DRAW ON THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TRHOUGHOUT THEIR ELEMENTARY YEARS AT TTMS, INCLUDING RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION, PRESENTATION SKILLS AND MORE. FOR THE MMUN THE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REASEARCH REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS AND PRESENT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FROM THE REAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE COUNTRY THEY ARE REPRESENTING. AT THE 2018 CONFERENCE, OUR STUDENTS REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY OF MALAWI AND RESEARCHED TOPICS THAT RANGED FROM DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT TO THE REDUCTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS.D. THE SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERED CARE FOR TODDLERS, PRIMARY AND ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN DURING AN EIGHT WEEK PERIOD. THIS PROGRAM WAS OFFERED 5 DAYS A WEEK, FROM 7AM UNTIL 6PM AND OFFERED THE STUDY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CULTURES OVER THE EIGHT WEEKS. PARTICIPANTS COULD ENROLL BY THE WEEK, ALLOWING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR FAMILY SCHEDULES. OVER 100 CHILDREN WERE SERVED DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM. E. THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH STRONG OFFERINGS FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL WAS ADDRESSED WITH AN UPDATED PARENT HANDBOOK, WEEKLY BULLETINS, A PARENT INFORMATION WEB SITE, AND FORMAL AND INFORMAL PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES. IN ADDITION, EIGHT FREE PARENT WORKSHOPS WERE HELD BOTH AT THE SCHOOL AND AT A LOCAL VENUE.MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SCHOOL OFFERED EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOCUSED ON EACH LEVEL OF THE TODDLER, PRIMARY AND ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS. SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WERE EXPANDED OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS. PARENTS WERE ALSO INVITED TO A VARIETY OF CELEBRATION EVENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. 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