Downtown Montessori became a state certified Green School in 2007. We believe; as Maria Montessori said, "The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth."
A lower elementary Downtown Montessori Academy student wrote a letter to Vice President Biden, which the Vice President responded to with a handwritten note, as detailed in an article picked up by local news and the Associated Press.
“Dear Vice President Biden, I have a great idea to help make our country safer, better and the best. I think guns should shoot out chocolate bullets. Then no one will get killed and no one will be sad,” wrote Myles, a second-grader in Jenny’s class.
The Vice President wrote back to Myles with a handwritten note, “I am sorry it took me so very long to respond to your letter. I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. You are a good boy, Joe Biden.”
Each year, DPI provides public performance reports for all public schools and districts in Wisconsin. The reports each address sections of state or federal reporting requirements. All reports-and the many and varied indicators contained within-should be considered when reviewing a school or district’s annual progress. While some of the same data appears in multiple reports, each serves a distinct purpose under state and federal education laws.
The School District Performance Report serves as a district’s annual public report required under s.115.38 WI Statutes passed in 1991. The report covers a list of topics with comparisons to other districts in the same athletic conference:
Achievement Test Results (grades 3, 4, 8 and 10)
ACT, AP® Exam, Retention
Attendance, Dropouts, Truancy
High School Completion, Post-graduation Plans
Program Offerings and Participation
Staffing, Finance
Suspensions and Expulsions
To view our 2012-13 report, click here. (School year not over, not all data is available)
To view our 2011-12 report, click here.
If you are a part of our Facebook family then you may have already seen some of our promotional video shorts showcasing DMA. We’ve already uploaded a few to our site on our new Videos Page, but you can expect to see more in the next few weeks.
We just received word that our applications for the Kohl’s Cares Field Trip Grant Program have been approved! The money received from these grants will be applied to field trips for the next school year. We were awarded a little over $2,500, more than enough money for every student to be able to attend a trip next year. Thank you, Kohl’s!
We have just received word that Downtown Montessori Academy has earned a Wisconsin Title I High-Progress School Award! This award recognizes student academic achievement and academic progress. A total of 65 schools statewide received a High-Achieving and/or High-Progress Award, only 5 of these schools were charter schools. DMA is proud to be among the highest achieving Title I schools in the state.
To earn this award certain criteria needed to be met, among those:
We have achieved a rating of “Exceeds Expectations” on our Wisconsin School Report Card
We have fallen within the top 10 percent of Title I schools experiencing student growth in reading and mathematics
We have minimal achievement gaps or have shown evidence of reducing gaps between student subgroups
We have met all test participation, absenteeism, and dropout goals
Thank you and congratulations to all our teachers, staff and parents.
To create a Montessori environment where your child's early experiences with learning will help him or her to become a self-confident, competent, cooperative adult. The competence the child attains is directly related to their engagement in the meaningful work of the Montessori classroom. We seek to provide a family-centered environment that enriches and nurtures the growth of the family and the child.
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Each year, DPI provides public performance reports for all public schools and districts in Wisconsin. The reports each address sections of state or federal reporting requirements. All reports-and the many and varied indicators contained within-should be considered when reviewing a school or district’s annual progress. While some of the same data appears in multiple reports, each serves a distinct purpose under state and federal education laws.
