Author Archives: LizBecerra

Downtown Montessori to host a Facilitated Discussion

Downtown Montessori Academy Wants to Hear From You! Downtown Montessori Academy is seeking to enrich and expand its Adolescent Program (grades 7-8). To help us achieve our goals we will be hosting this initial focus group and a follow up discussion with Virginia Flynn, Head of School, at a later date TBA. As a parent…

IFF Spotlights Downtown Montessori

Downtown Montessori Academy, Milwaukee Downtown Montessori Academy(DMA) first came to IFF in 2009 for help evaluating their facility options. The school was growing and DMA wanted to make sure that they had a permanent home to house the school into the future. After evaluating their facilities, plans, budget, and the current market, IFF determined that…

Our Green and Healthy School

As you may know, Downtown Montessori Academy became a state certified Green School in 2007. What you may not know is what that means and why it is important to our school community. To become certified as a Green and Healthy School, the school must complete a series of assessments. These assessments were conducted by…

Why Your Child Should Read 20 Minutes a Day

Hi Parents, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mrs. Barb Rankin and I am the new reading specialist here at Downtown Montessori. I received my teaching and reading license along with my Masters in Reading-Language Arts from Cardinal Stritch University. I have been teaching for about 22 years and bring to this…

New Auction Meeting Minutes

The next set of auction meeting minutes are ready for viewing here. The auction committee met at nearby Riviera Maya and collaborated on some great ideas. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 22 at 5:30PM at the Marian Center for Non-Profits. This is the space we use each year to hold our annual…

Auction Meeting Minutes

The Auction Meeting Minutes are now available for viewing here. Please take a moment to read through all the new ideas we have in store for this year’s event! If there is any area you think you can help with just let Margery know. As always, your feedback, input and ideas are welcome.  

Harvest Fest and Clothing Swap this Friday!

Please join us this Friday for our Fall Harvest Festival and clothing swap from 3:30PM to 6:00PM. We’ll have art projects, cider making, raffles, food and beverages! We will also have recycling stations for toner, cell phones, batteries and # 5-7 plastics. Don’t forget, this is a zero waste event so bring your own plates,…

Clothing Swap at the Harvest Festival

The Fall Harvest Festival is right around the corner, on Friday September 16th. In order to promote reusing and recycling, we are holding a DMA Uniform Clothing Swap. HOW IT WORKS: For each item you contribute to the swap, you are entitled to take an item in return. If you haven’t contributed anything, that’s no problem!…