This academic year, Grace Montessori School (GMS) is celebrating 30 years of providing Montessori education to children of all economic, racial, ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds. The private school was established by the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church at 5th and Linden Streets in Allentown in 1992 as a nonprofit
Are you intimidated by Montessori materials or concerned that you should own specific, expensive items to implement Montessori at home? Don’t fret! Montessori is designed to teach children independence and guide them in their development, and though certain materials can be beneficial for some children, they are not required. After
Grace Montessori School (GMS) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a richly diverse school committed to the philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori. The school strives to educate children cognitively, spiritually, and physically in classroom environments that are inviting and well-equipped with developmentally designed materials. Through their new fully-funded Multisensory Summer Reading Program,
Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. At Grace Montessori, our classrooms are beautifully crafted environments designed to meet the needs of our students’ active minds. We acknowledge that each space a child enters permits them to absorb the world around
Diane Cimorelli is Grace Montessori’s business director and proud member of the Grace Montessori family. Diane’s educational career prepared her to become the dependable and efficient administrator that she is today. She holds an associate degree in interdisciplinary studies, a bachelor in business, management, and economics, a graduate certificate in
Miss Sabrina is a beloved primary curriculum teacher at Grace Montessori School. After graduating from Lehigh Carbon Community College with a certification in Early Childhood Education, Sabrina decided to pursue a career in Montessori education and went on to complete several Montessori certification courses. Eleven years into her now 16-year-long
Grace Montessori School’s education encourages students to embrace their individuality and make creative choices in their learning. For Amelia Tuerk, her journey is filled with self-directed creativity, a foundation that she acquired as a Grace Montessori student. Amelia is currently a senior at Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Arts
Meet Radhika Hoshing, an elementary teacher for grades one through six and Grace Montessori School’s Director. In early education graduate school at Bombay University in India, Ms. Radhika’s professor recommended a book called “The Absorbent Mind” written by Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori Method of Teaching. As she
At Grace Montessori School, our goal is to set students up for success so that once they exit our doors, they can continue to embrace the Montessori Method in all that they do. One student who took the self-directed initiative and creative learning approach beyond her time at Grace Montessori
From receiving her bachelor’s degree in Zoology at the University of Cairo in Egypt to becoming a primary level teacher at Grace Montessori, Haiam Attia’s story is extraordinary. When Haiam moved to America, she never planned on teaching, but as her family grew and each child became part of the
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