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2009-01-28T04:44:42Z

Montessori School Fair and Peace in Education Event

Fourteen Nashville area Montessori Schools are bonding together to promote Peace In Education and help families and educators understand the Montessori Method at the upcoming Montessori School Fair: Peace in Education event. The event is one of a series of individual and multi-school projects that are designed to educate globally and locally.

Nashville’s Montessori School Fair will be a free event, open to the public, and will be held Feb 21st from 10 am until 1pm at the Frist Lecture Center in the Inman Building on the Belmont University Campus. The event aims to answer the question “What Is Montessori?” as well as provide specific information on the Montessori Method, the Montessori Philosophy, and the location and information on many of the public and private schools available in the area.

The fourteen area schools bonding together to create this event, have been working locally, and some globally, to promote education in general, peace, and the Montessori philosophy of education. One of these efforts is this past fall’s first annual International Peace Day Celebration and parade, where Nashville children from multiple schools gathered, created a 15 foot peace dove and shared peaceful stories and music. The more global events have included education related trips to help schools in rural areas of China, Uganda and the Dominican Republic.

Dr Merrie King, Director of the Montessori Teacher Training Program at Belmont University, normally focuses on training Montessori teachers but for a short time last year, she travelled to China to provide feedback to a school and offer insight on how to improve their methods of teaching.

The passion for spreading peaceful education is a sentiment echoed by Deborah “Oma” Harris of The Montessori Centre, which is why her school helped fund and staff a trip to a developing Montessori school in Uganda created for orphans of the area. (see: http://vmontessori.com/donate.html)

The Nashville Montessori School Fair- Peace in Education Event will feature pictures/ presentations on some of these visits and events as well as provide additional insight into their impact.

“Our main hope is to spread the word that Montessori is a peace-oriented, highly refined system of education that respects the children it empowers;” says Debra Miller, co-organizer of the fair and Director of Mt Juliet Montessori Academy, “It will also provide a an opportunity to for families to personally connect with a school that may be perfect for their child.”

More information on and directions to the Nashville Montessori School Fair- Peace in Education Event is available at www.NASHMONT.com .

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2009-01-20T23:01:27Z

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2009-01-20T01:56:19Z

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS LIST:

Abintra Montessori School
914 Davidson Dr.
Nashville, TN 37205
352-4317
Contact: Ms. Sherry Knott, Director
www.abintra.org
sherry.knott@abintra.org

Bambini Montessori
27 Fairway Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
615-885-8772
Contact: Lori Eldridge Wong, Owner/Director
bambinimontessori.org
director@bambinimontessori.org

Bambini Village
1140 Cason Lane 
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
615-405-4778
Contact: Reanna Sarieh
bambinivillage@yahoo.com

Casa dei Montessori
Hwy 70, Bellevue Mall area
Bellevue, TN 37205
673-8000
Contact: Amber Jennings, Owner/Director
casadeimont@gmail.com
www.casadeimontessori.com

Children First: A Montessori Community
3420 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37215
292-8151
Contact: Sam Anderson, Director
www.childrenfirstmontessori.org
sam@childrenfirstmontessori.org

Children’s House Montessori
3404 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37215
298-5647
Contact: Ms. Anne Colley, Director
www.childrenshousenashville.org
acolley@childrenhousenashville.org

Honeysuckle Montessori School
112 Honeysuckle Dr.
Hendersonville, TN 37025
264-1235
Contact: Darlene Estes-Del Re, Owner/Director
estesdelre@comcast.net

Montessori Academy
6021 Cloverland Dr.
Brentwood, TN 37027
833-3610
Contact: Ms. Linda Bernstorf, Head of School/ Ms. Eileen Bernstorf, Founder
www.montessoriacad.org
ibernstorf@montessoiracad.org

Montessori in the City
4204 Hillsboro Rd.
Nashville, Tn. 37215
615-460-7849
Contact: Karen Black /Owner/ Director

Montessori School of Franklin
1325 West Main St., Suite G
Franklin, TN 37064
794-0567
Contact: Kathy Conlin, Education Director
www.montessorifranklin.org
office@montessorifranklin.org

Montessori Weaver School
111 East MTCS Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Phone 545-2086
Contact: Joye Weaver
montessoriweaver@bellsouth.net

Mt. Juliet Montessori Academy
Elementary and Preschool
& Montessori Summer Camps
9695 Lebanon Rd #240
Mt. Juliet, TN 37122
758-0819
Contact: Debra Miller, Director
tnmontessori@gmail.com
www.mjmacademy.com

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2009-01-20T01:34:26Z

Driving Directions

From Memphis and All points West via I-40: Exit onto 440 Parkway and continue East. Take Exit 3 onto 21^st Avenue and proceed past Blair Boulevard. Veer Right onto Magnolia Blvd. which becomes Wedgewood Ave. Turn Right on 15^th Ave. Turn Right on Acklen and proceed past the first house. Turn Right toward the garage entrance.

From Knoxville and All points East via I-40: At the I-40 split, bear Left to I-24/I-440, then Right to I-440 West. Take exit 3 onto 21st Avenue and proceed past Blair Boulevard. Veer Right onto Magnolia Blvd. which becomes Wedgewood Ave. Turn Right on 15^th Ave. Turn Right on Acklen and proceed past the first house. Turn Right toward the garage entrance.

From the North via I-65 or I-24: Just north of Nashville, I-24 merges with I-65. Take I-65 South towards Huntsville (through a series of merges as you navigate through the city). Follow I-65 South to exit 81, Wedgewood Avenue. Turn Right at the bottom of the ramp onto Wedgewood. Follow Wedgewood and turn Left on 15th Avenue. Turn Right on Acklen and proceed past the first house. Turn Right toward the garage entrance.

From the South via I-65: Follow I-65 North to exit 81. Turn Left at the off-ramp onto Wedgewood Avenue. Follow Wedgewood and turn Left on 15^th Avenue. Turn Right on Acklen and proceed past the first house. Turn Right toward the garage entrance.

From the Southeast via I-24: Take I-440 West towards Memphis. Take exit 3 onto 21st Avenue and proceed past Blair Boulevard. Veer Right onto Magnolia Blvd. which becomes Wedgewood Ave. Turn Right on 15^th Ave. Turn Right on Acklen and proceed past the first house. Turn Right toward the garage entrance.