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Pulling kids out of the LPS; Pulling kids out of the LPS
Topic Started: Dec 20 2005, 07:53 PM (2,875 Views)
fyi
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You can also access more school info (websites) by visiting the

Northwest Wayne Vicariate

http://www.nwwv.org/

Click on the links to the individuals schools on the left side of the site.
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fyi
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fyi
Dec 31 2005, 03:08 PM
You can also access more school info (websites) by visiting the

Northwest Wayne Vicariate

http://www.nwwv.org/

Click on the links to the individuals schools on the left side of the site.

oops!!! I mean the right side of the site!
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I didn't see test score info on St. Mike's site but they have a really nice selection of "enrichment" activities. As well as all of the "specials" LPS has including Spanish, not an exploration of language class. Also, CYO offers great sports opportunities for the kids, more so than the public school system (if that matters to you).
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fyi
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I forgot to post info about St. Damian in Westland. It's located on Joy Rd between Middlebelt and Merriman (closer to Middlebelt). They are located in Westland, but
they are Westland with Livonia Schools. They get their "specials" from LPS and
the buses.

If you are looking for a smaller school with broader grade spans---check them out.
My kids went there for pre-school. I found the school to be very close-knit and
they encourage parental participation. They offer preschool (3 & 4 year olds) thru
8th grade. They are about 1/3 the size of some of the other Catholic schools in the area (approx 300 for the entire school---k-8).

Also, they have a separate gym and cafeteria. They just built a new church recently. The gym is where the old church used to be.

Here's the link:

http://www.stdamian.com/School/defaultschool.htm
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Thanks everyone! There just isn't as much info on the parochial schools as I would like. I found general information comparing academic acheivement of public vs. private schools in general, but no data by school. I can't even believe I'm thinking of sending my kids to Catholic school...I have always believed in public schools and particularly LPS...but I just can't imagine my 4th grader at Cooper next year, so I want to look at all other options. This is so very sad.
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fyi
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I can remember being one of the people who used to say: Why do you send your kids to private school---LPS is so great. Not so sure you will be hearing that around town anymore. So very sad.
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NFarquharson
Dec 31 2005, 04:57 PM
Thanks everyone! There just isn't as much info on the parochial schools as I would like. I found general information comparing academic acheivement of public vs. private schools in general, but no data by school. I can't even believe I'm thinking of sending my kids to Catholic school...I have always believed in public schools and particularly LPS...but I just can't imagine my 4th grader at Cooper next year, so I want to look at all other options. This is so very sad.

Can anyone tell me about Montessori (sp?) schools? I've heard they are k-8????? I'm sure you have to pay, but is it as much $$ as the private schools?

I'm mostly just curious about it. I doubt we could send 2 kid's to a Montessori :(
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angrymom
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The Montassori on Middlebelt near Jamison is free.
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fyi
Dec 31 2005, 05:00 PM
I can remember being one of the people who used to say: Why do you send your kids to private school---LPS is so great. Not so sure you will be hearing that around town anymore. So very sad.

My brother and sister send their kids to private schools and I always was being questioned as to why I never did because LPS were good...now I'm not so sure any more.
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Elisa
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The Montessori on Middlebelt is a charter school. There is also a Montessori on Haggerty between 5 & 6 mile, I believe it is Northville Montessori and they are a private, k-8, tuition based school. I checked it out when my son was younger. I do not remember the rates exactly but I know that it was more than Catholic schools. Montessori is a completely different approach to teaching/learning. I think that you have to decide if it is something that fits your child's learning style and personality.
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fyi
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I have also heard that Montessori schools are a very different approach to learning---using all the senses. Also, different ages are taught together.

I have also heard that it's hard to go from public school to Montessori because it is so different from the traditional approach. I guess it would depend on the child.
Some children benefit from the Montessori approach.



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Rose
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fyi, you have provided so much info for parents looking for alternative schooling....I say cheers to you! :D
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I have also heard that Montessori schools are a very different approach to learning---using all the senses. Also, different ages are taught together.


Montessori is a great approach to learning, but I've heard (from friends/family experiences) that kids who been taught in the traditional methods can have a difficult time adjusting to that method. Especially if the child is one who is more comfortable with structure and routine. They need to be very self directed learners if they are transfering to the Montessori method from Traditional classroom learning. However, it really depends on the child, and how much direction they need.







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Jan 1 2006, 02:39 PM
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I have also heard that Montessori schools are a very different approach to learning---using all the senses. Also, different ages are taught together.


Montessori is a great approach to learning, but I've heard (from friends/family experiences) that kids who been taught in the traditional methods can have a difficult time adjusting to that method. Especially if the child is one who is more comfortable with structure and routine. They need to be very self directed learners if they are transfering to the Montessori method from Traditional classroom learning. However, it really depends on the child, and how much direction they need.

O.K., that's what I thought I had heard about it. They let them work at their own pace??? Probably not for us.

Thanks anyway though, for the info. You guys are a wealth of knowledge and it is appreciated :lol: I later thought that I could have googled it to find out, but then I thought "What the heck, I know I'll get an answer here!!!"

I hope you all had a great New Year's eve. We were up a bit late, so I think I need a nap now :P
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If you want to know more about Montessori schools, start by reading Marie Montessori's book. I also checked out two Montessori schools before my daughter started preschool. I recommend going to a school and asking if you may come in for an hour or so to observe the functioning of the classroom.
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maria montessori


First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect - Montessori's vision and 'method' are still popular.



See, also: marie montessori: inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the 'children's houses'

Maria Montessori at The Gatehouse School, London in 1951Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952). Maria Montessori was the first woman in Italy to qualify as a physician. She developed an interest in the diseases of children and in the needs of those said to be 'ineducable' In the case of the latter she argued for the development of training for teachers along Froebelian lines (she also drew on Rousseau and Pestalozzi) and developed the principle that was also to inform her general educational programme: first the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect. Maria Montessori developed a teaching programme that enabled 'defective' children to read and write. She sought to teach skills not by having children repeatedly try it, but by developing exercises that prepare them. These exercises would then be repeated: Looking becomes reading; touching becomes writing. (See The Montessoria Method).

The success of her method then caused her to ask questions of 'normal' education and the ways in which failed children. Maria Montessori had the chance to test her programme and ideas with the establishment of the first Casa dei Bambini (Children's house or household) in Rome in 1907. (This house had been built as part of a slum redevelopment). This house and those that followed were designed to provide a good environment for children to live and learn. An emphasis was placed on self-determination and self-realization. This entailed developing a concern for others and discipline and to do this children engaged in exercices de la vie pratique (exercise in daily living). These and other exercises were to function like a ladder - allowing the child to pick up the challenge and to judge their progress. 'The essential thing is for the task to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality' (Maria Montessori - The Absorbent Mind: 206).

This connected with a further element in the Montessori programme - decentring the teacher. The teacher was the 'keeper' of the environment. While children got on with their activities the task was to observe and to intervene from the periphery. (Here there are a number of parallels with Dewey).

The focus on self-realization through independent activity, the concern with attitude, and the focus on the educator as the keeper of the environment (and making use of their scientific powers of observation and reflection) - all have some echo in the work of informal educators. However, it is Maria Montessori's notion of the Children's House as a stimulating environment in which participants can learn to take responsibility that has a particular resonance.


Further reading and references

Montessori, M. (1916) The Montessoria Method, New York: Schocken Books (1964 edition). Usually seen as the classic statement of her approach. Contents examine the new pedagogy, the pedagogical methods of the 'Children's House', methods, discipline, sequencing etc.

Montessori, M. (1949) The Absorbent Mind, New York: Dell (1967 edn.)

Biographical material: The standard work in English is:

Kramer, R. (1978) Maria Montessori, Oxford: Blackwell.
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