School names new leadership award after longtime chairman Brack
JAN. 7, 2013 — Charles Towne Montessori recently unveiled a special leadership award to honor the years of service by columnist and publisher Andy Brack of Charleston. The award, called the “Andrew C. Brack Leadership Award,” periodically will recognize “a member within the Charles Towne Montessori community whose leadership has been transformative and who has mobilized and unified people, institutions or causes to improve the quality, condition and performance of the school.” Brack, pictured at left, was the first honoree. “For years, Andy Brack has been the leader that the...
Read MoreResident artist Jaycie Rappold to teach Jackson Pollock — Hands on!!
OCT. 25, 2012 — Elementary students at Charles Towne Montessori will trade khaki and blue for some “get dirty” clothes on Thursday to experience first-hand the painting style of artist Jackson Pollock. Artist in residence and former School of the Arts instructor, Jaycie Rappold will lead the class in a lesson about Pollock’s life and his art. The lesson will entail large canvases and hand thrown paint in the style of the artist himself as well as a lesson in Abstract Expressionism, the movement for which Pollock was known. Although the students do not really understand what the...
Read More5th annual Open House and Fall Festival to be Nov. 10
Charles Towne Montessori will host its fifth annual Open House/Fall Festival Event on Saturday, Nov. 10. Visit the school from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a tour and information about our programs. The Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with games, food, jump castles, prizes, cake walk, live music, face painting, crafts and vendors.
Read MoreGeorgian VIP tours CTM to learn about Montessori
SEPT. 8, 2012 — Eka Tkeshelashvili, vice prime minister for the Republic of Georgia, spent two hours at Charles Towne Montessori today with embassy staff to learn more about the Montessori method. The vice prime minister and visitors, given a tour by Board Chair Andy Brack and Head of School Edward Jackson, said her the former Soviet state, now a big ally of the United States, was reforming its educational system and was looking to see if Montessori could work in Georgia. “It was clear that the visit to Charles Towne Montessori, the only internationally-accredited Montessori in...
Read MoreCTM students prepare for April 27 opera performance
APRIL 18, 2012 — More than 50 students at Charles Towne Montessori are busy with preparations for a five-act opera they’ll perform 6 p.m. April 27 at the Scottish Rite Center in West Ashley. CTM students in the elementary class (grades 1-6) and primary classes (ages 3-6) have been practicing their roles for weeks for “Persephone,” which was written by former CTM teacher Sanford Jones, one of the world’s top composers of operas for children. “Not only are we celebrating our school’s 40th year with this performance of ‘Persephone,’ but...
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