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North Star Montessori Academy is a public school chartered by Northern Michigan University, serving grades Pre-K - 12.
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Primary Classrooms
- 3-6 year olds working together.
- preschool students absorb social and academic skills working alongside older students.
- Language, Sensorial, and Science/Culture room.
- Math, Geometry, Practical life room.
- Students have a homeroom teacher and switch classrooms every other day.
- Pre-K has an afternoon rest time while Kindergarten works on kindergarten specific lessons and activities.
- All students attend art, music, library, German, and gym weekly.
- Kindergarten students have required daily goals.
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Lower Elementary Classrooms
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade.
- Language, Math, and Culture Rooms.
- Students create weekly goals and use work plans.
- Students learn time management.
- All students attend art, music, library, Spanish, and gym weekly.
- Students have one homeroom teacher and are able to work on goals in all three rooms daily.
- Work Cycle is 2.5 hours.
- Students participate in grade level science, social studies, and writing lessons in the afternoon.
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Upper Elementary Classrooms
- 9-12 year olds working together.
- Morning work cycle is 3+ hours -- a balance of individual and collaborative work time.
- Students are developing individual work habits while coping with social and emotional changes.
- Two rooms: Math/Social Studies (Culture) and Language/Science.
- Students have a homeroom teacher for Specials and whole group lessons.
- All students attend art, music, library, Spanish, and gym weekly.
- All students have a work plan with required daily/weekly goals and choice areas.
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