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CHARLES TOWNE MONTESSORI GOES INTERNATIONAL
Performance, dinner celebrates world diversity
 
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Students at Charles Towne Montessori School clad in costumes from around the world for the finale performance during the school’s international celebration
 
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Just months after receiving international accreditation, Charles Towne Montessori School spent a week learning about world culture. Students took that knowledge and animated it into a musical performance, followed by a community dinner featuring international dishes on May 7.
 
“Our students have been preparing for weeks,” said Edward Jackson, head of the school and director of the performance. “While they’ll have fun singing in Spanish, German, and other languages, they’re also learning about global diversity and our place in the international community.”
 
The performance featured elaborate costumes and music from all over the world. The International Feast, consisting of ethnic dishes contributed by our families followed the performance.
 
The school was awarded reaccredidation by Association Montessori Internationale in January, making it the only school in South Carolina with such a distinction. “AMI-recognized schools like ours at the primary and elementary levels represent only about 70 of the 5,600 or so Montessori schools in the United States,” Jackson says. “AMI teachers like ours at Charles Towne Montessori receive the most intensive and comprehensive Montessori training in the world. AMI schools are also thoroughly examined to insure that the school provides a high quality, authentic Montessori education.”