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THE DAUGHTER of John Lawson, West Vancouver's first pioneer, Gertrede
Lawson recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Pictured above, she sits in front of ber
home in West Vancouver which she built in 1938. Miss Lawson taught for many years
at Pauline Johnson and Hollyburnm Schools. (Eric Eggertsem photo)

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ntessori schools

MONTESSORI may

sound like a kinky

religious sect, but is actually an interesting alter-

The private primary

' education system is based on

the work and beliefs of Dr.
Maria Montessori who
worked extensively with
children, studying their
development.

Although hardly new,
Montessori daycares and

primary schools are
becoming increasingly
popular.

And im these times of
rapidly declining enrollment
on the North Shore,
Gatehouse Montessori in
Cedardale School is doing a
thriving business and
planning to expand.

Billed as a “viable private
school alternative” the
school costs about $200 per
month.

Gatehouse, which has
been operating in West
Vancouver for three years
takes children three to six
years old.

‘But, now the children who
began three years ago are
ready to progress to primary
school, so their parents have
begun North West Mon-
tessori, a separate
organization which has hired
a trained Montessori teacher
to take a split grades one to
three class.

“Our youngsters have had
three just superb years of
education’ says Rita
Paragras, a speech therapist,
and gne of the parents who
didn't{want their chidren to
have any other education.

The response to their

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$23.50

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‘Rative to the public school system.

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

association has been very
favorable, says Paragas,
from West Van schoolboard
trustees to private funding
sources.

In spite of the bad
economy, North West
Montessori hopes to keep
the school open to all levels
by setting up bursaries.

They don’t want to be
labelled “elitist” Paragas
states.

Much of the Montessori
learning system is based on
learnmg by doing. allowing
each child to discover
concepts through empirical
experience.

And to this end, many of
the games and learning tools
attempt to give concrete
Significance to abstract
ideas.

For instance, fractions are
learned through fitting
different sized pieces

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together. Thus a child can

learn by experience that two
quarters or three sixths fill
up a half.

There is less discipline in

this system, children are

freer to talk to one another
during the day and the
emphasis is placed on the
individual.

The Montessori child has
the same teacher for about
three years for every sub-
ject. According to the
programme outline,
“Learning is more thematic
than departmentalized into
subject areas” because of
this method of teaching.

So that a lesson on parallel
geometry might be followed
by a study of leaf venation,
and then a study of the earth,
sun and parallel light rays.

The elementary program
is designed to move from a
physical accumulation of
facts to creative growth.

There are still a few spaces
open for September, anyone
interested in registration can
phone 986-5754.