Parent Meetings are Fun!

Parent Meetings are Fun!

by | Jan 27, 2017 | Events

Part of what I appreciate about sending my children to the Monteverde Friends School during our family’s year abroad in Costa Rica is the fact that we parents are welcomed into the community, too. This involvement comes through parent work days, community events...
Women’s March in Monteverde

Women’s March in Monteverde

by | Jan 22, 2017 | Featured

The theme for our school last year was Equality.  So when Monteverde participated in the international Women’s March yesterday, it was no surprise to see over 1/3 of our student body come out in support. The march started at our school and went down to CASEM,...
Students Learn Quaker Values

Students Learn Quaker Values

by | Jan 6, 2017 | Sharing

At Monteverde Friends School, we are always on the look-out for creative ways to support our students’ spiritual growth and learning Quaker values.  In a 6-week minicourse about podcasting, students partnered with the fabulous Mari Wadsworth at Monteverde FM...
Challenge Program Provides Enrichment For All

Challenge Program Provides Enrichment For All

by | Dec 21, 2016 | Events

When we made the strange request to have some of our students do more work, the even stranger complaint was, “Why can’t everyone do extra?!” This year we launched a new “Challenge Program”, designed to provide the opportunity for extra...
How a Science Fair Builds Community

How a Science Fair Builds Community

by | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured

Want to make an already-hectic last week of school even more crazy? Have a school-wide science fair! Like much of what we do at MFS, the fair was a community builder in many ways: Students worked together in small groups, drawing on each others’ strengths All...