News & Announcements

On April 27, 2020, SSMA’s virtual partnership with Kids & Culture Camp, KCC, will begin! As part of SSMA’s after school MAP extended learning program, KCC’s phenomenal instructors will provide live online cultural camps for ALL students. Students will embark on a virtual cultural journey as they study various countries from around the globe. The themes for this exciting cultural journey are as follows: Senegal’s Sensational Success, Canada's Captivating Culture, and Grasping Ghana’s Greatness.

“This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in a common aim, attracting them as to a single centre... This is the bright new hope for mankind (Montessori).”

- Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind

Although Dr. Montessori was Italian, her teaching methods cross national borders. Montessori schools were designed to teach all children, with an emphasis on self-directed learning and practical life skills.

Monday, March 16: No School for Student, Teachers, and Staff will report to school to continue planning for Distance Learning
Tuesday March 17: Parent pick up Learning Packets from 9am to 1pm
Tuesday, March 17 to Monday, March 23: SSMA will take its Spring Break for teachers and students. There will no longer be a Spring Break period in April
Tuesday, March 24 - Tuesday, March 31: Student will participate in distance learning
Wednesday, April 1: SSMA will resume normal on-campus operations

Progress Reports will be mailed out on April 2nd, 2020.

Parent/Guide Conference Day is Friday, April 10th, 2020; there will be No Virtual lessons on this day. Scholars will have to work on their task in Google Classroom

Parent Support Meeting/Tutorial
For parents who are feeling anxious or overwhelmed by the prospect of helping your children get onto Google Classroom and/or Google Hangout, we will have an additional tutorial session on Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm, hosted by our communications specialist, Ms. Nona Richardson. Her session will focus on simply using the platform and working with parents who are not as computer savvy as they'd like to be. Ms. Richardson will not be able to troubleshoot issues with devices or computers but will focus strictly on Google applications.

SSMA Distance Learning Walkthrough (Reminder)
Parents are invited to attend a community meeting that will be hosted by our principal, Mrs. Jenkins on Monday, March 30th at 7:00 pm. Mrs. Jenkins will share our distance learning plans and programming for the weeks ahead. She will walk through the daily schedule, and explain how the guides will use our Google platform to translate our Montessori model. Parents will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the learning program during that time.

SSMA is OPEN on Friday, March 13th, 2020

SSMA is CLOSED On Thursday, March 12, 2020