HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplicationIndiana Montessori Academy Feasability Study 12640 Shelborne Rd. Carmel, IN 46021 Vive Design, LLC Kami Guerrier 12449 Meeting House Rd. Carmel, IN 46032 781-640-9793 info@vivedesignforlife.comSchematic Design Document for zoning review. 04/03/2015 SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”Existing structure is located based on site survey provided by property realtor and therefore is approximated - to be VIF. Int/Ext dimensions of existing structure have been verifi ed.
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Vive Design, LLC Kami Guerrier 12449 Meeting House Rd. Carmel, IN 46032 781-640-9793 info@vivedesignforlife.comSchematic Design Document for zoning review. NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION SCALE: 1/4” = 1’-0” 04/03/15 -Existing structure is located based on site survey provided by property realtor and therefore is approximated - to be VIF. Int/Ext dimensions of existing structure have been verifi ed.Indiana Montessori Academy Schematic Design 12640 Shelborne Rd. Carmel, IN 46021
IMA | 12760 Horseferry Road, Suite 100 | Carmel, IN 46032 | 317.569.1290
www.IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
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info@IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
April
13,
2015
Dear
Members
of
the
Board
of
Zoning
Appeals,
Indiana
Montessori
Academy
was
founded
in
August
2011.
We
started
our
Montessori
pre-‐school
with
5
students
and
have
experienced
wonderful
growth
in
the
Carmel
Community.
We
currently
have
about
65
students
enrolled
in
two
Primary
classrooms
and
one
Elementary
classroom.
We
are
recognized
through
the
Association
Montessori
Internationale
(AMI).
AMI
is
the
Montessori
organization
founded
by
Dr.
Maria
Montessori
in
1929
to
uphold
her
work
in
building
her
Montessori
principles,
philosophy
and
pedagogy.
AMI
is
headquartered
in
Amsterdam,
The
Netherlands
with
an
AMI/USA
branch
in
Rochester,
NY.
"Teachers
with
an
AMI
Diploma
hold
a
credential
that
is
internationally
recognized
by
Montessori
schools
and
classrooms
around
the
world."
AMI/USA
Schools
with
an
AMI
certification
have
gone
through
a
rigorous
review
process
and
strive
to
uphold
the
ideals
promoted
by
Dr.
Montessori.
The
standards
are
set
and
you
can
be
assured
your
student
will
be
fulfilled
by
an
authentic
Montessori
experience.
For
more
information
on
the
standards
upheld
by
AMI,
please
visit:
www.ami-‐usa.org
Indiana
Montessori
Academy’s
mission
is
to
provide
an
environment
for
children
to
foster
their
natural
love
of
learning;
develop
socially,
academically
and
emotionally;
and
build
a
strong
sense
of
community
all
utilizing
the
concepts
and
practices
founded
by
Dr.
Maria
Montessori.
IMA
believes
a
respectful,
thoughtful,
peaceful
child
will
create
a
peaceful
and
sustainable
future.
In
addition
to
our
commitment
to
Montessori
education,
IMA
has
adopted
10
goals
to
become
a
‘greener’
environment
for
our
children.
The
enclosed
pamphlet
and
overview
document
lists
our
goals
that
have
been
put
into
daily
practice.
Please
visit
our
Facebook
Page
for
additional
photos
and
information
about
our
community.
It
is
our
hope
to
expand
to
a
building
with
land
that
will
house
our
three
classrooms
and
give
us
opportunity
to
continue
to
expand
on
our
green
initiative
with
our
children
and
families.
We
look
forward
to
many
years
of
growth
and
partnership
in
the
Carmel
Community.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Kind
regards,
Kristina
Spence
Head
of
School
ijiji
IMA’s Green Pamphlet
2/4
02/08/2014
“The land is where our roots are.
The children must be taught to feel
and live in harmony with the Earth.”
-Maria Montessori
At Indiana Montessori Academy, your
child is working beyond the walls of his/her
classroom.
Did we knock down the bricks...?
Of course not, but as part of IMA’s
green adventure, your child is experiencing
an increased exposure to nature and to
gardening. This will provide a closer
connection to their environment and a
context for their future learning in science.
wall-less classrooms
Welcome to our
“We cannot create observers by saying
'observe,' but by giving them the power and
the means for this observation and these
means are procured through education of the
senses.”
-Maria Montessori
How do we do that?
Nature is brought inside for your child to work
with: from simple observation to seed picking
to art work;
Your child brings works outside (weather
permitting); e.g., scrubbing the easel is a
popular one!
Your child takes nature walks;
Your child tends the garden and follows its
life cycle.
Scroll down and follow our stories...
we mounted the
squares
we leveled the
ground
we laid newspaper
to avoid weeds
we filled our raised
beds with compost
we planted our
plants in squares
we marveled at
watching them grow
we saw flowers blooming
followed by fruit
we picked them
when mature
we couldn’t help
tasting them
Our square-foot garden story
The garden grounds your child in growth and decay, predator-prey relations, pollination,
carbon cycles, soil morphology, and microbial life: the simple and the complex simultaneously.
Here at IMA, the children
have started a work... a long
work. They have been building
their own heirloom seedbank.
Our seedbank
story
It all started around Earth Day 2013 when all
the school children chose a seed packet and
planted some seeds.
Since then, the children have been working on
creating their school seedbank. After planting a
variety of seeds, they watched the seedlings grow
in their greenhouse, transferred them into the
garden, cared for them all summer long, waited for
the flowers or fruit to dry so they could collect the
seeds in fall. They stored them in small glass jars!
They are ready to plant in spring!
Our school garden to table story
Making
Pesto
1
2
3
4
5
We cut the most
healthy leaves of
our basil plant in
the garden
we washed them and
we all set up to work
one friend ground
the walnuts
one friend shred
the basil leaves
one friend grated
some parmesan
cheese
we all took a turn to
mix the ingredients
with olive oil
we tasted it with
freshly cut
vegetables
6
7
Cooking with raw ingredients
from the garden teaches your child
where food comes from and the
natural cycles that produce it. It
also teaches them healthy lifelong
nutrition habits.
From watching a roly poly to feeding the birds,
looking at a ploughed corn field, collecting leaves,
finding natural objects or climbing a tree...
your child is seeing living systems:
every organism from the smallest bacterion to the
variety of plants and animals, including humans.
Our watching nature story
“To set the children free, let them have fair play,
let them run out when it is raining,
take off their shoes when they find pools of water,
and when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew
let them run about with bare feet and trample on it”.
-Maria Montessori
...
Nature
is
all around
us!
And indoors...
“There is no description, no image
in any book that is capable of
replacing the sight of real trees
and all the life to be found around
them in a real forest. How often is
the soul of man - especially in
childhood - deprived because he is
not allowed to come in contact
with nature”.
-Maria Montessori
ijiji
Don’t forget to ask your child about
the garden and the seedbank!! Here, at
IMA, we are hoping they keep sharing
their adventure with you. Thank you!
~ The IMA team
A Greener IMA: 10 Propositions
IMA | The Village of WestClay | 12760 Horseferry Road, Suite 100 | Carmel, IN 46032 | 317.569.1290
www.IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
info@IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
Researched, Written and Impassioned by Emmanuelle Schwarz, Spring 2012
Below, find a table describing 10 propositions for a greener IMA. Our guiding principle is for the interactions between the
children and their environment to be consistent with the Montessori philosophy which embodies holistic qualities.
Goal
Suggested
Actions
1
Adopt A Green And Sustainable
School Supply List
− Create a school supply list as green and sustainable as possible.
− Questions to ask ourselves when choosing a product:
• Can we avoid this product?
• If not, what is the best alternative possible: how is this product made? Where does it go after
we’ve finished using it?
2 Adopt A No Waste Lunch - Enforce a no waste lunch by removing the trash cans from the classrooms (only compost and recycling
containers are available).
- Talk about it at Parent Orientation and show some examples of lunch boxes and containers to the
parents.
- Obtain a worm bin, if possible, and explain it to the parents.
- Reinforce it after each lunch by making the children bring their non- compostable or non- recyclable
items back home.
- Write an insert in the newsletter.
3 Adopt A No Waste Organic Snack
- We will have “bringing snack” a work by giving the child a special heavy duty bag (with his classroom
name) on Friday to go to the store and bring fresh produce by Monday for the weekly classroom snack.
- Create a binder of simple recipes involving seasonal fresh raw products that the children can follow.
- Healthy raw/primary products mean they are not processed, without any corn syrup, without any
chemicals. By definition, they have no packaging. They come from the earth. They are picked by the
child and chaperone at the loose fruit and vegetable section.
- As much as possible, these are local, seasonal and organic.
- Flowers have no artificial colors (it is difficult to teach botany with artificial colors).
- “Preparing snack” will be a real daily work...like bread making (no more pre- made bread), peeling
carrots (no more baby carrots in plastic bags), cheese cutting (no more cheese sticks).
A Greener IMA: 10 Propositions
IMA | The Village of WestClay | 12760 Horseferry Road, Suite 100 | Carmel, IN 46032 | 317.569.1290
www.IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
info@IndianaMontessoriAcademy.org
Goal
Suggested
Actions
4
Adopt An Annual Collect My Own
Seeds Month: October
- Collect our own Heirloom seeds from our flower and vegetable garden year after year.
5
Adopt A Green Cleaning Chart
- Action taken in Goal 1 related to the supply list.
- Re-teaching ourselves our ‘grandmothers’ tricks while still meeting cleaning standards.
- Communicating to our IMA parents.
6
A Look At The Classroom
Material: Can We Be Greener?
- Avoid buying plastic: choose glass, stainless steel, ceramics, wood.
7
Greening School Events
− Find alternatives to ‘throw away’ items at social events (plates, silverware, glassware, napkins).
− Make table cloths and let the children decorate the edges.
− Make our own ice cubes in the school fridge.
− Use cloth napkins for Birthday Celebrations.
− Donations for cutlery, plates?
8
Future Green Building: A Look
At Materials, Energy And Water
- Materials for green buildings
- Energy reductions
- Water savings
9 Greening Our Outside School
Time: Recess At The Park And
Vegetable Gardening
- No use of pesticides on school grounds.
- We will ban ourselves going outside when pesticides have been sprayed. We will work with the local
landscapers to stay informed of the pesticide schedule.
- Put up the green house every march and start planting seeds in egg cartons.
10
Official Change To The Mission
Statement To Include A Green
Aspect.
- We are proposing by having taken all these actions, could we really reach organizations supporting
green projects on trash reduction, water saving, recycling, or educational grants.
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