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AMERICAN HISTORY CONTEST WINNERS

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

FVAM IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE FVAM STUDENTS WERE WINNERS IN THE ANNUAL AMERICAN HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST FOR THE ABIGIAL PHELPS CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

1ST PLACE WINNER FOR 5TH GRADE

~DAVID MASSARO~

3RD PLACE WINNER FOR 5TH GRADE

~VANYA SAPRONOV~

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2ND PLACE WINNER FOR 6TH GRADE

~ALEXANDRIA ZEYTOONJIAN~

3RD PLACE WINNER FOR 6TH GRADE

~EMILIA FOSTER~

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3RD PLACE WINNER FOR 7TH GRADE

~MAX METLITKSI~

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3RD PLACE WINNER FOR 8TH GRADE

~LUKE CAPOZZOLI~

Congratulations on your winning essay!!

First place winning essay will now be entered into the State competition!

FVAM STUDENTS HELPING TO SCARE HUNGER!

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000

We filled the Suburban with food TWICE!! People in the community gave over two hundred dollars in cash donations as well. Pat at the Canton food bank was amazed at how much food was collected and was so very appreciative! Thank you to all who helped today--FVAM Students will continue to partner with the community to SCARE HUNGER!!!!

Kindness, Confidence, Community: on the Farm with Farmington Valley Academy

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000

They pull on their boots and make their way to the barn, the kitchen and the fields where they begin their morning chores of milking the cows, feeding and caring for animals and making breakfast. It is hard work, but the children happily undertake it together. As they walk back to the dining hall, the morning sun warms their faces. The students sit down for a breakfast of the eggs they gathered yesterday, bacon and fresh baked bread.
The students are 4th through 8th graders from Farmington Valley Academy Montessori (FVAM). They are at The Farm School in Athol, MA for their annual 3-day adventure. The Farm School is committed to "connecting people to the land" and has been doing so in a technology free way since 1989. While on the farm the students and their teachers work as a team to care for the animals, harvest and prepare food and carry out general farm and forestry work. The children gather eggs, feed chickens, milk and care for cows and take on needed projects, such as building a goat pen from scratch. This year, the students get to try their hands at chopping wood, forestry and blacksmithing. When asked how they enjoyed the trip, many students agreed with Joey, an eighth grader at FVAM, "It was the best hardworking fun you'll have, ever!" he exclaimed.
The Farm School trip provides FVAM students with an opportunity to bond with each other and their teachers through work and fun. Without technology, a layer of distraction and separation is eliminated and instead everyone gets to know each other in a deeper way that they might not otherwise. "The pressure of social media is off on the farm. You notice smells and sights that you usually wouldn't", says Millie (Grade 6). The students reconnect with play and each other as it was before screens became so prevalent. An intense game of "manhunt" (a hybrid game of hide and seek and tag) takes place one afternoon.
These few days together on the farm support a class atmosphere of respect, kindness and confidence; values which continue throughout the school year at FVAM. The bonding is clear and the time together offers both students and teachers an opportunity to forge a deeper understanding of each other. There is merit in collective hard work toward a common goal. This is how the farm is run, this approach is how their classes are most productive and interesting.
As evening approaches, the children prepare their dinner of pesto pasta and salad, harvested today. As the sun sets the children sit around a campfire telling stories, playing charades and roasting marshmallows. Today was a great day. They are tired, happy and, yes, a bit dirtier than they were this morning. Off to bed soon! Tomorrow is another early day as morning chores await. Will it be forestry or cows? Either way, there are new things to learn and do and these children are happy to have the chance to live and work together, building a supportive class community for the upcoming year.

FVAM's 7th Grade Student Wins 1st Prize

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Lauryn, 7th grade student at FVAM won first place in the Daughters of American Revolution Essay Contest in the Farmington Valley. Her essay was then submitted with all State of Connecticut winning essays and her essay won 1st Place in the State of Connecticut!

Congratulations to Lauryn!

FVAM's 6th and 7th year students depart for the MMUN

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000

After doing much research and preparation to write their Position Papers and speeches, the 6th and 7th Year Students departed for New York today as delegates representing Israel. The students will debate global issues and collaborate on solutions with Montessori Students from around the world, all as Ambassadors of Israel. They will experience the United Nations to vote on their resolutions on Saturday! A wonderful learning experience for FVAM students.

FVAM VOTED MOST LOVED PRESCHOOL ON HULAFROG

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000

FVAM STUDENTS WIN FARMINGTON VALLEY ESSAY CONTEST!

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS TO FVAM STUDENTS FOR THEIR WINNING ESSAYS!!!

FVAM IS PROUD TO SHARE THAT FVAM STUDENTS WERE WINNERS IN THE FARMINGTON VALLEY ESSAY CONTEST, THE ABIGIAL PHELPS CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION I!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

1ST PLACE WINNER FOR 5TH GRADE

MATHEW RAVIN

1ST PLACE WINNER FOR 7TH GRADE

LAURYN HOLLOWAY

2ND PLACE WINNER FOR 7TH GRADE

LUKE CAPOZZOLI

2ND PLACE WINNER FOR 6TH GRADE

MAX METLITSKI

3RD PLACE WINNER FOR 6TH GRADE

JINANDI HERATH

Congratulations on your winning essay!!

All first place winning essays will be entered in the State competition!

Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year!!

Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

"To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life."

Maria Montessori

Middle School Students Remove Invasive Plants

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

FVAM Students Remove Invasive Plants

To complete their yearlong Montessori Model United Nations environmental project on water, students from Farmington Valley Academy Montessori spent several hours this week removing invasive plants from the bank of the Farmington River at Fisher Meadows in Avon. The students were advised by local Botanist, William Moorehead and Farmington River Watershed Association Water Quality & Projects Coordinator, Alisa Phillips-Griggs. The students wrestled prickly Barberry, razor sharp Burning Bushes and Winged Euonymus from the ground and returned later in the week to plant native plants that help filter out pollutants from the Farmington River. “It was a pleasure working with the Farmington Valley Academy Montessori students on the Fisher Meadows Floodplain Forest restoration project invasive plant removal. The students worked together with aplomb and maturity and remained focused and hardworking throughout. We were impressed with the students’ tenacity and grit to pull thorny Japanese Barberry bushes and then tackle, uproot and topple a huge Winged Euonymus!” said Phillips-Griggs. The students applied for and were awarded a $1000 grant from the Les Mehrhoff Plant Biodiversity Preservation through the Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists. The grant money allowed the students to purchase $900 in native plants, tools for digging and gloves to protect hands from sharp edged invasive plants

Graduating 8th Grade Students

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 06:00:00 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATING 8TH GRADE STUDENTS!!!!

We are excited to share that our graduating 8th grade students received their acceptance from the area high schools they applied to!! Their acceptance came from Westminster, Miss Porters, Avon Old Farms, Tabor, Berkshire, Suffield Academy, Kingswood Oxford, Masters and Watkinson!

Now, the hard part.....they have to choose where to continue their education!!

Congratulations to each and everyone of them!