Moving Outdoors

03-04-2018

Our first 48 hours

In our first 48 hours we have received more than $1900! Thank you for you efforts in getting the word out and your donations! We appreciate all of the backers for our campaign!

We have seen this campaign spread all the way to Georgia, and we hope that we will continue to see the support of our community grow even further to reach our goal.

Thank you for your support by donation, and we are really looking forward to seeing us reach our final goal!

10-04-2018

4/9 Monday Madness Success!

We did it – wait – YOU DID IT!

A huge thank you to each of you who donated during Monday Madness – we far surpassed our goal! We received $2025.00 donated by you, and that was matched with the $1000.00 from Wyatt & Associates to give us a total of $3025.00 donated in 24 hours!

We are now at 76% of our goal – Whahoo!

I am continued to be amazed by this community. I know that we will hit our goal, and hope that you all will continue to share our mission and goal with others in your community.

Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

The Staff and Board of Montessori Schoolhouse, and all the children!

17-04-2018

A Humble Beginning

The Montessori Schoolhouse of Cheshire County, Inc. was founded in July 1989 by a group of parents who wanted the best possible education for their preschoolers. They wanted their children to learn in a loving, relaxed, and nurturing environment, and they felt the Montessori teaching method was the best choice to achieve that goal. They proceeded to incorporate and register MSHOCC as a 501(c)3 non-profit school and licensed childcare provider with the state of New Hampshire. This dedicated group of parents formed the first Board of Directors.

We had a quite a large preschool class our second year!

The work was daunting, but the founding group of parents located industrial space in Westmoreland and completely renovated it for MSHOCC’s first “home.” The school started with one small preschool class and, after relocating to the Keene Unitarian Church on Washington Street in 1991, expanded to include a toddler class. The new location provided a better outdoor playground, convenient downtown location, and additional rooms for school activities and events. Pre and After-care were now offered, and in the summer of 1995, the school added four weeks of 3-day camp for current students.

Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!

In 2004 camp was expanded to 8 full weeks and opened up to non-students.

By 2012 we were experiencing growing pains.

We needed more classrooms, more outdoor space, more parking… more of everything! The dream was a home of our own, something more befitting of a Montessori school. A place that would provide a “home-like” environment and lots of green space, so the search began!

We found a beautiful large homestead on 1.74 acres in West Keene, and fell in love. It offered gorgeous well-lit rooms, a large sun porch, and lots of outdoor space with endless possibilities. So in July 2014, exactly 25 years later, we closed on the property at 28 Hurricane Road.

Over the next year the property underwent remodeling and preparations… rooms were opened up, handicap entrance and parking lots were added, sprinkler and fire system were installed, and parents and staff worked nights and weekends painting, installing fencing, and laboring to get it ready for inspections and the big move. Finally, in May 2015, it was ready and we moved in!

This May marks our third full year at 28 Hurricane Road. It has been a busy three years, and both enrollment and staff have been steadily growing as we work towards achieving all that we envision for the school.

The next step in our journey is to make the most of the green space surrounding the school. A huge thank you to each of you who have already donated to make this dream come true!

20-04-2018

We did it!

We called on you, and YOU ANSWERED!

We want to express the deepest gratitude to each of you who donated and has supported this campaign. It is a huge representation of the generosity of this community and we are so grateful for your support.

We hit our goal of $8000.00 only 19 days in to the month long campaign!

The campaign will continue on through the end of the month, with April 30 as the last day. And we hope that we will continue to see support.

This means so much to the children of the Montessori Schoolhouse, and I know that as we begin to purchase the items in our budget they will reap all the nature play benefits of your support.

We truly can’t do it without such a powerful and generous community of parents, relatives, alumni, and friends.
We thank each of you from the very tip of our toes to the top of our heads, with full hearts.

THANK YOU!

On behalf of the Montessori Schoolhouse Staff and Board, and all the grateful children,
Christina Klueh
Board VP