NMG JMG launched in August 2024. We partnered with the Corpus Christi Montessori School to implement an after-school program. The program was conducted from October 10, 2024, until May 23, 2025. We met on Fridays from 1:00PM until 3:00PM.
Classroom Sessions were conducted in the school library. We had an excellent outdoor space with raised beds, compost bin, live chickens, a kitchen and other amenities. Ms. Cerise Weeks, Principal, gave the program a thumbs up. Mr. Tevin Gary was the school program coordinator. Maxed out the class with 14 students from 3rd, 4th & 5th grades.
Since this was our first ever JMG program, the JMG Committee did all the scheduling, administration, conducted all of the activities to satisfy each chapter and submitted the required reports. This was ideal since we were learning as we went along. There were some bumps along the way, but we worked through it. We had some of the brightest students we could have asked for.
We were approached by two additional schools wanting to establish a program at their campus. With this increase we had to change our approach moving forward for the 2025-2026 school year. We are not leading the sessions or making the schedules or doing the tracking. We will be training-the-trainers. We will help implement the program and be available for mentoring and special sessions and projects. The schools will be trained and run the program. NMGs will provide the start up funds to get the program up and running. Schools that successfully complete the curriculum and elect to continue the program will be able to apply to a grant for subsequent years.
NMG and the JMG Committee wishes to thank Corpus Christi Montessori School for allowing us to have them as our Chapter Program.
