After eight weeks of preparation, Island middle school students headed to the YMCA to perform trial runs of the underwater robots they had built themselves.
Vineyard Montessori, long a presence on the Island as a preschool, has expanded in recent years into the lower grades. Now the school is ready to expand again, and next year will offer classes through eighth grade.
The Vineyard Montessori School is expanding its curriculum, with plans in place to add a fifth grade next year. And administrators and teachers say that based on continued parent and student interest, sixth grade is likely to follow.
Chef Justin Melnick prepares a sumptuous winter meal and helps you decide which wine pairs nicely with it during a special cooking demonstration that benefits the Vineyard Montessori School on Friday, Jan. 23.
Tyrene (Ty) Johnston, a veteran Montessori educator who just moved to the Island full-time, will teach in the mornings at Vineyard Montessori, a private school in Vineyard Haven.
