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School Philosophy:
Our Goals: - Provide a nurturing environment - Prepare child for a lifetime of learning - Provide challenging activities as the child is ready What is Montessori?
Although most people refer to the adult in the classroom as the teacher the job of the teacher is to direct the activities in the classroom. Montessori materials will refer to this adult as the directress. The directress is responsible for observing the children and making changes to the environment of the classroom, to the individual child’s learning plan, and current goings on in the classroom to help maintain peace, respect and a successful learning environment. A directress is responsible for modeling appropriate behavior in the classroom.
Eligibility and Registration:
Families that wish to enroll in the program should call and make an appointment with the administrator to come to the school to enroll. This registration meeting is mandatory for the administrator to discuss policies and the parents to share information about their child. All registration documentation must be completed before the child may attend the program.
Our Program:
The second option is for families that don’t need full day care but want their child to attend an educational program and interact with other children in their age group to help prepare them for future learning.
FULL DAY SCHOOL: Hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm School Hours of 8:30am-11:30 pm Lunch hours of 11:30-12:00 pm Afternoon School time 12:00 pm-3:30 pm
PART DAY SCHOOL: MORNING Arrival Time 8:00-8:30 am School Hours of 8:30am-11:30pm
The times and schedule for the summer sessions are currently being revised and finalized and information will be available by the beginning of April.
Hours of Operations
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To
provide a nurturing environment where a child can grow mentally, in
a sense that the child develops who they are and an understanding of
their place in the world around them, and physically, developing
control over their body and honing basic skills that they will need
to succeed in life. To show the children the joy and feeling of
accomplishment that comes with helping others, while nurturing
peacefulness, kindness and compassion. To allow the child to
advance and excel at their own pace and yet to always be challenged,
by way of observing each child and fostering to their individual
needs. 
The
Montessori Method was developed by Maria Montessori, an Italian
Physician with a knack for observing children. Montessori developed
the specific materials that are used in the program, the methods of
presenting materials, and the levels of challenge and follow through
by observing the children and creating the program by how children
naturally learn. Montessori’s ideas about a child is that their
mind’s absorb information like a sponge, which helped Montessori
develop ways of introducing materials through presentations, like
how a child would learn an activity by watching another child, and
the use of all of the senses during the day of activities. 
The
classroom environment is set up before the children arrive so that
the children can proceed with activities they were working on from
the previous day. The children own the classroom and are taught to
respect the classroom and the other students and their work.
Independence is encouraged, as the children are responsible for
getting out and putting away each activity they choose to work
with. The classroom is a peaceful place and voices are kept at an
inside level so other students are not disrupted. There is also a
“peace place” in the classroom where a child can sit and relax if
they need alone time. The classroom is also flexible, the children
can move the tables and chairs for different activities and the
child’s interest will also change the schedule if needed.
The
Montessori Method introduces “cosmic” education. This is the idea
that children are shown how they interact with the world around them
and how their actions affect things around them. Such as the
importance of planting trees to help the soil from eroding, to block
the wind from blowing in certain areas, to have air to breath, and
fruit and other good things to eat. Montessori’s goal was to teach
the children basic skills such as math, writing and reading, but
also to teach the children how to be responsible, productive
citizens of the world.
The
program is open to children ages 3-6 years old. Being potty trained
prior to attendance is not a necessity, although we do require that
the family be working with them at home on training. Potty
training is an essential part of a child’s learning independence and
self-efficiency, and allows them to fit in with the other children
in the program. Upon enrollment the child must be current on their
immunizations per Alaska State standards and the parents must be
able to provide a shot record as to that fact. 
We
currently have two program options. The first is a full day
preschool program, this is geared towards families with working
parents that want their children to attend preschool but also need
childcare after the school day is over. 
Both
of the programs will be in line with the Delta/Greely School
District calendar and the facility calendar will be given at the
beginning of the school year to show holidays and closures as
necessary. Families with duel working parents will have priority
for the full day program. There will be a school year program and a
summer session. Children that are already enrolled in the current
session will have first pick for registering for the upcoming
session. 
Rae
Ann Croy Filla was raised as a military child, having once been
stationed at Fort Greely with her family and later ending her
military journey with her father’s retirement here in 1997. Ms.
Filla has Bachelor of Science degrees in both Psychology and Biology
achieved simultaneously at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ms.
Filla combined her two degrees to focus on child development. Ms.
Filla has always worked with children from babysitting and being a
teacher’s aide in highschool, to working at Specialized Children and
Family Services a division of Fairbanks Community Mental Health.
Ms. Filla started working at the Child Development Center on Fort
Greely shortly after it’s reopening in 2004. She has worked with
all age groups from infant to the youth services program. She
specialized in the part day preschool program, which she developed
and ran for almost four years with some of the Montessori techniques
and the school age program. 
Ms.
Filla was back up management for the center and also acted as
assistant director for almost four months, in which time she was
responsible for training new employee, observing employees with
children, managing the Child Nutrition and Food Program, assisting
in the start up of in-home daycare facilities on post, mentoring
other child care providers and has certification as a American Red
Cross CPR and First Aid instructor. In 2008 Ms. Filla resigned from
her job at the Child Development Center to spend more time educating
her own two children at home and starting her own cake decorating
business, “Sweet Occasions”, and providing CPR and First Aid
training to the Delta community. During her time at the center Ms.
Filla received her Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, and
has recently attained a certificate from the North American
Montessori Center for teaching preschool and kindergarten in the
Montessori Method.
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