Peace Walk
At Cowles, the only public Montessori school in the state of Iowa, all they are saying is give peace a chance.
Okay, that’s not all they are saying, not by a longshot, but peace is a cornerstone of the educational model launched in 1907 by Maria Montessori that finally made its way into the Des Moines Public Schools a quarter century ago, thanks to the persistence of Mary Jean Annexstad.
One of the traditions at Cowles is the annual Peace Walk around the school’s neighborhood in Windsor Heights. This year Annexstad, a retired teacher, was back to deliver a retrospective pep talk before all of the teachers and students (and Millie, the school’s on-staff canine counselor) marched off to do their thing on Friday morning.
Click on the link to read more about this year’s Annual Peace Walk.
https://www.dmschools.org/2017/08/cowles-montessori-begins-25th-year-annual-peace-march-2/
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