The document summarizes a town hall meeting to discuss plans for renovating the north wing of the Chiaravalle Montessori School to better reflect Montessori philosophy. It outlines a process of discovery, activation, design, and launch through activities like shadowing students, interviews, workshops, and presentations to gather input from the school community. The goal is to co-create a space that empowers students, families, educators and staff by manifesting Montessori values like movement, multi-purpose areas, and preparing a environment to support the child's natural learning.

1. Preparing the Environment. Growing your future.
Chiaravalle Montessori School
Town Hall Meeting
10.9.12

2. Education is a natural process
carried out by the human
individual, and is acquired not
by listening to words, but by
experiences in the environment.
MARIA MONTESSORI

3. SKETCH FROM CHIARAVALLE TEACHER DURING
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVIEW.

4. How can we co-create a north
wing that manifests Montessori
philosophy and empowers the
Chiaravalle community of
students, families, educators,
and staff.

5. EMERGING PATTERNS
agility for true
grace & courtesy
multi-purpose
gather & share
“follow the child,”
transition as share the space
opportunity
movement NEW WING, A PREPARED performance
& body ENVIRONMENT & music
manifests Montessori philosophy
empowers the Chiaravalle community
purposeful
process
outdoors & in between family
integration
“invitation” into
Chiaravalle

6. AN OVERVIEW

7. OUR PROCESS
DISCOVER. ACTIVATE. DESIGN.
DISCOVER ACTIVATE STRATEGIZE LAUNCH
INQUIRE EMERGE DEVELOP PROTOTYPE REFINE
empathy patterns sketches
ideas concepts
observations
engage vision
stories

8. Our calendar
CHIARAVALLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 2 Monday, October 8 Thursday, October 25 Thursday, November 29
Early & Lower Technical survey of building Student design Community Workshop
elementary shadow, Tuesday, October 9 workshop
hangout, interviews Town Hall, Board meeting
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DEC/JAN
Wednesday, October 3 Friday, October 12 Tuesday, November 15 December/January 2013
Upper elementary Process presentation & Educator and Staff Scenarios & refinement
shadow, hangout, parent coffee hour working meeting
interviews
Friday, October 12
Middle school shadow,
hangout, interviews

9. OBSERVATION & SHADOWING
UNCOVERING PATTERNS
it was raining! & OPPORTUNITIES

10. INTERVIEWS & COFFEE HOURS
DISCOVERY THROUGH
DISCUSSION

11. STUDENT DESIGN LAB
HONORING STUDENT
VOICES

12. COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
REFINING DRIVERS &
EXPLORING DESIGN
POSSIBILITIES

13. Our calendar
CHIARAVALLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 2 Monday, October 8 Thursday, October 25 Thursday, November 29
Early & Lower Technical survey of building Student design Community Workshop
elementary shadow, Tuesday, October 9 workshop
hangout, interviews Town Hall, Board meeting
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DEC/JAN
Wednesday, October 3 Friday, October 12 Tuesday, November 15 December/January 2013
Upper elementary Process presentation & Educator and Staff Scenarios & refinement
shadow, hangout, parent coffee hour working meeting
interviews
Friday, October 12
Middle school shadow,
hangout, interviews

14. Sharing work.

15. Arrival at school.

16. Montessori materials.

17. Transition moments.

18. Community.

19. Observation & individualization.