seabreeze elementary (K-5) jacksonville beach, fl
jax beach sixth grade center (6) jacksonville beach, fl
stanton college preparatory school (7-12) jacksonville, fl
university of florida (B.Des.) gainesville, fl
georgia tech (M.Arch.) atlanta, ga
somewhere (Ph.D. or M.L.A) unknown
wouldn't it be cool if long lost elementary school friends were reunited through archinect?
-montessori school of some sort
-newport elementary (yes it is on the ocean... really) / newport beach, ca / K-5
-westridge school for girls / pasadena, ca / 6-8
- meadows school / las vegas, nv / 7-12
- northwestern university / BA, math and art history
- RISD / m.arch in progress
whats even more fun is calculating how much either my parents or i have spent on this lovely little education.
Totsville (preschool)
W.R. Bush Elementary (K-5)
Quinten E. Cramer Jr. High (6-8)
Essexville-Garber High School (9-12)
Delta College (A.A.S. Architectural Technology)
Lawrence Technological University (B.S. Architecture, in progress)
B.A.C./I.I.T./R.I.S.D./UofI/UofM??? (M. Arch, someday)
mdler from what I see here on archinect you are good proof for the value of a Montessori education.
My husband was accepted to Interlochen and could not attend for financial reasons and a dad unsupportive of a life in the arts. So Interlochen has a mythical status in his eyes.
Just for fun, my elementary school in Scottsdale AZ was called Cocopah Elementary.
AP, isn't a tot lot a playground for the little kids (toddlers) while the other playground is for the elementary aged kids? I've used "tot lot" a lot. Totlotallot totlotalot totlotalot...
we didn't have anything like it where i grew up, but my open-school elementary school WAS built underground. It was the 70's and environmentalism sorta took that route back then (damn you mazria!). very hippy-dippy. first time i ever saw drugs...oh, and the walls were finished in stucco done up to look like shag carpet.
my undergrad thesis was on a Reggio Emilia early-childhood education facility (their philosophy, not as widely known as montessori is equally, if not more, intriguing, especially for architects/designers). Reggio schools (Reggio Emilia is a place in Italy where the model was first developed) share the montessori focus on explorative learning, but rather than crafty toys and activities, the Reggio way brings exploration to the actual space of the classroom. They've also developed a conceptual program for their building projects that greatly improves the overlap between the 3 teachers:
#1 - the child's parents
#2 - the child's instructor
#3 - the child's environment
the environment is the 3rd teacher. This is where we come in. They pay great attention to every surface, space, transition etc. Fascinating.
Kindergarten: Montessori - somewhere in the Southland
1st - 4th: Juna Cabrillo Elementary School Malibu, CA
5th: Yerba Buena Elementary Agoura Hills, CA
6th-8th: Linderon Canyon Middle School Agoura Hills, CA
9th-12th: Agoura High School
BA in Architecture: UC Berkeley
MArch (current): Harvard GSD
architphil, it was a strange wall in retrospect...i don't know how they did it but the stucco was set like frothy whipped cream, all spikey and so on. it meant though that the wall was a bit dangerous and always had bits falling off it as kids ran into it.
the school was def cool though, cuz we could play on the mound-like green roof summer and winter. fantastic for toboganning and king of the hill.
it was cool, oe, but when i look back on it also a bit sad, cuz we didn't have any natural light in the clasrooms at all. as it was open plan there were only 3 walls, and for some reason about half the classrooms had a big round window between one classroom and another, so you could both see and hear everything the class next door was doing. windows, but no light...odd no? i am impresed the city let anything like that get built in 1979.
and now i see by the photo on the ol school website that they have since put friggin fences round the bottom of the hill...i guess just to make sure the kids won't play on it...sorta like the ridickerous ban on tag i saw in the us news yesterday. don't let kids play! they might do something.
Where did you go to School?
b.arch_oe and blue 202 you got another one!
m.arch_gsd
liberty
have you changed your mind after seeing what a montessori / interlochen education will do to you?
here's my lifelong list...
seabreeze elementary (K-5) jacksonville beach, fl
jax beach sixth grade center (6) jacksonville beach, fl
stanton college preparatory school (7-12) jacksonville, fl
university of florida (B.Des.) gainesville, fl
georgia tech (M.Arch.) atlanta, ga
somewhere (Ph.D. or M.L.A) unknown
wouldn't it be cool if long lost elementary school friends were reunited through archinect?
oooh this IS fun:
-montessori school of some sort
-newport elementary (yes it is on the ocean... really) / newport beach, ca / K-5
-westridge school for girls / pasadena, ca / 6-8
- meadows school / las vegas, nv / 7-12
- northwestern university / BA, math and art history
- RISD / m.arch in progress
whats even more fun is calculating how much either my parents or i have spent on this lovely little education.
actually terrifying.
I didnt realize we went wayy back here -
emerson
mary queen of Heaven
Immaculate Conception
York
U of Iowa - Journalism
UIC - BArch
Liz - How'd you like Evanston?
liz were u one of the chicks i always saw at the evanston barnes and noble showin off your whale tail?
Takin' it back...
Totsville (preschool)
W.R. Bush Elementary (K-5)
Quinten E. Cramer Jr. High (6-8)
Essexville-Garber High School (9-12)
Delta College (A.A.S. Architectural Technology)
Lawrence Technological University (B.S. Architecture, in progress)
B.A.C./I.I.T./R.I.S.D./UofI/UofM??? (M. Arch, someday)
mdler from what I see here on archinect you are good proof for the value of a Montessori education.
My husband was accepted to Interlochen and could not attend for financial reasons and a dad unsupportive of a life in the arts. So Interlochen has a mythical status in his eyes.
Just for fun, my elementary school in Scottsdale AZ was called Cocopah Elementary.
Cocopah. Isn't that funny-sounding now?
Totsville pre-school...clever...I did a competition with some landscape architecture students once that referred to a playground as a 'tot lot.'
AP, isn't a tot lot a playground for the little kids (toddlers) while the other playground is for the elementary aged kids? I've used "tot lot" a lot. Totlotallot totlotalot totlotalot...
montesorri is coolio.
we didn't have anything like it where i grew up, but my open-school elementary school WAS built underground. It was the 70's and environmentalism sorta took that route back then (damn you mazria!). very hippy-dippy. first time i ever saw drugs...oh, and the walls were finished in stucco done up to look like shag carpet.
yeah lb, a tot lot is for the toddlers.
thanks for clarification. totlotallota.
my undergrad thesis was on a Reggio Emilia early-childhood education facility (their philosophy, not as widely known as montessori is equally, if not more, intriguing, especially for architects/designers). Reggio schools (Reggio Emilia is a place in Italy where the model was first developed) share the montessori focus on explorative learning, but rather than crafty toys and activities, the Reggio way brings exploration to the actual space of the classroom. They've also developed a conceptual program for their building projects that greatly improves the overlap between the 3 teachers:
#1 - the child's parents
#2 - the child's instructor
#3 - the child's environment
the environment is the 3rd teacher. This is where we come in. They pay great attention to every surface, space, transition etc. Fascinating.
jump, how did the stucco resemble shag carpeting? that would be pretty interesting to see...
Kindergarten: Montessori - somewhere in the Southland
1st - 4th: Juna Cabrillo Elementary School Malibu, CA
5th: Yerba Buena Elementary Agoura Hills, CA
6th-8th: Linderon Canyon Middle School Agoura Hills, CA
9th-12th: Agoura High School
BA in Architecture: UC Berkeley
MArch (current): Harvard GSD
clemson university - bach. of arts in architecture
Ochona is my new hero, with his/her ability to ID and nail transparent attempts at self-congratulation in a single post. Hilarious!
architphil, it was a strange wall in retrospect...i don't know how they did it but the stucco was set like frothy whipped cream, all spikey and so on. it meant though that the wall was a bit dangerous and always had bits falling off it as kids ran into it.
the school was def cool though, cuz we could play on the mound-like green roof summer and winter. fantastic for toboganning and king of the hill.
I would expect they padded and pulled the plaster while it was till wet?
Thats cool though, like a hobbit hole! My friends house is like that. Ah vermont..
Purdue University: computer engineering, 2000-02
The Ohio State University KSA: BS Arch, 2002-05
UCLA: MArch I, 2006-
it was cool, oe, but when i look back on it also a bit sad, cuz we didn't have any natural light in the clasrooms at all. as it was open plan there were only 3 walls, and for some reason about half the classrooms had a big round window between one classroom and another, so you could both see and hear everything the class next door was doing. windows, but no light...odd no? i am impresed the city let anything like that get built in 1979.
and now i see by the photo on the ol school website that they have since put friggin fences round the bottom of the hill...i guess just to make sure the kids won't play on it...sorta like the ridickerous ban on tag i saw in the us news yesterday. don't let kids play! they might do something.
read an article on this school this past weekend
http://www.salisburymd.org/newsite/index.cfm
students create their own curriculum...sounds cool
Kindergarten: Pre Escolar (Atacheo, Michoacan, Mexico)
1st - 3rd: Escuela Primaria Miguel Regalado (Atacheo, Michoacan)
4th-6th: Westwood Elementary (Napa, CA)
Middle: Silverado Middle School (Napa, CA)
High: Napa High School
Undergrad: Occidental College BA Art History (Los Angeles, CA)
Grad: Columbia University GSAPP: M.Arch 1
All the way from mi pueblito in Michoacan!
BS - Geography / UT Austin
M.Arch / Georgia Tech
Slave labor for fathers construction company....
BS- Interior Design / Construction Managment Weber State University Utah
M.Arch -UC Denver in fall 2011
could not leave the mountains....
St. Brigid School
Bancroft Elementary
Oak Grove Middle School
Northgate HIgh School
B.Arch - University of Oregon
D-U-C-K DUX DUX DUX!
BFA: West Virginia - Basically a big party school where I literally attended for free
MFA: Virginia - 1 Year program on a scholarship prenting me from paying a dime, so I figured what the hell, right?
M.Arch: Virginia Tech - Awesome program, amazing town and community, vast connections with the industry, and very little debt! :)
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