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Awards and Accomplishments
Our Science Olympiad Team place first in
the south Macomb competition. This is doubly
impressive considering this is the first year the
students and parent coaches have participated in
this event.
In 2008 a second grade student won third place in
The Detroit Zoo’s Year of the Frog Youth Art
Competition and a fourth grade student won first
place in the Mt. Clemens Historical
Commission Essay Contest.
The Michigan Education Association, the
Federation of Teachers and the Kellogg Company
"Out Of This World Essay Contest" was a
creative writing contest with over 70,000 entrants.
A student from Mount Clemens Montessori was a First
Place winner.
Macomb County Bar Association Law Day, organized
by representatives in the legal field realized the
talents of students from Mt. Clemens Montessori
Academy for their depiction of "law"
through written as well as artistic media. Mt.
Clemens Montessori Academy regularly places in the
third through fifth grade categories. In 2007
students received first, second and third place
in the 4th grade contest. Two fourth grade students
placed 1st and 3rd in the 2008 contest. A Mt. Clemens Montessori Faculty member was
recognized and awarded the "Golden Apple
Award" from the Macomb County Bar Association in 1998, 1999, and 2007.
The Detroit News and Barnes & Noble
sponsor a poster contest for young readers from the
Metro Detroit area. Mount Clemens Montessori Academy
students placed as follows:
- 1998 Mt. Clemens Montessori took First and
Second place in the 3rd grade out of 3,817
entrants.
- 1999 Mt. Clemens Montessori took Second place
in the 4th grade out of 5,694 entrants.
Published in the Anthology of Poetry by Young
Americans 1999 Edition. Children from the 50 states
were invited to submit poems. Twenty-five of our
children's poems were chosen for publication.
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Community
Involvement and Activities |
| PSt. Jude's Math-A-Thon |
PMitten Tree |
| PJump Rope for Heart |
PAdoption of Local Family for
Holidays |
| PSalvation Army Toys for Tots |
PQuilts Created by Students for
Needy Families |
| PCards sent to Local Hospital and
Veterans |
PFood Drives for Local Shelters |
| PStudent Council |
PSafety Squad |
| PStudent Banking day with
Citizens State Bank |
PMuscular Dystrophy and American
Cancer Society Fundraisers |
| PD.A.R.E Education |
PMt. Clemens Beautification
Contest |
Mt. Clemens
Montessori Academy believes that teaching children
to give back to the community and to become leaders of their generation is essential
to producing citizens that will benefit any
community in which they may live. St. Jude's Math-A-Thon recognized Mt. Clemens
Montessori children as one of the top submitters of
correct math problems and monies pledged to this
worthwhile cause.
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