Darshan Vikram Shivadas (Grade 10 Graduating Class of 2019) Student at Head Start from 2005 to 2019 Head Start- A marvelous start to my long journey of schooling. A journey of 10 plus years filled with apprehension, fun, academics, music, sports–what a lovely journey it was! I remember those wonderful years at Head Start Montessori when […]
Shiv Gupta (Grade 12 Graduating Class of 2018) Student at Head Start from 2002 to 2018 Joining Oxford Brookes University, UK My journey with Head Start began when I joined the school at the age of 2 ½. Being so young while joining the school, allowed me to grow alongside with it and be more […]
Bharath Nagarajan (Grade 12 Graduating Class of 2018) Student at Head Start from 2002 to 2018 Sophomore at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA Growing up with Head Start is truly an experience I’ve been fortunate enough to have. Being in the same school for almost 2 decades is something. But watching the school grow with you […]
Tanesha Bajaj (Grade 12 Graduating Class of 2018) Student at Head Start from 2002 to 2018 Sophomore at Savannah College of Art and Design, USA 35 Years of Head Start–35. It’s been one long, successful journey at Head Start Montessori. Out of those thirty-five, I am extremely thankful to say that I was a part of […]
Talin Bajaj (Grade 12 Graduating Class of 2018) Student at Head Start from 2002 to 2018 Sophomore at Northeastern University, Boston, USA Being a Montessori child, I felt like I was always challenged by my peers. Each of us could grow, develop and learn at our own pace. There was no pressure on learning something within […]
Karthik Yeachareddy (Grade 10 Graduating Class of 2017) Student at Head Start from 2008 to 2017 Currently at The Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, UK The few schools I attended promised the moon to me regarding my education, but every school failed. The turning point for me was getting admission in Head […]
Panya G. Balmurugan Student at Head Start from 2006 to 2018 Currently at Mooroolbark College, Melbourne, Australia, in Grade 10 Head Start taught me so many unforgettable values. It has been part of my life since I was 2 years old and it has helped shape who I am today. I still have a long […]
Siraj Abbasi Attended Head Start from Pre-Primary to Grade 4 Joining UC Irvine, USA I attended Head Start Montessori from preschool all the way to Fourth Grade, before having to move to California with my family and completing my mandatory education over here. Thanks to the small class sizes and friendly atmosphere, Head Start was […]
Asad Abbasi Attended Head Start from Pre-Primary to Grade 6 Currently at UC Berkeley, USA Although, I left Head Start almost a decade ago, I still attribute a large amount of my personal growth to the eight years I spent at the school. I like to think that my interactions with the Montessori materials have […]
Barbara Isaacs Montessori Global Ambassador It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Head Start Montessori Children’s House on their 35th anniversary. It is always a joy to see a Montessori school blossom. And it is not different with Head Start – having begun their journey as a nursery school for 3-6 year olds it […]
Geetha Nithyananda Director-Board of Studies, Indian Montessori Centre Everybody thinks that the Montessori method and philosophy is for children’s education, but a big element of it is the education of parents on how to participate in this journey. The role of the parents in the education of their child is critical, not in the traditional […]
Shamala Rao Director Indian Montessori Training Centre “Scientific observation has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences in the environment. The task of the teacher becomes that of preparing a […]
Sudha Prasad Director Indian Montessori Training Centre, Malleswaram Dear Samina, Congratulations to Head Start for completing 35 years successfully, and best wishes for all your future endeavours.
Smruti Gopal Director and Founder of Formative age (A Montessori Teacher Training Institute) Dear Samina, I still remember the day I walked into Head Start almost 14 years ago. I was mesmerised by the love and respect that exuberated from the sacred space. Aunty Samina standing at the door greeting each child, making them feel […]
Wendy Compson Educational Consultant and mentor for Montessori schools I have such happy memories of my visits to Head Start. From the minute we walked into any of the classes, we had such a feeling of inner calm and felt the real Montessori philosophy emanating from every activity that was being completed by the children […]
Dharini Srinivasan Founder Principal Dishaa Montessori House of Children Head Start is the place where I was able to change my thinking and notions about the Child. From a fairly naive perspective of the untrained adult who believes that it is we who mould the Child, I was able to understand how wrong that was. […]