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Here at CMMS we each have a partner at a montessori school in Puerto Rico. We have been writing letters back and forth and a couple of our students have skyped with them. We have shared information on what we do in our day to day school life and our outdoor activities, so this is [...]

Should students be allowed cell phone at school? It is a controversial topic but my view is that yes, cell phones should be permitted at school because of possible needs for one before and after school, though not during school. The following explains my reasons for supporting something a lot of schools don’t authorize. Some [...]

Website Addition By Ava McIlvaine CMMS has a great website where students and parents can find out about the work plan, events coming up, and much more. But sometimes I struggle just to find my homework assignment for the night. I think we could fix this inconvenience with a handy dandy search bar. Search bars [...]

If I could change the world in as big a way as I’d like it to be changed, my first thought would be to get rid of humans. To me, human–and our apparent lack of better judgement–seem like one of Mother Nature’s plans gone awry. Unless, as some people think, humans were put on the [...]

To me, middle school-aged students should not be able to have cell phones, iPods etc. during school hours. It just causes damage to everybody in the long run. Young adolescents are just gong to use these gadgets for fun purposes. I.e. texting friends in class, listening to lady gaga, or playing video games. These new [...]

Love and marriage should have no boundaries. Everyone should have a choice.  This choice should be yours to make and you should not be unable to marry the person you love. Not allowing same sex couples to be married is like saying to someone who has been married  for 45 years, that depending on where [...]

Pretty much every adult in the modern world holds one stereotype or another against the “typical, unfocused, risk-taker adolescent”. So it only makes sense that according to this stereotype, middle school-aged children should not be allowed cell phones, or other gadgets such as laptops or cameras in school. But then may I ask, should we [...]

I have a full and adamant “yes” as my stand point on the topic of same sex marriages becoming legal. It is our right as human beings and resident of the United States of America to love and live with whom ever we choose, whether male or female, and to be recognized for it with [...]

The voting age should never be lowered to thirteen. Our government balance between Democrats and Republicans would never change. This would mean that the party in power would gradually become more important that the other group, and the latter would sink into a powerless nonexistence. Thirteen year olds would be unable to vote apart form [...]