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Parents, students, and SUIMA staff enjoy a day of picking vegetables at the Southern Ute Agriculture Farm.
The SUIMA Primary Level joined Tribal Council and the Southern Ute Agriculture Farm staff for a day of pumpkin picking at the farm.
Photo Credit: courtesy SUIMA
Photo Credit: courtesy SUIMA
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Pawaaghani Pɵˈɵkwatʉ – Eagle’s Nest

Thursday - October 3, 2024 by Mari Jo Owens, Principal

Montessori classrooms are designed to accommodate the various stages of development in children, which occur in roughly three-year cycles. From birth to three years of age, three to six years, six to nine, and so on.  

From birth to three years of age, the infant/toddler is absorbing information directly from the environment, almost like a sponge.  It is during this phase that many language and motor skills are developing.  During the second phase three to six years old, the child reaches a different stage in which repetition and manipulation of the environment are critical to the development of order, concentration, coordination, and independence.  The child learns skills for everyday living, sorting, classifying, etc. – all of which lead to the development of writing, reading and a mathematical mind.   

When the child reaches the next phase of development, ages six to nine, the imagination of the child is the key to learning.  The classroom can now excite them by using an increased imagination to explore the universe. The curriculum at this age works from the large concepts to the more refined.  Concepts are introduced through hands-on materials that encourage and engage the child.  As the child enters the nine-to-twelve-year phase, the world is ever-expanding.  Concepts may be presented concretely with manipulative, yet the students will work towards the abstract with less manipulatives.  

The Montessori curriculum allows a greater flexibility in meeting each child’s individual needs and permits the child to develop with fewer social transitions. The environment becomes the “teacher,” with the child as the initiator of his/her own education.  

Thank you to the following departments who have helped us get this school year:   

  • Human Resources for encouraging everyone to choose a healthier lifestyle. 
  • Los Pinos Fire Protection District for assisting with our fire drills and projects. 
  • The Drum for the continuation of a paper version newspaper that our students can access. 
  • Multi-Purpose Facility for providing activities for our youth.  

Upcoming Events  

  • Fridays at 2 p.m. – Early Release 
  • Oct. 10 – School picture day 
  • Oct. 14 No School – Indigenous Peoples’ Day 
  • Oct. 15 – Parent Advisory Group meeting 
  • Oct. 16 – Family Night  
  • Oct. 31 – Trick or treating throughout the Tribal campus 
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