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Visi ns in a Changing World

MIA Board Meets February 24, 25th in Kent, WA The Board of the Montessori Institute of America met on Friday, February 24, and Saturday, February 25, at Montessori Plus School in Kent, WA. The following members of the 2005-2006 Board attended the meetings: Natassah Cisse-Williams, Seattle, Rhonda Gear, Pasco, Dr. Maryann Johnston, Seattle, Rose Kang, Federal Way, Sharlet McClurkin, Kent, Jane Suchen-Wang, Tainan, Taiwan, and Dee Stephens, Seattle. Members of the Board who were not present are: Normi Son, the Philippines, Chang Sook Moon, Taejon, Korea, and Heidi Tessier, Tooele, UT.

REPORTS FROM TEACHER TRAINING CENTERS Normi Son, Director of MTP of the U.S. in the Philippines, reported to the Board that 136 students, for the level 2 ½ to 6, registered over the span of eight classes, beginning April, 2002. Since the first 6 – 9 level course began in April, 2004, 23 students have registered. Courses are held in Quezon City in April and Continued on page 9

Spring, 2006

Washington State Collaborates With Preschool Benefactors In late January Gov. Christine Gregoire created the Washington Early Learning Fund in order to address the needs of the state’s preschoolage children. The fund will receive up to $90 million from the Bill and Melinda Gate's Foundation, as well as gifts from Bruce and Jolene McCaw’s Talaris Research Institute Board, Boeing Company, and others. Washington State will also be a financial partner. In December, 2005, the Gates Foundation announced an earlylearning initiative. Plans have been made to create two pilot-project child care centers, one each in Eastern and Western Washington. The purpose of the projects is to help children in the state become better prepared for kindergarten. The partnership between private and public entities will support this project. Early learning is significant to the development of the child, Gregoire stated, since the majority of brain development happens in 1

the preschool years. Look for the Gates Foundation's philosophy of early learning on their website www.gatesfoundation.org/ PacificNorthwest/EarlyLearning. Too many children in Washington state are entering school emotionally, socially, cognitively and physically unprepared. The larger the gaps, the harder it is for these children to catch up, resulting in an enormous loss of human potential and a high cost to taxpayers. Research shows that quality early learning for all children can improve school-readiness rates and children’s chances of becoming successful young adults. Watch this website for future information on early learning grants.

Inside MIA CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE AUGUST 18-19, 2006 .............................2 “KOPINO” CHILDREN’S HOME OPENS IN THE PHILIPPINES...................3

FROM THE EDITOR Sharlet J. McClurkin

Yesterday one of our videotape students, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, called to explain why her teachers have not been working on the course. When I asked how her school and home had fared through the Katrina hurricane, she said that there had been minor damage to the buildings, but the saddest thing for her was the loss of every shade tree on the school property! This morning I began thinking, what would a Montessori school look like without trees? Why are trees so necessary to a school for young children?

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR June 26 to August 9: MTP of WA Summer 6 ½ Week Course (2 ½ to 6 level) in Kent, WA August 14, 15, 16: “Building Blocks of Music.” Singing and Dancing for the 2 ½ to 6 year old, (based on Kodaly theory) with Doris Maddaford and Kathryn Armstrong from Victoria, B.C. STARS hours available. Sponsored by MTP of WA and held at Montessori Plus School in downtown Kent. Send in your registrations as spaces will be limited. August 18, 19: Montessori Institute of America Annual Conference, held at the Dumas Bay Center in Federal Way, WA. August 22, 2006 to June 1, 2007: Ten-month MTP of WA Class

I realize that without shade trees in Mississippi, the playground would be barren and hot. Here in the Northwest, we are fortunate to be surrounded by magnificent trees, even trees that have been here 100’s of years. I am now truly looking at the beautiful trees at our new school: our twelve quaking aspen and our four cherry trees. But I am especially eager for our 20-year old

cherry tree at the entrance of the school to bloom! It looks like an open palm, with six fingers rising twenty feet to the sky and blooms ready to burst open. One year ago we were still remodeling, and there were no children here to look up at the canopy of pink blossoms, inviting them to come in! I am happy and thankful that we are in our new building!

Note: Sharlet and Donald McClurkin will be in Asia during the month of April: Hong Kong, Hainan Island (China), Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

PASCO, WA, CLASSROOM ASSISTANT NEEDED

DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING APPROVED BY STATE LEGISLATURE Bill number 2SHB2964, creating the Department of Early Learning, passed out of the House by a vote of 81 to 15 on March 4th to concur with the Senate’s amendments. On March 6th, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate signed the bill. The bill has been delivered to the Governor and is awaiting her signature, expected by the end of March. 2

St. Patrick’s Montessori Preschool in Pasco, WA is currently accepting resumes for a full-time classroom assistant for the 2006-2007 school year. Please send current resume to St. Patrick’s School, Attn: Rhonda Gear, 1016 N 14th Avenue, Pasco, WA, 99301.

Anecdote From the Classroom 5-Year-Old Boy #1: “How do you like the gorilla I drew?” 5-Year-Old Boy #2: “You’re really excited about it!” (Active listening) Boy #1: Yes, I’m a VERY talented drawer.”

The Joys of a Toddler Program Teacher to Director: “Guess what! Ellie has been out of diapers for four days!”

SHORT BACKGROUND OF KOPINO CHILDREN’S CENTER Terms in Use for Mixed Asian Groups: Amerasian – A term used to describe the child of American and Asian parents. Japino – A term used to describe the child of Japanese and Filipino parents. Kopino – A term used to describe the child of Korean and Filipino parents. The Sons coined and used this term which was officially recognized by the Philippine government three months ago. History: Since 1990 Filipinos began to see a steady and continuous influx of South Koreans into the Philippines. These Koreans viewed the Philippines as a less expensive and less stressful place to live. Several years later small “Korea towns” sprouted up around the country, and soon Korean tourists comprised the largest tourist group to the Philippines. Although this phenomenon brought economic gains for the Philippines, it wreaked havoc upon disadvantaged Filipinos women who bore children to the Korean men. Although some Korean men took financial responsibility for these children, many did not. In either case, many Kopino children usually feel unwanted in either culture, nor are they easily accepted by their Korean culture. The Sons want to assist these children to embrace their Korean heritage, as well as their Filipino, and to find their true worth and identify. Please refer to the Fall, 2005, MIA Newsletter for the full background story of the Kopino Children’s Center or go to www.miaworld.org .

Kopino Children’s Association, Inc., Begins December 17, 2005 By Cedric Bum-Sik Son, Edited by Sharlet J. McClurkin A home for orphaned and/or needy Korean-Philippine children and their mothers opened in Quezon City, Philippines, on December 17, 2005, with seven parents and nine children, at a get-acquainted meeting at the home of Normi and Cedric Son. Mrs. Son, director of MTP of the U.S. in the Philippines, and her husband, Cedric Son, advertised in local newspapers and churches that their home would soon open as the Kopino Children’s Center, a shelter for KoreanFilipino children and mothers. The Sons, accompanied by a female Kopino staff person and a Kopino parent, then visited disadvantaged areas of Manila to locate needy Kopino children and mothers. By February 25, 2006, the number of children and/or parents participating in Kopino activities doubled to thirty-two. A care and support group now meets at the new residence of Normi and Cedric Son who serve as house-parents for the families. The home has five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The Kopino Center will accommodate orphans and children needing temporary shelter and care. While the Sons await the government’s approval of their application 3

to maintain an orphanage within the center, they accept Kopino children when their Filipino mothers are working out-of-town. As soon as their application is approved, the Sons will welcome Kopino children into their home, not as orphans but as their “real” children. Mrs. Son is the founder of Montessori Teacher Preparation of the U.S.

in the Philippines, begun in 2001 in collaboration with MTP of Washington. Mrs. Son and Sharlet and Donald McClurkin will begin their ninth 2 ½ to 6 level course in Quezon City in April, 2006, and their third 6-9 course as well. Cedric Bum-Sik Son has been a part of the Stump Mission, a social service organization in Manila, since 1986.

MRS. SON SETS UP INFANT/ TODDLER MONTESSORI HOME ENVIRONMENT. Normi Son spends her Sunday afternoons collecting and buying toys Continued on page 4

Kopino (from p.3)

and materials for infants and toddlers from second-hand shops. She has prepared four shelves of materials for these children, ages Birth to Three, and is completing preparations for these youngest children as soon as the government will allow their adoption or temporary shelter. One MTP of the U.S. Birth - 3 student is also ready to give her voluntary services for these children when the center is licensed.

SATURDAY KOREAN CLASSES BEGIN. KCAI launched its first Saturday teaching class on January 6, 2006, by providing Korean language and culture classes for thirteen children and ten mothers. (Exactly 99 years before, Dr. Maria Montessori set up her first Casa Dei Bambini for needy children in the San Lorenzo Quarter of Rome, Italy, on January 6, 1907, the day of “Epiphany”, a day set aside for blessings

Words from Mr. Son: Our beginnings are small. To worry about resources and where to find volunteers is useless. They come from unexpected places. More and more we receive encouraging words from people who have caught the vision for Kopinochildren. We have found that we receive much more than we could ever give! I have discovered that real help is not to give your extra resources, but to give what you need…to someone who needs more. The happiness I derive from it is very precious. I truly believe Job 8:7, “Your beginnings will seem humble, but prosperous will your future be.”

from God.) The children were helped to begin to learn Korean (Han-geul), to sing Korean songs, to hear Korean folktales, and to taste Korean food. Three Korean volunteer teachers serve the Kopino children and their mothers and aim to provide a family environment, as well as Korean culture, for them. Due to the growth of the group by February, the Saturday classes moved to the Montessori school in Quezon City which is used for children’s classes during the week and children and adult training on the weekends. The children are enjoying the spacious classroom, as well as the Korean and English language materials, and the outdoor playground. Kopino provides transportation for the children to and from the school each Saturday.

DONATIONS COME IN By the last week of January donations in the form of rice, kimchi, Korean books and toys, and snacks began to arrive from Korean residents in the Philippines. The Kopino Center, therefore, was able to provide rice, snacks and kimchi to all of its families during January and February. In February a concerned Korean called to sponsor the education of two Kopino children. Beginning in March two elementary Kopino children will be able to attend public school. Although public elementary and high school education is free, students still need funds for transportation, snacks, school sup4

plies and other expenses. Mr. Son estimates that each Kopino elementary or high school student will need $40 or $50 per month to attend school. The Kopino staff is currently promoting this kind of giving for the future education of Kopino children. College tuition is approximately $300 per semester, plus expenses of $60 per month.

MONTESSORI TEACHER AND FRIEND DONATES FISHING BOAT One year ago a friend, whom Mrs. Son met in the U.S. at the MTP of WA training program, bought a fishing boat as a gift to a community of poor families on Mindoro Island. The donor bought the boat for $3,500, including accessories, and it was named,“The Maria Montessori”. This boat, with a capacity of carrying 1,500 kilos of tuna and other fish, has been a source of living for eight poor families for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Son are considering providing a similar venture for Kopino mothers and have consulted the Cooperative Development Authority in Manila for ideas and ways to realize this plan for poor mothers of Kopino children. Continued on page 5

ORIGINAL WORK Kopino (from p.4)

OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY KCAI FOR FAMILIES. KCAI has provided other services to Kopino families. KCAI has: • Diversified its helping work for Kopino families by counseling each of them during the weekly home visits of their staff. One purpose of these weekly visits is to help the mothers devise realistic, long-term goals for their children. • Assisted one parent in obtaining a regular, good-paying job to sustain the families’ daily needs. The mother canceled her plans to move to Brunei as a domestic helper. She was overjoyed that she does not have to leave the Philippines and her daughter. • Connected to employers in Korea. The Sons hope that the Kopino children will be allowed to easily enter Korea for gainful employment. They also hope to link these families to Korean companies in the Philippines.

Gifts needed are: • Korean books and musical CD’s. • Schools supplies • Funding To give to KCAI, please send your tax-free donation to: Kopino Children’s Center (KCAI) The Stump Overseas Mission, Inc. Attention: Kim Soon Ae, Director 5016 Vintage Circle Banning, CA 92220 OR Kopino Children’s Assoc., Inc. (KCAI) The Stump Mission, Inc. Attention: Cedric Son U.P.P.O. BOX 153 Quezon City, 1101 The Philippines For further information, please email Normi Son at [email protected]

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PENNY POLISHING By Rhonda Gear, Pasco, WA.

Materials: Tray, dull pennies, vinegar in a dropper bottle, salt in a shaker, small bowl with water line, polishing cloth, sponge. Procedure: 1. Take tray to table. 2. Fill bowl to line with water. 3. Choose a penny to polish. 4. Place penny in your palm. 5. Drop two drops of vinegar on penny. 6. Sprinkle with salt. 7. Rub, rub and rub your penny. 8. Turn it over and repeat procedure on other side. 9. Rinse penny off in bowl of water. 10. Buff penny with polishing cloth. 11. Pour water out. 12. Use sponge to wipe up any drops 13. Place tray back on shelf. Purpose: To beautify an everyday item in one’s society. Indirect Preparation: To make the penny shine using natural chemicals. Age (beginning): 3 years Control of Error: Penny will shine when natural chemicals are applied.

PHOTO NEWS Fall 2005 MIA Graduates in Taiwan

Fall 2005 MIA graduates, level 21/2-6.

In Tainan In Taipei

Jane Suchen Wang (l) and former B-3 graduates with Sharlet and Donald McClurkin

Taipei Competency Exam, November 2005

Taipei Competency Exam, November 2005 6

PHOTO NEWS In the Philippines

Class #8, level 21/2-6

Level 21/2-6 MIA graduates with their supervising teachers.

Elementary students watch Mr. McClurkin's grammar lesson.

Fall 2005 Competency Exam 7

want to teach children with the knowledge that I have received from my Montessori course. Someday, if the Lord is willing, By Joy Song N. Ahn, Kenya I would like to open a Montessori training course for local nursery y own two children were teachers who are interested in the brought up in a Montessori kinderMontessori method, not for the sake garten in Korea, and I thought it was a How the Montessori Course of business but for a Christian minwonderful method for children. Soon Helps Me istry. I hope to help more children after that I began a church ministry I teach the children and the to learn well and to help teachers in a slum area in Kenya on the African teachers insights that I have obto know a good way of teaching in continent. tained through my own studies. First, Africa. These children, when they I focus on the main concepts of eduThe Problem… and the Dream become adults, will be the leaders I saw many children here who had cation which I learn from the Monof this country and of the African tessori ideas and philosophy. Then I very little opportunity to learn propcontinent. erly. It was the same whether in nurs- show the teachers how to work with ery schools or childcare centers. Then the materials. Later I ask them to I remembered that Maria Montessori present the materials to the children just as I did. After those classes I ask had started a school in a slum area the teachers to create materials for of Rome, and the children changed teaching according to what they a lot. Soon I began to have a dream like Maria Montessori. I needed more have learned from my classes. All of the teachers want to know more knowledge of Montessori's Method, By Patricia Fulk, Avilla, IN, about Montessori education even however, so I took the MTP of WA Birth to 3 Course though they are not yet professional videotape course. teachers. had been in a toddler classroom

Why Am I taking the Montessori Course? M

the Montessori Method to their culture. I made materials myself and put these materials with the Montessori philosophy into the classroom. I can't afford to buy original materials for the classes so I make all of them myself.

What Montessori Training Has Meant To Me

The City

I have been in Nairobi, Kenya, for last the 14 years. It is a country mixed with modernity and under-development, the rich and the extremely poor. Compared with other African countries, Kenya is quite developed but still there are many poor people, young single mothers, street children, and HIV is a serious problem.

The Children I am ministering to four nursery schools in slum areas, and their teachers. Most of the people whom I meet are considered of the lowest class of society. When I first began to work with the teachers and parents, they didn't know why they should teach their children. Now, after many months of teaching them the Montessori method, they began to understand. They also began to be proud of their children and school. I adapted

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What My Future Plans Are I will keep on developing our teachers and teaching materials. In fact, I will encourage the teachers to develop their own materials within their environments. My husband has also been helping 16 churches, both in slum and rural areas. He has now asked me to establish nursery schools or childcare centers in those churches, as well. It is my prayer that I can help them build healthy educational environments and equip local teachers in those areas. At the same time, I am preparing to open an International Montessori Nursery School in a Muslim area in Mombasa this September. It is the second largest town in Kenya. I have a vision to build a good school there which will be a model to the teachers and parents. I have a desire to use the proper Montessori philosophy and method in all of the schools. I 8

for a few years prior to taking the MIA certification program. The guidance process given by MTP of WA is well laid out and has helped me not only to understand and appreciate the construction of the child more fully, but it has also changed me as a person. The training helped me to recognize that this process of teaching, guiding and directing is ever-changing, depending on the child’s needs for that particular day. I now realize that I am truly a scientist, an observer and a supporter of the child. So many people believe that 18 months to 3 years is of so little importance ---and just babysitting. I know, however, that “it is a time when the child adapts himself to life, tirelessly absorbing the world, endowed with the capacity to make himself in a man.” “The teacher assists him in laying the foundation of his personality.”

••••••••• Jane Suchen-Wang, November. A second location in Director of Cebu will open this April. Sharlet and Formosa MonDonald McClurkin provide an orienta- tessori Teacher tion and initial lectures for each class. Preparation, Nine MIA internship schools have reported to been approved by the MIA Education the Board that Committee. fifteen schools Mrs. Son also reported that the in Taiwan are MIA website at www.miaworld.org current MIA has been improved and can be members. She enlarged through the help of MIA also reported members. Directors are asked to that over fifty Taiwan Montessori Plus school children greet the McClurkins send Mrs. Son job opportunities to of her students [email protected] so that they • She also provided a basic 20received MIA certificates, for the level can be posted on this website as well 2 ½ to 6 years, in 2005. These classes hour course to 70 students in Kang as photographs of member schools Neung Young-Dong College. were held in the following cities and their activities. • She introduced the MIA training in Taiwan: Tainan, Taipei, Taitung, A collaboration between MTP of course to 10 students in Pusan, 10 Kaohsung and Taichung. Mrs. Wang the U.S. in the Philippines and the in Iksan, 15 in Taejon and 10 in Kang and the McClurkins are currently University of San Carlos in Cebu, will Neung. making plans to begin training prosoon be finalized to provide a Master grams in China as well as to offer the ••••••••• of Art degree in Montessori educaJulia Pane, Director of Caritas MIA course for credit at a university in tion. Training Center, in Brooklyn, New York, Taitung. The MIA Board voted to donate stated that she currently has twentyJane Suchen-Wang has also over $4,000 to the Kopino Children’s nine students in the MIA training for founded a teacher/director organiAssociation, Inc., recently founded by zation in Taiwan, Formosa Montesthe level, 2 ½ to 6 years, thirteen at Mrs. Son and her husband, Cedric. the Vincent J. Caristo Day Care Center sori Institute of America (FMIA), as in Brooklyn and sixteen in Queens, an organization to assist schools in for seven hours once per week. The improving their practice of Montescourse begins in early September and sori education, to conduct research in education, to offer counseling and ends during the middle of June of the next year. refresher courses to teachers and to She reported that these students provide information to teachers who receive the training free of charge are looking for a new career in Monand are given a paid day off from tessori education. their work in Head Start programs ••••••••• in order to take the training. Due to Chang Sook Moon, Director of budget cuts, Ms. Pane stated that it Montessori Teacher Preparation of is increasingly difficult to provide Korea, Taejon, reported via mail the following information for her 2 ½ to 6 substitutes for the teachers-in-training. Her program is funded through level courses: grants and foundations. • An MIA training program began Twenty day care and Head Start in March, 2006, in Yon Sei University programs are sponsored and manin Seoul, Korea, taught by Mrs. Moon. aged by the Catholic Charities with • She provided a basic 20-hour approximately 1900 children in the course to 240 students in Dae-deok classrooms. Almost all of the 95 classUniversity and Woo-song College in Philippine elementary students count the 4 rooms have one or more Montessori Taejon. chain Continued on page 10

MIA Board Meets in Kent (from p.1)

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MIA Board Meets in Kent (from p.4)

graduates, interns or trainees as the classroom staff. All except three of the program managers are also either graduates, interns or trainees of the MIA program. The collaboration between Catholic Charities and the Montessori Institute of America was initiated in 1995 between Srs. Lorna Colin and Kathleen Newell and Sharlet and Donald McClurkin of MIA. Ms. Pane reports that the MIA training program in New York grants twenty-four college credits from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. ••••••••• Sharlet J. McClurkin, Montessori Teacher Preparation of WA, reported that 148 students were listed with the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education from 2004-2006: Summer, 2004 (11); Fall, 2004-2005 (25); Summer, 2005 (23); Fall, 2005-2005 (49). She also stated that thirty students are currently interning in schools in the state of Washington, nine in schools in Kennewick, Richland, and Yakima from the 2005-2006 Tri-Cities class. Mrs. Rose Kang of Federal Way has been named by MTP of WA as Korean Assistant Trainer. In 2005 Mrs. McClurkin provided I-20’s to 68 international students. In the fall of 2005 Mr. and Mrs. McClurkin provided competency exams in Taipei for fifty students and in the Philippines for thirty students. ••••••••• Pushpa Aluthgamage, Sri Lanka. Mrs. Aluthgamage reports that MTP of the U.S. in Sri Lanka began in the spring of 2004. Thirty-two students have registered for the 2 ½ to 6 level course. Classes have been held in both Kandy and Colombo. Two students who completed the academic program were granted student visas

MIA Board members (l-r) Front Row: Rose Kang, Natassah Cisse-Williams, Rhonda Gear Back Row: Dr. Maryann Johnston, Dee Stephens, Sharlet McClurkin, Jane Suchen-Wang.

to intern in the U.S. Brilliant International School in Kandy and St. Anne’s Montessori School in Mahawewa have both been approved as internship schools. In April, 2006, Mr. and Mrs. McClurkin will make their first visit to Sri Lanka. They will meet all of the Sri Lankan teachers and will also speak at a conference on April 9th to approximately 1,000 Montessori teachers from the Central Province. Mrs. Aluthgamage recently received the following awards for her work with children in the Central Province:

• Star Award from the Ministry of Industrial Development for the Best Performing Entrepreneur. • One of twenty-five women chosen for the “Most Courageous Women” on National Women’s Day. ••••••••• RHONDA GEAR, TREASURER, REPORTS BENEFITS OF MIA MEMBERSHIP The MIA treasurer, Rhonda Gear, reports that a new benefit of MIA membership will begin in the next year with a seminar, provided at no cost, to MIA members, individual and/or schools. Other benefits that MIA members currently receive are: complimentary biannual newsletter, discounts on annual conferences, STARS’ validated workshops and conferences, job listings and school features in newsletters and on the MIA website. ••••••••• OFFICERS FOR 2006 Officers elected until August 18, 2006, are: Sharlet McClurkin, President; Dee Stephens, Vice-President; Natassah Cisse-Williams; Secretary; Rhonda Gear, Treasurer.

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New Certified MIA Schools & Teachers 2005-2006 October 2005 SPOKANE, WA Maricela Lindsey, 2 ½-6 KOREA Nam Mi Kim, 2 ½-6 Kyung Min Kim, 2 ½-6 Sook Hee Jin, 2 ½-6

March 2005 DES MOINES, WA Zan Burton, 2 ½-6

TAIWAN Anna Jian Li-Chin Beach 2 ½-6

KOREA Jak Eun Na Ra Children’s House Yeon Kok Kindergarten Blue Bird Children House

SEATTLE, WA Anita Ensley, 2 ½-6 Renee Derby, 2 ½-6

May 2005

January 2006

November 2005 PHILIPPINES Maria Lourdes A. Rojas 2 ½-6 Carolyn M. Rocero, 2 ½-6 Ma. Loida A. Torres, 2 ½-6

NEW MIA SCHOOLS

BANKS, OR Elianne Hudson, 6-9

HATTIESBURG, MS Montessori Children’s House of Hattiesburg

AVILLA, IN Patricia K. Fulk, Birth-3 February 2006

SEATTLE, WA Veranda Montessori

EVERETT, WA Sunghyun Go, 2 ½-6

June 2005 KOREA Eun Sook Lee, 2 ½-6

BROOKLYN, NY Caritas Training Center

December 2005 PHILIPPINES Starra Steffanii Ross Y. Uy 2 ½-6

November 2005 TAIWAN Chung-Hsing Kid’s School Happy Ants Kid’s School December 2005 OLYMPIA, WA Capital Montessori School ENUMCLAW, WA A Country Garden Montessori School February 2006 YAKIMA, WA Oakridge Montessori School

TAIWAN Yu-Cheug, Hsieh, 2 ½-6 Ching-Fang, Bun, 2 ½-6 Yu-Yun, Wang, 2 ½-6 Shu-Chuan, Wang, 2 ½-6

MIA Board of Directors, 2005-06 President/ Conference Co-chair: Sharlet McClurkin [email protected]

Legislative Liaison: Dr. Maryann Johnston [email protected]

Liaison to Korea Chang Sook Moon [email protected]

Vice President: Dee Stephens [email protected]

Nominating Committee: Heidi Tessier [email protected]

Liaison to Taiwan Jane Suchen Wang [email protected]

Secretary/ Conference Co-chair: Natassah Cisse-Williams [email protected]

U.S. Trainer to Koreans Rose Kang [email protected]

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS: Membership Committee Soo Yeong

Website and Liaison to Philippines: Normi Son [email protected]

Liaison to Sri Lanka Pushpa Aluthgamage [email protected]

Treasurer: Rhonda Gear [email protected]

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