To become acquainted with Mulberry School is to enter a truly unique educational community. I am thrilled to be surrounded by such gifted and committed educators, and actively engaged parents who value a nurturing environment for their children. With a Ph.D. in psychology and more than fifteen years working in education, I understand the critical importance of a child's school experience in the development of good people. We are proud of what we offer at Mulberry School, not only for the quality of our educational program, but also for how well we truly know and love each one of our children.
Mulberry students love school! It's remarkable to watch our children arrive in the morning, excited to see their friends, offering hugs of greeting to their teachers, skipping into their classrooms in anticipation of the day ahead. Providing a developmentally appropriate curriculum that integrates the best of educational and neurological research, students are taught the way they learn, using multimodal, multi-sensory techniques geared to a range of learning styles. Students are offered an enriched educational experience with the fundamentals of reading, writing and computation imbedded into activities such as cooking, art, music, movement, science, and even gardening. A Mulberry education is active and hands-on, fully engaging each child as they learn about the world around them.
Dedicated to educating the whole child, the Mulberry experience additionally fosters the social and emotional development of every student. As a Positive Discipline school, we help children understand that “to err is human”, that every mistake, every error in judgment is an opportunity to learn and grow. We provide children with life skills from which they can draw when adults are not around, teaching them how to resolve misunderstandings effectively. We understand that if children are provided a safe, nurturing environment in which they are respected and valued, they will learn to take risks, will rise to challenges placed before them, and will come to treat others with the same respect and kindness they are afforded. Children at Mulberry are encouraged to practice cooperation, patience and gentleness with one another everyday, and are actively engaged in the process of identifying solutions for themselves and their peers when misunderstandings arise. We foster the development of excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and from feedback we receive about the readiness of Mulberry graduates to interact and be successful in middle school and beyond, we know that we successfully attain our goals. We help raise responsible, respectful and intellectually curious young people who view learning as a life long process.
As a mother of three who is also a Mulberry parent, I have experienced first-hand how effectively children learn when surrounded by such a loving community of adults. I personally invite you to come and see for yourself the “Mulberry Magic” that happens in our school everyday. We would welcome the opportunity to speak with you about how your own son or daughter would benefit from a Mulberry education.