Yearly Archives: 2016


Graduation Speech 2016

Isabel Coffey Graduate of Khalsa Montessori School and Veritas Preparatory Academy, Phoenix, AZ. Attending Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. Good morning! I am so excited to be back at Khalsa School today. For those who don’t know me, I am Isabel Coffey. I graduated from Khalsa School six years ago and I just graduated from high […]


Katie’s Krops Grant Awarded

Final-Year Students Donate Crops to Local Food Bank In December, Khalsa’s Upper Elementary final-year students applied for a gardening grant through Katie’s Krops, an organization that helps fight hunger by encouraging and facilitating young people in growing food in gardens and donating that food to people in need. Our final-year Upper Elementary students received the honor […]


Chinese New Year Celebration

In February, all three Primary classes got together to observe and celebrate the Chinese New Year. Students participated in coloring the head and body of paper dragons for a parade around the playground.  Students also celebrated with musical instruments and dancing.  


Top 10 Reasons to Choose Montessori

Why Choose Montessori? The Montessori Method encourages hands-on, self-paced, collaborative, challenging, joyful learning. Montessori students become innovative, creative, independent thinkers who can solve problems and who ultimately bring positive change to the world. Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, credit their success to a Montessori education. Montessori students develop a love of learning, often […]


Annual School Hike at South Mountain

The Khalsa School community gathered this past Saturday for our annual tradition of spending a morning together to enjoy nature and continue nurturing connections with students, teachers and parents. Due to the continued closure of Summit road, we hiked the Kiwanis trail this year (rather than our traditional hike to Fat Man’s Pass). We were so […]