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Philadelphia Montessori Charter School’s “Anything Is Possible” Garden Party

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Philadelphia Montessori Charter School hosted its inaugural “Anything Is Possible” Garden Party Wednesday night to celebrate the completion of the school’s garden and playground. The playground, which is adjacent to the elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia, was a community project where students, teachers, volunteers and many partners worked on the competition including KaBoom!, the CarMax Foundation, The Philadelphia Water Department, Spor Chargers, metal sculptors Steve Webb and Alex Morgan and the Philadelphia Orchard Project. There’s a jungle gym, a garden surrounded by a mosaic wall, and a beautiful metal sculpture that lights up at night.

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From left: Kathryn McCormack and Stephanie Newman. Claudette Simmons, assistant teacher, and Dr. Lauren Krug, Ph. D. Denise James and Renee Henry From left: Tiffany James and Aqueelah Allen. Beth Shaffer, speech and language pathologist at Philadelphia Montessori Charter, and Katlin Dougherty, kindergarten teacher at Philadelphia Montessori Charter. Carrie Kries, CEO Philadelphia Montessori Charter School, Sanai Henry and Jai'Lyn Gaines, student ambassadors, with Chris Smith, vice president of the commercial banking group at Bryn Mawr Trust and board president of Philadelphia Montessori Charter School. From left: Mercedes Jones, Sarah Tome, Carmax, Jonathan Yox and Kecia Stewart. Eugene Roberts and Natali Imani. Natalie entertained the guests with her loving voice during the dessert portion of the evening. Over the past four years, the students and teachers — with the help of AEC Partners, KaBoom, The CarMax Foundation, The Philadelphia Water Department, Spor Chargers, CuetoKearney Design, metal sculptors Steve Webb and Alex Morgan, the Philadelphia Orchard Project and others helped create this lovely school yard and mosaic design. From left: Pearl Trotter and Nsima Umoh-Camara, special education and ELL consultant at Imani Education Circle Charter School. The Philadelphia Montessori Charter School opened in 2004 and is a free, public charter school which focuses on development of the whole child utilizing mixed age classrooms, hands-on education and individually paced instruction. From left: Sebastian Kearney, Henry, Charlie, and Simon Shankweiler and Tim Kearney. From left: "Doc" Gibbs Jr., an American percussionist, Marc Vetri, Vetri Foundation, Jeff Brown, president & CEO of Brown's Super Stores, Inc., Carrie Kries CEO, Philadelphia Montessori Charter School, Emily Bittenbender, Bittenbender Construction, and Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Michelle Silberman and her brother, Brendan Silberman. A recent Drexel graduate, Michelle started her dessert company, ChocAmo Cookie Cups, and provided delicious treats at the garden party.

HughE Dillon covers parties, events and more for Philadelphia magazine’s The Scene. You can follow him on Twitter at @iPhillyChitChat and visit his daily online social diary PhillyChitChat.com.

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