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Education should be a Journey, Not a Race

    “Education should be a Journey, Not a Race.” We believe that the rhetoric about education, which is most often focused on words like rigorous, challenging, and competitive, misses several fundamental truths about children and education. The...

The Referral by John Long

John Long is the Headmaster Emeritus of The Post Oak School, in Houston, Texas. He is an old friend. It was her second visit in a week. Mrs. Jones described her son as kind and gentle, a truly sweet child, but retiring, even cautious. “Would Post Oak admit him as a...

Reflections on NewGate – Mikayla Bowling Class of 2018

I graduated from NewGate last June (The NewGate School’s Class of 2018) and continued my study of mathematics at New College here in Sarasota (Florida, USA). When I came back to visit the school during my freshman year, Tim and the teachers asked me how I was...

Tanya Ryskind, JD Is Our New Associate Head

Dear Friends of NewGate: We are pleased to announce that Tanya Ryskind, J.D. has joined us in July as our new Associate Head of School. I have have worked closely with Tanya for many years. She is incredibly talented, knowledgeable, organized, capable, and...

Going Out

by Cheryl Allen Field Trips are an important part of the Montessori elementary and secondary experience. We often call is “going out” which, appropriately, seems more a part of the regular curriculum rather than the day off that field trip can mean to some...