Prestonwood Montessori @ ED Walker

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We are so excited to finally announce our official name! Prestonwood Montessori at E.D. Walker will be the home to our Pk3-2nd grade students beginning August 16th! We are honored to be welcomed into this wonderful community.

With an official name, we are maximizing every opportunity to reach families and spread the news about this amazing, unique, and impactful Montessori campus. You may have seen us out in the community last Saturday, on social media, or spoken with us via phone this week. Keep an eye out for a Dallas ISD Facebook Live stream next week and a Preston Hollow Advocate News article coming in May.

We have a truly beautiful campus, surrounded by nature with oak trees and parks surrounding our campus. We feed into a middle school with academies focused on STEM, dual-language, and the arts. We plan to embrace this natural environment and guide our children to have awareness of and impact on their world and to create coherent matriculation to the middle school. To do this, we will expose our children to as many unique experiences as possible such as orchestra, dance, yoga, robotics, coding, our community garden, and the visual arts.

We are so excited to get to know you more as we create this new school together for our children.

Sincerely,

Ashley Toole (Principal)

Cristina Ibarra (Assistant Principal)

If you have received an enrollment offer, please note that action is required to accept your seat or your position on the waitlist. If you have questions about your existing application, please reach out to Ms. Salmeron at msalmeron@dallasisd.org or call the school for support at (972) 502-6100.

Be sure to share the link below with friends and families! We are still accepting applications for students in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade.

https://www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd

Ms. Ashley Toole comes to Prestonwood Montessori at E.D. Walker with a strong vision, a proven track record of increasing student achievement, and a commitment to improving educational outcomes for all students. Ashley firmly believes that a great teacher is the number one difference maker for students and that we should equip every student with the skills needed to pursue their passions. She gives and seeks feedback, sets ambitious goals with high expectations, and believes in collaborative decision-making with her teams.

Ms. Toole has been in Dallas ISD for 10 years and believes this public district is doing transformational work for children. She started her career as a special education International Baccalaureate teacher and has served as a math and science instructional coach, Assistant Principal and District Coordinator before becoming a Principal in 2020. Ms. Toole is grateful for each experience that has inspired her leadership mantra: Live and lead with joy, extend trust to staff, students, and community, create sustainable change by building capacity in others, and advocate for our children by choosing courage over comfort every minute of every day.

Mrs. Cristina Ibarra comes to Prestonwood Montessori at E.D. Walker with a passion for Montessori pedagogy and is excited to return to the Montessori world as part of the founding team for this program. Cristina is Montessori certified and taught at Dealey Montessori for seven years. She was able to gain experience in the primary (ages 3-6) and lower elementary (ages 6-9) classrooms.

After Dealey, she became an Assistant Principal at Rosemont Schools, a PK-8th Dual-Language campus, where she has led and served the Rosemont community for six years. She knows all genuine learning comes through experiences and is grateful for the learning and relationships built over the years.

Cristina believes that every child is capable of showing growth and we should equip students with the tools to make them successful in and out of the classroom. She is also very passionate about peace education and the social-emotional well-being of everyone.

The Dual Language program gives your child an opportunity to learn how to speak, write, read, listen, and think in both Spanish and English. Gaining this skill set prepares students for greater career and professional options, as well as providing them with a competitive edge in the global marketplace.

In the Dual Language classroom, instruction is provided in Spanish and English. Students also learn and grow by interacting with their peers whose first language is Spanish and/or English.

If you are interested in applying for your child's enrollment in the Dual Language Montessori program at Prestonwood Montessori at E.D. Walker, please fill out this google form.

Dual Language Interest Form Link

This is not automatic entry into the Dual Language program. Official commitment and acceptance will come once all seats are filled.

Prestonwood Montessori will offer before and after-school care to our families. Champions will provide our on-site aftercare for Pk3-2nd grade students. Please contact Teresa Trawick, our Champions liaison, for more information about the program and how to apply for a weekly discounted rate.

Champions @ Prestonwood website

Discounts:
Multi-child, Multi-Session, Military or School District Employee: 10%

First day of school begins August 16, 2021!

DISD 2021-2022 Student Calendar

Please use the link above to access the base calendar for our school.

We know that a dynamic, transformational, inspirational Montessori teacher is one of the most important catalysts to growing your child's academic development, which is why our number one priority this Spring has been hiring the very best vision and values-aligned staff to join our founding team in this critical year and in the future.

• Our teachers are TEA certified.
• All staff is taking ongoing Montessori professional development.
• All teachers are Montessori certified with experience or on the path to certification.

Dallas ISD Hub

Advocate Highlight

Bi-weekly Newsletters like this one from Admin

Family Mixers - Starting soon

PTA recruitment - May

School Uniforms - TBD (in process)

Our daily mission is to create an environment where children thrive: Where they are surrounded by joy and ignited by a spirit of exploration.

Email: atoole@dallasisd.org
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Location: 5700 Wozencraft Drive, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: (972) 502-6100
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