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Welcome back  to another great school year! We, the
parents who are involved in RAM, are enthusiastic and
looking forward to another successful year in the
Montessori program!

The current parents of children in the Montessori program
have a significant responsibility to carry on this program
that was started by parents some 14 years ago. Those
parents wanted an alternative to the public school
program, and worked long hours over many months with
the school board. The result is the Montessori program in
which we are fortunate enough to have our children
registered. Our job is to ensure the program continues
and grows, not only for our children, but also for future
children in Richmond .

The success of RAM is dependent on full participation of
parents and teachers in an environment characterized by
mutual respect and cooperation. We are fortunate to have
an excellent group of dedicated and highly professional
teachers whose objective is to create interactive and
dynamic learning environments for our children. At the
same time, we also have many committed parents who
have dedicated considerable amount of their personal 
time to help* make this association successful. 

A new group of parents has volunteered to act as the
executive during this school year. Meeting dates have
been set and activities are planned that will fulfill the
requirements of our mission statement – educating the
parents as to what Montessori is, and continuing to supply
our classrooms with Montessori materials.

WHAT/WHO IS RAM? The RICHMOND ASSOCIATION
FOR MONTESSORI (RAM) is a registered society formed
under the Society Act of British Columbia. The Executive
each year works to further the purposes of RAM to the
benefit of the children in the program in three Montessori
Elementary Schools. The association has established the
following goals:

1. *Educate the parents as to how Montessori works, 
   and how the children learn through the program.
   

2.  Provide Montessori education funding for our 
   teachers.
   

3. *Raise money to buy the Montessori materials used 
   in the classrooms. This is done through fund raisers
   that will occur during the fall. We hope everyone will
   participate to ensure the success of this wonderful
   program.