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BCMA student wearing pajamas from Nana's Pajamas

Pajama Extravaganza!

December 10, 2018
Check out the students’ new pajamas from last Friday, courtesy of Nana’s Pajamas! Click here to see more of their fun Pajama Friday.
BCMA alumni students visiting the school

BCMA Alumni Students Came to Visit!

December 7, 2018
Some of our alumni returned back to BCMA to say hi. How cool! Click here to see more photos of our alumni students.

Literacy Grant Recipients

November 26, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS TO LITERACY GRANT RECIPIENTS Great news! All schools within the Choice network have been awarded the Early Literacy Grant! ​​​​​​​A huge thank you goes out to all of the Literacy Coaches and Carrie Paddock for their hard work to…
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We Are Thankful!

November 20, 2018
#WeAreThankful “I am thankful for the entire BCMA and Choice staff as they have been family and shown love for me through the best time and the struggles. BCMA is truly a loving and comforting community to belong to. I…

BCMA Update 8/10/17

August 10, 2017
Hello BCMA Family! Where did the summer go? We have been very busy at school the past few weeks. The front lobby is almost complete and the new bathrooms are on their way to being finished in the next few…
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Meet Lisa Key, Board Liaison

August 26, 2016
Lisa joined the Choice family as a Board Liaison in 2015 after twelve years of Educational Leadership experience. She previously worked at Lighthouse Academy, Grand Rapids Public Schools, and worked at Pine Rest Christian Services as a social worker. Lisa…

Why You Should Send Your Child to a Montessori School

August 13, 2015
As the leader of a Montessori school, I feel that Montessori is the best form of education we can offer a child. Now this may seem biased, but hear me out. I wasn’t always a Montessorian. In fact, my career…

Entrepreneurs Start in a Montessori Kindergarten

August 13, 2015
Article reposted with permission from MontessoriRocks.org By Amanda Witulski Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. Larry Page & Sergey Brin of Google.com.  Julia Child, Cooking Extraordinaire. Anne Frank, Author. Taylor Swift, Pop Singer. All of these people have something in common… a…

Top 5 Reasons Why Montessori Works

July 21, 2015
Article reposted with permission from MontessoriRocks.org As a Montessori parent and advocate, I can honestly say that I fell in love with Montessori at first sight. Over the years, I’ve watched my son benefit in so many ways because of…

The Common Core and Montessori

July 21, 2015
Article reposted with permission from MontessoriRocks.org As the administrator of a public Montessori charter school, I can’t even begin to explain the excitement on a parent’s face when I tell them that at our school their child can receive a Montessori…